Fact check: Are claims of discrimination against Irish citizens true?

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Ahead of the Irish general election, a manipulated video has been shared thousands of times on X, supposedly showing a migrant mocking a white woman over having obtained social housing.

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00:00Are claims of discrimination against Irish people true?

00:07Ahead of the Irish general election, a manipulated video has been shared thousands of times on X

00:14supposedly showing a black woman mocking a white woman over having obtained social housing.

00:21The edited video tries to incite anti-minority sentiments by reversing the two women's testimonies

00:28so it looks like the woman who was granted a house is not showing compassion for the homeless woman.

00:35The misleading clip has attracted comments from people who were angered by her gleeful expression

00:41for being awarded a house before the white woman.

00:45The far-right party Irish Freedom Party has also promoted this misleading clip.

00:50However, this is not true.

00:52The clip was taken from a debate on housing aired by the Irish state broadcaster RTE

00:59featuring single women with children who are or have been homeless.

01:04One of the two women was awarded cooperative housing which was suitable to her situation

01:10while the other was yet to be granted a house due to the circumstances of her son facing long-term illness

01:18meaning she needed a specific alternative type of housing.

01:32As the nation struggles to meet its housing needs,

01:35cooperative housing can be seen as a way to tackle the lack of social and affordable homes.

01:41However, official figures show that in 2023 the government built over 8,000 units of social housing

01:49which is 990 units short of the government's housing policy target.

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