Interesting survey on the Irish public’s understanding of immigration and it’s scale in 🇮🇪

It would be interesting to align this data with #SocialMedia usage vs traditional #NewsMedia in an attempt to understand whether that is the cause of distorting thinking. I obviously have my suspicions 😜

#Mastodaoine #IrishPolitics

https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/social-affairs/2026/01/15/most-people-in-ireland-overestimate-the-scale-of-immigration-study-finds/

Most people in Ireland overestimate the scale of immigration, study finds

ESRI survey participants estimated 28% of population born abroad, compared to official figure of 22%

The Irish Times
@mnutty all the "#IrelandIsFull" / Irexit / "Ireland and Britain need to come together" bot accounts from GrokStipper (formerly X (formerly known as Twitter) spring to mind.