Bradley Bytes – A sort of polical column by Dara Bradley

The Government’s inability or unwillingness to communicate with communities sowed seeds of division on immigration.

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (CEDIY) was abysmal at communicating about properties in Galway that had been contracted to provide accommodation for International Protection applicants through IPAS (International Protection Accommodation Service).

Its modus operandi was to issue updates to Oireachtas members and sometimes – but not always – councillors, a few days before migrants moved in.

These updates, issued as PDF files, were templates with generic stats, and a bit of place-specific info thrown in.

CEDIY never told local newspapers and radio – the medium by which communities stay informed........

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