Just as the US had its undocumented Irish, so now Ireland has its own ‘illegals’

26,000 migrants here ‘have no papers’ and they work for much less than the minimum wage, with no access to social welfare or health care. They are filling labour market gaps and so the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland wants their status regularised. Joyce Fegan reports.

They change your baby’s nappy. They help with your childrens’ homework. They care for your elderly parent.