Ruling on refugees’ work ban - A flawed system and a bad policy

Ireland has escaped the unfortunate side of immigration — so far at least.

We have not had a Manchester or a Bataclan; we do not have large communities of immigrants refusing to assimilate, often encouraging children to destroy our way of life — like the boy arrested on terror charges in Germany yesterday.

Whether by design or by providence’s indulgence this is a happy set of circumstances but reality will probably intrude sooner or later. Maybe it did yesterday.