Self hate in action
Much has been made of Bertie Ahern’s (right) Northern Ireland contribution and who would not welcome that.
In this jurisdiction, however, his primary legacy has been malign, and deeply undermining of democracy. We refer to the mass immigration he has presided over for the last 10 years for which he had not a shred of mandate.
The debacle he caused us regarding citizenship in the Belfast Agreement was beyond forgiving and he brazened it out for 6 years before it was amended.
We were one of only 3 countries whose labour market he opened up to unrestricted access from Eastern Europe.
He leaves office with an inexplicable 100,000 Chinese in the country.
Ironically, the very day he announced his resignation The House of Lords in Britain issued a report which found that a similar immigration in Britain had been of no economic value and of course causes all sorts of other problems and strains.
This is the argument we have been making for a few years now and which has been written on by Garret Fitzgerald,David Begg and others.
Let’s hope his successor sees the light. We have had enough of having our country treated like a glorified industrial estate and of being treated as if this was a matter which simply did not concern us.