If we hoist the Céad Míle Fáilte sign a real welcome must be offered

Nobody will come to you even if you’re sick, nobody will come to your room to ask are you ok, writes Victoria White

"I’M sending you over two of my friends!” announces my Syrian friend over the phone.

He’s excited. He thinks Ireland will be a great place for his friends to live. He put Ireland first on his own list of preferred countries in which to find refuge but we were so slow to take in our share of asylum-seekers that we lost him to France.