Force monitoring threat across the country with fears of further protests The country will go to the polls this week. Photo: Getty Specialist gardaí are conducting...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/LZ6PWDUKP5HHVH3FN6FUPY542Y.jpg "Accommodation organised for asylum seekers who have pitched tents in Herbert Park")
Dublin City Council has said it is liaising with the International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS) to arrange accommodation for a number of asylum seekers who pitched...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/KA5IE2FUXNFQBLIIWSDMRSXTAU.jpg "Taoiseach keeping ‘open mind’ on asylum processing in third countries")
The Taoiseach has said he is open to a migration reform that would involve asylum seekers being processed in third countries. The policy has been put...
A garda has been deployed in Belfast to support immigration investigations following concern about people entering the country illegally through Northern Ireland. Garda Commissioner Drew Harris...
A new camp of homeless asylum seekers has emerged in Dublin 4 within hours of a clearance of tents from the Grand Canal on Thursday. The...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/MLUNNSUVGJDRXPWEMJ6GJAGMIA.jpg "Migration the one clear difference between Sinn Féin’s last two European election manifestos")
When comparing Sinn Féin’s latest European election manifesto with its 2019 offering, one clear difference stands out: migration. Party leader Mary Lou McDonald launched the 2024...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/ZBMWDX6A3JA67F7TP5S435ZCAY.jpg "Grand Canal: Latest clearance of asylum seekers’ tents gets under way")
Tents housing asylum seekers are being cleared from the Grand Canal in Dublin on Thursday morning, the third such clearance in recent weeks. From 6am workers...
The Government also has plans to open a new asylum-processing centre outside of the capital. The Irish Independent has learned details of a new Coalition strategy...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/5KTVHTNPFVCMJBYUGGO3Q3RP5Y.JPG "Stop ‘punching down’ and ‘scapegoating’ vulnerable asylum seekers, Government told by NGOs")
The treatment of asylum seekers by the Government is becoming one of “punching down” and “scapegoating vulnerable people” which is creating a vacuum being filled with...
:quality(70)/cloudfront-eu-central-1.images.arcpublishing.com/irishtimes/CR4X4ZVGBFEWDKLVTSAZN5WBOY.jpg "‘Significant number’ of centres housing Ukrainians will close under 90-day policy")
A “significant number” of centres providing accommodation for those fleeing the war in Ukraine will close in the coming months, the Department of Integration has confirmed....