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Department of Foreign Affairs won’t release internal records on ICE deportation flights via Shannon
“If they need to redact security information, then by all means, redact it, but not releasing any documents at all doesn’t instil confidence in the system here.”
Risk that more survivors of torture will be denied asylum in Ireland, as a vital service is frozen
While the pace of the asylum process has picked up for many applicants, the services helping them to make their cases have lacked the resourcing to keep up.
A woman sees herself through a lengthy stay in immigration limbo with help from open mics, group therapy
“Most men process their feelings faster,” Jaishree Malik said, on stage, of her eight-month-long wait. The joke met with peals of laughter.
Still hurt by Bertie Ahern singling out Congolese people, loss of a community member opened a fresh wound, they say
“It’s literally George Floyd on the streets of Dublin. I can’t believe that scene and that guy with his knee on his neck.”
Gardaí press charges against a man for a poster on the gates of Iranian embassy
Morteza Najafi wedged the anti-Khamenei poster by the railings during a peaceful protest in Blackrock, late last month.
A new film carefully explores the interpersonal toll of falling for hate
“What I tried to do was that two different people could watch this movie, and have two different reactions,” said director Alan Hopkins.
Do Gardaí have the power to inspect ICE deportation flights that stop in Shannon?
People in Ireland have been calling the guards and asking them to search these flights from the US to see if everyone on board is being treated okay.
Short-notice postponement of citizenship ceremony upended some people's plans. Could it have been avoided?
During Covid-19, such ceremonies were held online.
A woman and her child signed up for “voluntary return” – a homeless shelter in Mauritius was their option
She and her young son sought asylum in Ireland. But besides a brief victory at the court, their case has passed through a carousel of rejections.
In radio in Ireland, the “accent ceiling” persists
On volunteer-run community radio, there’s room for people with all kinds of accents – but it’s rare to move beyond that.
Documents say asylum law centre was in “unprecedented crisis”. The Legal Aid Board tried to hide this with redactions.
A spokesperson for the board said it redacted accounts that weren’t “evidence-based” and had not tried to “hide or trivialise the scale of any crisis”.
Trained teachers shut out of jobs because of where adverts are posted
Schools don’t advertise vacancies on platforms the Department of Employment requires for its work permit process for those from outside the EEA.