Mother slept with child (3) in McDonald’s after finding International Protection Office closed for Easter – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/03/29/mother-slept-with-child-3-in-mcdonalds-after-finding-international-protection-office-closed-for-easter/
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/03/29/mother-slept-with-child-3-in-mcdonalds-after-finding-international-protection-office-closed-for-easter/
The Irish Times
Mother slept with child (3) in McDonald’s after finding International Protection Office closed for Easter
A number of homeless families presented at the office in Dublin on Friday after it had closed for the Easter weekend
Migration policy hardens as Govt senses public backlash
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0330/1440747-migration-policy/
https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0330/1440747-migration-policy/
RTE.ie
Migration policy hardens as Govt senses public backlash
Taoiseach-in-waiting Simon Harris will meet ministers in the coming weeks to discuss his priorities for Government which he is set to lead from 9 April.
LISTEN: Over 130 Longford residents protest against new asylum centre | Shannonside.ie
https://www.shannonside.ie/news/over-130-longford-residents-protest-against-new-asylum-centre-238643
https://www.shannonside.ie/news/over-130-longford-residents-protest-against-new-asylum-centre-238643
Shannonside.ie
LISTEN: Over 130 Longford residents protest against new asylum centre | Shannonside.ie
Over 130 people attended a protest on Saturday afternoon outside a former Longford B&B earmarked for asylum-seekers.A total of 19 international protection appli...
State to spend €5bn housing asylum seekers over next 20 years, Ministers told – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/04/02/cost-of-state-owned-accommodation-for-asylum-seekers-put-at-5bn-between-now-and-2044/
https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2024/04/02/cost-of-state-owned-accommodation-for-asylum-seekers-put-at-5bn-between-now-and-2044/
The Irish Times
State to spend €5bn housing asylum seekers over next 20 years, Ministers told
Minister for Integration Roderic O’Gorman presents plans to build facilities with 14,000 beds by 2028
100 people attend another protest over Longford refugee centre | Shannonside.ie
https://www.shannonside.ie/news/100-people-attend-another-protest-over-longford-refugee-centre-238724
https://www.shannonside.ie/news/100-people-attend-another-protest-over-longford-refugee-centre-238724
Shannonside.ie
100 people attend another protest over Longford refugee centre | Shannonside.ie
Around 100 people attended a second protest yesterday against a planned accommodation centre for refugees near Longford town.It's after over 130 people proteste...
Call to halt work at potential Wicklow IPAS centre over ownership issues | Irish Independent
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/wicklow/wicklow-district/call-to-halt-work-at-potential-wicklow-ipas-centre-over-ownership-issues/a453596163.html
https://m.independent.ie/regionals/wicklow/wicklow-district/call-to-halt-work-at-potential-wicklow-ipas-centre-over-ownership-issues/a453596163.html
www.independent.ie
Call to halt work at potential Wicklow IPAS centre over ownership issues
Public representatives and local community members have called for a halt to any works taking place at a Wicklow property being assessed to accommodate int...
Number seeking asylum up by 2,000 on same time last year
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0404/1441672-asylum-latest/
https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0404/1441672-asylum-latest/
RTE.ie
72% increase in number seeking asylum compared with 2023
The number of people seeking international protection in Ireland in the first three months of this year has risen by more than 2,000 compared to the same time last year.
Tent encampment and apartment residents – squalor in Dublin city centre – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2024/04/04/tent-encampment-and-apartment-residents-squalor-in-dublin-city-centre/
https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/2024/04/04/tent-encampment-and-apartment-residents-squalor-in-dublin-city-centre/
The Irish Times
Tent encampment and apartment residents – squalor in Dublin city centre
Can anyone set up tents wherever they wish?
A new entrant into the top ten of companies benefitting from asylum accommodation payments - Gript
https://gript.ie/a-new-entrant-into-the-top-ten-of-companies-benefitting-from-asylum-accommodation-payments/
https://gript.ie/a-new-entrant-into-the-top-ten-of-companies-benefitting-from-asylum-accommodation-payments/
Gript
A new entrant into the top ten of companies benefitting from asylum accommodation payments - Gript
MATT TREACY delves into the huge payments of €2.1BILLION for asylum accommodation and looks at companies powering up the payments charts.
Iranian refugee couple graduate with DCU masters’ degrees on the same day – The Irish Times
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/04/05/iranian-refugee-couple-graduate-with-dcu-masters-degrees-on-the-same-day/
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/education/2024/04/05/iranian-refugee-couple-graduate-with-dcu-masters-degrees-on-the-same-day/
The Irish Times
Iranian refugee couple graduate with DCU masters’ degrees on the same day
‘Education creates justice. If you just send rich people to university, and others have no access to education, it creates huge inequalities’