Airbnb has targeted council employees with online adverts. Does that count as lobbying?
“Just because it’s digital, and not over coffee, doesn’t mean it’s not,” says Niamh Kirk, an associate professor at the University of Limerick.
Forget multiculturalism, the way forward is “interculturalism” – and the government should adopt this more inclusive, egalitarian approach in its new migrant integration strategy.
As long as political parties are not willing to make room for migrants at the decision-making table, we can not talk about full democracy in Ireland.