Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan downplayed concerns of a Cabinet colleague and said refugees were moving to Dublin because of a ‘desire to live in this region’
Minister for Justice says numbers suggest Ireland is not losing control over asylum process
Ali Sohrabi (35), of no fixed abode, had been remanded in custody after being charged with murdering his wife in Galway
Court hears 191 witnesses are due to give evidence in trial of Michael Kelley
Hundreds of people in State-funded accommodation for asylum seekers have been told they must find their own homes from early July - what will happen to them?
Christian Brothers building on market for €3.75m next to Synge Street campus where transition to Irish is beginning
The far right is hijacking anger on working-class Dublin estates over a shortage of council houses by vandalising vacant properties
Masuma Sohrabi (31), a mother of two, was found dead on Thursday morning close to IPAS centre in Clifden where she lived
Financial pressure, a sexual harassment allegation and an editor resigning after he claimed to be subject to anti-Semitic bullying
Weekly snapshot does not consider overcrowded housing, refuges, couch-surfing, sleeping rough or IPAS
Gardaí say body of deceased discovered at location near emergency accommodation premises in Clifden
Gerry Hutch knows he can gain ground by saying what other politicians won’t say, but what a growing part of the electorate wants to hear
Correspondence issued to 475 families and more than 1,000 single adults with legal right to remain in Ireland
Having a baby while living in emergency accommodation one of top five reasons for new family homelessness in Dublin in 2025
John Harding said ‘vast majority’ of those leaving Ipas accomodation have not needed homeless services
In total, €1.6bn paid last year to private firms operating centres for international protection applicants and Ukrainian refugees
Report indicated figures did not include households that presented to services due to a grant of family reunification
Local residents in Dublin 2 call on planners to turn down application from company they say operates direct provision services
Junior Minister’s Roughty Properties has received €1.33m since late 2022 for accommodating refugees at Tralee property
Department of Justice moving forward with laws to address planning issues around proposed accommodation centres
Company says it spent €6 million on refurbishment work
Four arrested men who allegedly plotted to destroy a Galway mosque appear in court
Surge in households leaving direct provision centres has ‘serious impact’ on emergency accommodation capacity - DRHE
Overcrowding in asylum seekers accommodation increased by 19 per cent in 2025
Dáil passes legislation by 74 to 65 votes and Bill now goes to Seanad
Opposition TDs criticise plans to guillotine International Protection Bill on Wednesday
Public Accounts Committee to hear funding of over €600m allocated in 2026 compared with about €1.4bn in 2024
‘Structural racism’ persists across public services in areas such as employment, housing and health, report states
Potential for abuse of educational visas seen as an area of concern as is lack of infrastructure to enable new arrivals integrate
Supporters of South African Oyekanmi family say they have blended into school and community life
Developer brings legal action against two Ministers after violent disorder in Coolock halted project
Local community in South Dublin rallying around Joseph Oyekanmi, a promising athlete, and his family
Revenue from State contract compares to 2019 sales of €14.32 million when hotel was open to paying guests
Proposed facility was former 14-bedroom hotel
Irish Refugee Council seeks order requiring Tusla to reassess whether teenager needs further life assistance
Simon Harris said ‘significant number’ of people in emergency accommodation ‘don’t have a housing right in Ireland’
Tynte House in Dunlavin, Co Wicklow, is one of 22 contracts for international protection accommodation centres that ended in 2025
Company suing over repudiation of contract to convert office building on Fumbally Square to accommodation
Most of the beneficiary companies have unlimited status and are not required to publicly report profits
Government figures show there were 3,480 ‘beds available’ in centres operated by IPAS at the end of October
Men say they were pursued and attacked by a gang, who also smashed windows of their car
Bill to give effect to pact is seen as most radical overhaul of migration policy in a generation
Housing and services remain problems to be solved even as numbers coming into country are going down
Handing out tents and sleeping bags, most of which are then destroyed, a ‘huge waste’, says volunteer
Latest steps include new restrictions both on family reunifications and citizenship grants
New barriers to citizenship form part of Government tightening of immigration system
Minimum of €10,000 required for 24 month period
Two men arrested at locations in Dublin and Drogheda, bringing to four number of suspects detained since Halloween fire
The founder of advocacy group Black and Irish on the childhood racism he experienced in Tallaght, overcoming his identity crisis, and the recent violence in Citywest
Taoiseach says organised groups want to undermine the State and society
Man arrested on Wednesday, one week after two suspects detained in Laois were charged with explosives offences
Company claims it spent €17 million converting unit in west Dublin
Most far-right groups subscribe to an ideology propagating patriarchal view of women’s role in society, says expert
On Joe Rogan, Musk conjured up a vision of phalanxes of swarthy paedophiles descending on the bucolic villages of Britain and Ireland
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices
