Our obligations to immigrants: Plans must be realistic to succeed

It is all too easy to conflate one of the great social crimes of our age — having the temerity to be judgemental — with one of the great human tragedies of the age— mass immigration — and criticise the vote taken last week by a Clare community.

Lisdoonvarna voted two-to-one to reject a proposal from the Reception and Integration Agency (RIA) to move 115 asylum seekers to a local hotel.