{"id":650832,"date":"2026-10-10T19:22:10","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:22:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/650832\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T19:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T19:22:10","slug":"mick-clifford-irelands-immigration-debate-ignores-the-workers-keeping-vital-services-running","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/650832\/","title":{"rendered":"Mick Clifford: Ireland\u2019s immigration debate ignores the workers keeping vital services running"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">This week, two <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/news\/arid-41919868.html\">workers from abroad<\/a> who had been promised employment but were left high and dry were awarded compensation.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Tatenda Ncube and Brenda Mubalwa are from Zimbabwe. They, along with seven compatriots, were offered jobs with a healthcare company which had a contract with the child and family agency, Tusla. The work involved providing emergency care for vulnerable children at a centre in Co Cavan.<\/p>\n<p> This is exclusive subscriber content. Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishexaminer.com\/login\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign in<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"IE Logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/4976285_1_org_Irish_Examiner_modal.png\" width=\"340\" height=\"41\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t    \tUnlimited access starts here.<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheadline\">Try from only  \u20ac0.25 a day.<\/p>\n<p>Cancel anytime<\/p>\n<p>\t&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"This week, two workers from abroad who had been promised employment but were left high and dry were&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":650833,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[807,61,1629,60,43,15151],"class_list":["post-650832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-housing","tag-ie","tag-immigration","tag-ireland","tag-news","tag-racism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=650832"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/650832\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/650833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=650832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=650832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=650832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}