Time to recognise strength in diversity

One in eight of our population are migrants, but our political system is woefully homogenous and would be enriched by greater diversity, writes Salome Mbugua.

Most people probably don’t realise that one in eight of the Irish population are migrants. It is a little-known fact that Ireland is not a country preparing for diversity — it is already diverse. Ireland is a beautiful, heady mixture of backgrounds, faiths, skin tones, languages, and accents.