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Immigration and Instability

Ireland is struggling with new realities in an age of global migration.

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Immigration and Instability
Dubliners watch as a Dublin Bus is engulfed in flames during the 2023 Dublin riot. Wikimedia Commons

When five-and-six-year-old schoolchildren were stabbed on a Dublin street on 23 November 2023—allegedly by an Algerian immigrant—the resulting riots made headlines around the world. Those riots, however, were the result of tensions over immigration that had been building under the surface for years. In a recent survey, 75 percent of Irish people stated that they believe that the country has let in too many immigrants.