The Department of Justice & Equality recently published a progress report on the "Migrant Integration Strategy 2017-2020". I go through that document looking at policy objectives, how much money they're spending and where it's going. This paper demonstrates the existence of an "immigration industry" beyond any doubt.
37,000 nurses and midwives have taken to the picket line outside hospitals and HSE facilities.
They are demanding pay increases and government action on staff shortages.
Margaret Frahill, Nurse Manager at Mercy Hospital, Cork, says that when students reach their fourth year in college they are already considering either leaving the country or leaving the profession.
She also says that more experienced nurses are leaving due to stress and burnout.
"The HSE aren't listening," said Ms Frahill.
"They know the salary doesn't relate to other countries. They know we're leaving in droves.
"Yet they are recruiting from abroad. They are spending €10,000 on a nurse to come in from abroad, from the Philipines or India."
People are also being advised to only attend emergency departments if it is essential.
"We have to do it. Enough is enough," said one of the nurses picketing outside Connolly Hospital in Blanchardstown in Dublin.
"It's time that we got