In the north inner-city, tenants of 15 years evicted so council can buy their home
Dublin City Council is buying 40 homes in the Northbank apartments. It is not clear how many tenants have been evicted for the deal to proceed.
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A youth-led uprising in India stirs hopes of greater solidarity among Indian Dubliners
Late last month, a small group gathered on O'Connell Street to support the "cockroaches" movement that had taken to the streets in their country of birth.
Dozens of people from Gaza seeking visas to study in Ireland are denied entry
It was Haneen Eshraim's only “realistic opportunity at this stage to leave Gaza safely and continue my education”, she said.
Mention of “best interests of the child” quietly dropped from Department of Justice’s new family reunification policy
A spokesperson for Ireland’s Ombudsman for Children said it is “very concerned” that the best-interests principle was not referenced in the new policy.
Echoing the Trump administration, some Dublin politicians push campaign against Somali immigrants
"To be honest, it is really disappointing," says Abdi Farhan Hassan.
Fingal County Council hasn’t had an integration strategy in nearly two years
It, like Dublin City Council, has been waiting years for a new national policy, before it renews its local integration policy.
Amid delays with permit renewals, an immigrant doctor in Ireland can't travel to visit his seriously ill mother
The fix for the backlogged system? “It has to be more people assigned to it,” says Colm Burke, the Fine Gael TD.
In Stoneybatter, an annual tour of local cats – from the gentle giant to the chicken thief
Those joining the cat crawl got a map marked with the cats' locations and names across nearly 20 households.
Even as Ireland gets harsher with people seeking asylum, anti-immigrant groups rail against new asylum law
Academics and politicians say that’s because, for a small cohort, there’s an existential risk in admitting to their audience that the rules have hardened.
Gardaí’s budget for PR and communications has boomed. Is that good?
It depends on how its used, say academics who study policing – on what kinds of interventions and stories are pushed.
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.