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Housing minister ‘disturbed’ by anti-migrant protests in Dublin suburb

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said he was “disturbed” by protests held outside a centre in a north Dublin suburb where migrants were being housed. Videos emerged on social media over the weekend of a crowd of people outside a building in Ballymun ...

10 Jan 2023 at 11:04

Local News

Kilkenny to be given funding based on number of Ukrainian refugees accommodated

The government has announced that funding will be given to counties including Kilkenny based on the number of displaced Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers they accommodate. The new funding measures are part of a €50 million programme brought to ...

13 Dec 2022 at 18:15

Taoiseach says St Patrick’s Day was not reason asylum seekers were moved

National News

Taoiseach says asylum seekers weren’t moved from camp due to St Patrick’s Day

The Taoiseach has said that the reason dozens of asylum seekers were moved from a makeshift camp in Dublin to a separate location was for health and safety reasons. Concerns have been raised after men who had been camping on Mount Street were ...

17 Mar 2024 at 08:15

National News

REVEALED: Migrant tent numbers increase overnight to 75 on Grand Canal, Dublin

Over 75 tents have been re-erected on the Grand Canal in Dublin less than a week after the migrant camp was dismantled at the location. The numbers of migrant tents are once again increasing steadily, as numbers have risen from 60 to 75 this ...

16 May 2024 at 09:46

Northern Ireland

Thousands of migrants eligible for Rwanda scheme not reporting to Home Office

Thousands of asylum seekers earmarked by the Home Office for deportation to Rwanda have lost contact with the department, a Government document suggests. Out of 5,700 people identified for removal, 2,145 “continue to report to the Home ...

30 Apr 2024 at 07:36

National News

Gardaí call out 'fake news' over Racket Hall Hotel Roscrea as arrest man after clashes

Gardaí have confirmed that they have made an arrest at the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, where locals are protesting the use of the building to accommodate asylum seekers. There were tense exchanges between gardaí and ...

15 Jan 2024 at 17:20

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Editorial: Government must be upfront about asylum seeker plans

News emerged last Friday that more than 130 people are on the way to Kilkenny under the International Protection programme. Information so far has been scant, and it seems to have even been a surprise to some local TDs and council ...

12 Feb 2023 at 16:59

National News

Protesters had been told house was not earmarked for asylum seekers, say gardai

Gardai said they told protesters outside a house in Co Kildare that it was not going to be used to house asylum seekers, but were not believed and the property was later set ablaze. The property in Leixlip was seriously damaged ...

08 Feb 2024 at 17:20

National News

'TWICE AS BAD' - Labour TD lashes out at Government 'PR stunt' as Mount Street situation worsens

Labour Party TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has recorded a video of the worsening makeshift asylum seeker campsite at Mount Street in Dublin, which he has said is "twice as bad" after the "PR stunt" to move residents around St. ...

28 Apr 2024 at 12:15

National News

Hundreds of beds to be offered to rough-sleeping asylum seekers, minister says

Hundreds of beds will be made available to asylum seekers who have no accommodation and are sleeping rough, the minister for integration has pledged. Roderic O’Gorman said around 480 international protection ...

15 May 2023 at 12:45

National News

Housing minister ‘disturbed’ by anti-migrant protests in Dublin suburb

09 Jan 2023 at 19:16

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Kilkenny councillors critical over lack of consultation over asylum seekers

Councillors at a meeting of the Kilkenny City Municipal District have raised concerns over the accommodation of asylum seekers in a city centre hotel. Mayor of Kilkenny David Fitzgerald said that the ...

14 Feb 2023 at 14:00

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