We will pay the price for our greed during these good economic times

A FIT, healthy-looking man stopped me in the street one night and asked why I was in favour of allowing refugees into this country.

We have sent people all over the world and should take our share, I replied. What I had actually written about was the crazy situation of not allowing the asylum seekers to work while their applications were being processed.

It would be more appropriate if they were required to work. “What about the Irish people who can’t get jobs?” the man asked. “I haven’t had a job since 1964.”