Drogheda hotel should cater to asylum seekers and tourists - Varadkar
There should be dual use of Drogheda’s D Hotel by asylum seekers and Ukrainians, Leo Varadkar.
Last week, the 13-bed, four star hotel overlooking the River Boyne announced it had signed a contract with the Department of Integration to host 500 international protection applicants for the next two years.
Local councillors said they were hugely concerned about the impact this would have on tourists’ ability to book accommodation in the town.
Speaking in the Dáil this afternoon, the Taoiseach told TDs he hoped a compromise could be reached.
“I do understand where the people of Drogheda are coming from in their concerns about this,” he said.
“We want, if at all possible, to use a dual use option for The D Hotel.
“[It’s been] done in my constituency, done in Dundalk, it can be done; we think that’s the best solution.
“We’re not sure the operator will fully cooperate and there may be issues around child protection and so on.
“I’m sure those things can be sorted out and that would be the best outcome for Drogheda.”
The owners of the D Hotel have said they will use the funds from the Government contract to pay for the renovation of the hotel.
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I assume by "Far Right " he means, Irish people who want to keep our homeland predominantly Irish and for ourselves. We want to keep our country, we don't want our small island home which we need for ourselves, flooded with foreigners because we need it for ourselves and for and our descendants. Ireland belongs to us because our ancestors fought and died for it and built it. How is he unable to understand or accept that? Also no one voted for him to be Taoiseach and most people detest him and want him gone.
@userxyz64
4 ай бұрын
Probay organised by far right. Ged would know.
@Moc5116
4 ай бұрын
He's a foreigner at heart, he is doing whatever he can to finish what Cromwell,the famine and emigration could not do
@user-hf2vt1nh2i
4 ай бұрын
Varadkar feels more Indian than lrish lt's true he is hated in this country ..we didn't vote him in .
@carmelmeeneghan9618
4 ай бұрын
Well said 100% agree. Ireland for the Irish citizens. Leo trying to silence the people of Ireland. Vote No No on March the 8th n keep Woman n Mother on the constitution .
@davidofergals6947
4 ай бұрын
So you're a racist.
Far right protest my arse,
So his father was dragged back to the country.he should be dragged out of it
@elliegreen4738
4 ай бұрын
🤣🤣🤣
@paullooney8960
4 ай бұрын
By the scruff of his neck.
@patkearney9320
4 ай бұрын
Yea I’d say it didn’t take much for him to jump at the chance to come here🇮🇪💪.
Anybody who is not a leo yes man is considered far right these days. Would Leo stay a night in that dual purpose hotel? Doubt it
@gallowglass2630
4 ай бұрын
Yes but its only far right when he we say it They cut benefits to ukrainian refugees and said ireland had reached its capacity in other words ireland is full,but when we say it we are far right.
@DarrenMac-yk2gd
4 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with being far right or right wing though why listen to the stigma
@klawlor3659
4 ай бұрын
Well glad I have found this vid as I was actually considering a stay in Drogheda in May! Done Dublin, Belfast, Cork a fair few times and was looking for somewhere different. Looks like I'm crossing Drogheda off the list: me and the family sharing a hotel full of new arrivals from Sudan, Eritrea and Calais doesn't really appeal...
@zzzzzxcvhjiiiibbbb
4 ай бұрын
European Union out
@tomgreene1843
4 ай бұрын
Well one could be pale , stale , and female.@@DarrenMac-yk2gd
Tourists and migrants. in the same hotel. What can go wrong ?
@Fannyfarts
4 ай бұрын
It's only doctors and engineers. Leave them alone 😂.
@userxyz64
4 ай бұрын
It is really up to the owners of the hotel. It is a commercial enterprise after all.
@Fannyfarts
4 ай бұрын
@@userxyz64 . Government land grab.
@williamcannon7262
4 ай бұрын
The right of the owner to make a commercial decision does not negate his responsibility to ensure the safety of his paying guests and of his local community in general.@@userxyz64
@carmelmeeneghan9618
4 ай бұрын
No insurance would cover a place like that. Not safe for a family or women to stay in those hotels. Who would want single men hanging out on hallways or about a hotel like that. Keep your hotel for tourist n your community. So much money has been spent promoting tourist down through the years n now can't book a hotel for their vacation.
Its better to be called far right, than far wrong.
@plj2084
4 ай бұрын
💪🇮🇪☘️🐺🛡️🏹💪⚖️
Leo don't care
Leo varadkar should be sent back with the migrants
“On Saturday the “far right” organized a protest in my home town”! - people of Ireland, this is what your elected representatives think of us! Remember his name.
I would not stay in it
Did he say hes mother dragged hes daddy over to Ireland to work?
@theaemulator
4 ай бұрын
Yes... He did!
@jamesduffy9946
4 ай бұрын
🤣
41000 will vote these buffers out
Paying guests will be in for a shock , wouldn't be banking on any repeat business.
Nobody in there right mind is going to stay in that hotel with those migrants right next to them not a chance
Fine Gael is meant to be the “family” of the Irish yet where is Varadkar’s care for Irish people’s genuine concerns?
What a load of rubbish again from our leader hopefully he'll be gone soon
Carry on with this game and there won't be any tourists.
@garymangan2761
4 ай бұрын
That's what they want . W E F
"Dragged back to Ireland by his Irish wife", like Ireland was a dreaded place? When people will see he is not a patriot.
@willpeony5534
4 ай бұрын
He said it as a joke, but it was telling. From our Prime Minister no less.
Shame we don’t have Collins and his Squad about nowadays. They knew how to tackle the nation’s opponents.
Leo does not give a f**k
who in their right mind would be prepared to holiday in a refugee camp , imagine a nice hens night there !
Ireland Finest Politicians, as usual, look after anyone else except the Kind Folk that pays your wages the Irish Taxpayer 😢 WHERES YOUR HUMANITY 🤡
It happened to me in Sweden on business travel. I booked an hotel and I ended up in an hotel half filled by single men migrants, hanging around and gathering in corridors. As a woman I felt very unsafe and stayed only one night. At no time the hotel told me ahead and the room was pricey!!!
@jbs9231
4 ай бұрын
Did yer Conti plate Compsation from Hotel in qrestion..
@SlackSlackSlackSlack
4 ай бұрын
@@jbs9231 nope. The company I worked for was paying so I did not bother.
@Prodrive1
4 ай бұрын
Hotel prices are off the charts because of migrants taking occupation of so many of them!!
The way he smirks with smugness na na na na na..you only had a small crowd and no speakers...soooo imature
What He means by far right actually means so far they have been right.. you hate Ireland, your Klaus Swabbs apprentice.
@garymangan2761
4 ай бұрын
Exactly
Dragged back his frather can't be dragged back to somewhere he wasn't from.
they couldn't find very many counter-protestors to turn up for the Dublin protest despite the NGOs and political parties calling for a strong turnout!
@gallowglass2630
4 ай бұрын
They couldn't afford the bank holiday money to pay them.
@plj2084
4 ай бұрын
💪🇮🇪☘️🐺🛡️🏹💪⚖️
Imagine sharing a room with some 50 year old Russian guy on your holiday with your kids 😂
@vinlennox7658
4 ай бұрын
Lol I don't think they expect you share a ROOM with them.
@garymangan2761
4 ай бұрын
A pretend refugee
Get them out
Get him out
Rich boy barrett walking out.
The men's homeless shelter in Drogheda has only 28-30 beds,why are service's like these being improved for local people/citizens?I recall reading in the local papers that the men's homeless shelter is struggling to give people places that need it
The D hotel is costing 1.4 million euro per month. So it’s not just the loss of tourist dollars to Drogheda from the Boyne valley and Newgrange.
Cromwells men are back again
Who decides it was a ' far right ' protest ?
@annedonnellan6876
4 ай бұрын
First he obsesed over Sinn Fein. Now he obsesses over the "far right"
@margaretoneill4801
4 ай бұрын
Anyone that disagrees with the narrative is automatically far right! Yud have to laugh wouldn't ye?
I heard tourists were paying one hundred euro a night per room and the department will be paying 300 euro a night per room. This is nothing more than a nice little earner for the well connected.
"Dragged back by his irish wife" cheers bud
Far right such lies!
Tens of thousands of llegal immigrants in Ireland, living on Irish taxpayers money, that is a huge problem. When I go on holidays I want to forget the bad stuff for a while. I will avoid Drogheda's D arkie Hotel. Living in the same hotel as the problem would completely ruin my holiday. I suppose most Irish people will avoid that hotel as well!
@noeldoyle4501
4 ай бұрын
Very upset to hear Labour calling the patriotic people of Drogheda "right wing". Didn't the Labour Party in Britain import hundreds of thousands of foreign voters to undermine British democracy? Labour has lost my vote.
@garymangan2761
4 ай бұрын
A new ghetto
The best of Leo varadkar went down his father's leg ...
Get this treacherous government out . Vote no
Taoiseach of Ireland FAR LEFT.
What’s going to happen, is tourists will start suing the government which then wastes more money.. Shame on them!
People want to be wrong but so far they are right 👍
I know Europe thinks we're all evil accountants, America thinks we haven't plumbing yet but we're agri and tourist based bar 2 counties and we're fecked
A lot of people didn't protest, but there's the entire future to happen yet.
Leo do you have a spare room in your new fancy gaff to give to a refugee ..
@garymangan2761
4 ай бұрын
They would throw him from a roof as h3 sleeps with men
Tick tock tock
Nearly 10 yo yo's for a pint up in dublin 200 for a room for the night🤣 our country must be grate🤣🤣🤣
@annedonnellan6876
4 ай бұрын
In 2019, I paid 90 per night in a Dublin hotel. It is difficult to find a hotel for twice that now
SLIMEBALL…..
So his own father did not want to live in Ireland. As his father was dragged back by his Mother, just tells us what they actually think of Ireland. Vadaker has no regard or respect for irish people or our country.
The big question is who told this company the were going to be awarded the contract .. Before the bought the D hotel Because you just don’t buy a hotel last November and be awarded a contract to house migrants in February the following year come on something smells rotten
Bluffer
Ged nash remember "this characters name" IRISH PATRIOTS when it comes knocking at your door 😉
Never mind any issues from locals
Nice! Dragged here? Dual purpose, seriously? Absolutely ridiculous
War is unavoidable
He won’t be getting voted back in that’s for sure
The owners have said there is no possibility of the hotel being "dual use" - because of child protection issues - so what does that say about the people they are putting into that hotel...?
🤣😂🤣😂🤣
Varradkar couldn't care less about the people of Drogheda or anywhere else in Ireland.
Hes got to go
Dail is empty. What's the use of all the MPs?
Tourism will be devastating all souvenirs shops boutique cafes slowly loosing business from Tourism. All hotels in Irelands occupies by refudges and asylum sickers you will see how long the occupation takes time ...will lasting forever.
Should all our hotels have a quota ...likw compulsory tillage long ago ....one floor say ...even in the D4 establishments.??
Invasion
Major improvement In healthcare? That's just a plain lie or a out of season April fools joke
Leo if the owners of the D Hotel don’t agree to the government terms ... Don’t give them the contract ...Simple
Dead right not far right, let these people live near varadkar and the rest of tds,in government 🙄 why is Ireland been invaded by everyone 🙄,,we can't keep ur own people hospitals over run,no accommodation for our children grandkids etc, housing a disgrace etc,but millions for immigrants of all nationalitys,coming to our country, no passports etc,not being vetted etc,a disgrace 🙄 look after our people ist my point period.
Draged back by his Irish wife, so his father's wife is not his mother, who is his mother then, a b8t on the side, or a fling his oul fella had. Interesting.
Alien head varadkar is hilarious
Let migrainests move into leo house
Please vote no ,&,no ,,durable relationships will bring in a lot more
Far right, my backside...
imagine this b only got elected by 300 votes in the 16 count and he is running the country on behalf of the WEF for ten years
and the hotel got smashed up by the migrants
far-right 😂
Get them out.scammers
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Varadkar it's coming
Imagine sharing a room with some 50-year-old Russian guy on your holiday with your kids 😂