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    Over 30 Polish and Lithuanian nationals deported on charter flight

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    1. HighDeltaVee on

      €100,000 per year to keep them in prison, and €5,000 to remove them from the country.

      Seems a reasonable deal.

    2. Revolutionary_A5k on

      Hi, Lithuanian here. Please do not send them to Lithuania. There are enough criminals as it is. Send them to Somali land or some other pvp server.

    4. Super-Cynical on

      Forgive my ignorance, but given that they are EU citizens, once they serve their jail terms they can just move back here right?

    5. GaeilgeGaeilge on

      Good. If you read your local paper at all, you’ll see foreign nationals with a ridiculous number of previous convictions up in court again. There comes a point where your actions mean you no longer get to stay

      And I fully support other EU nations doing the same – plenty of our own arseholes in the south of Spain ruining our reputation there

    6. karlywarly73 on

      6k per person. It’s been a while since I chartered a jet but is €184,000 not a bit spendy for a 1 way flight lasting about 3 hours?

    7. jetsfanjohn on

      If they were convicted of committing crimes, then Ireland is a better place without them in it.

    10. Kloppite16 on

      The article doesnt mention the most important thing, is their sentence getting cut short by being deported in order to free up prison space? We already know this practice is happening for Irish prisoners who get out early simply because the prisons are rammed.

      If their sentence has been cut short then there are victims of their crime who are not getting full justice for what happened them. It would be of value to see exactly what crimes against the person this group committed. I dont think anyone would agree with a rapist or armed burglar getting their sentence cut and then be sent home to get their freedom.

    12. shaadyscientist on

      How are the 10 year re-entry bans enforced? Do airlines do it or what is the mechanism? Essentially, will it work?

    13. spairni on

      Mad how people are pretending anyone ever opposed deporting criminals 

      Ireland has always had the right to do this and not a single party has ever said that we shouldn’t 

    14. gary_desanto on

      But will they be continuing their sentences back in Poland/Lithuania?

      I am all in favour of deporting foreign criminals, but if it’s literally a get out of jail free card for them then I really fucking hate that.

      These people committed crimes and there needs to be justice for that.

    16. Chance_Bad_8868 on

      I’m not a fan of o’callaghan’s advertising of his deportation flights for “illegal” immigrants, but I’ve no issue with this. The crimes seem like serious ones and it’s not like these men are refugees, they’re going back to another European country. I’d rather money go on this form of deportation tbh

    17. Suvigirl on

      This is neither something to celebrate or something to complain about. 
      It’s just the law. 

    18. douglashyde on

      A simple approach to this would be serious crimes would result in prison time and then deportation. Petty crimes would just result in deportation.

    19. Agile_Rent_3568 on

      Having a law saying these deportees have a 10-year ban from re-entering Ireland sounds great – but how is it enforced?

      We still have an open border (no passport needed) between North and South – can any of these deportees get on a plane to the UK, then re-enter via the North?

      We have lots of laws in this country, but the enforcement is patchy or missing.