Who will sit on the advisory board set to shape the future of Dublin city centre?
Seven areas of expertise should be represented, said a recent council report.
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To offer legal support in a much faster asylum system next year, Legal Aid Board fights for more funding, documents show
It’s a year until the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact comes into force, and with it, big changes with implications for legal support.
To get an Irish passport for a baby girl born here, they thought they had done everything right
But the passport office wouldn’t budge.
Remembering Cathleen O'Neill, who beat down a path for other women
“A force bigger than life itself,” said a eulogy by O’Neill’s friend Carmel Jennings. “Working-class warrior,” said Rita Fagan, another friend of O’Neill’s.
Fifty years after the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Dubliners peer back into the past – as they understand it
For some, life is an inherited ache to leave Vietnam and half-remembered stories and unprocessed feelings embodied in what their grandparents said, or didn’t say, about the past.
With long and indefinite waits for an answer, some people seeking Irish citizenship feel pushed to lawyer up
Between 2023 and late March 2025, the Department of Justice spent over €4.6 million on court cases brought by citizenship seekers, official figures say.
What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
At a community garden in North Strand, Latina women share worries and swap pre-loveds
The event on Sunday was organised by Latina Women Against Violence, a group founded to reach women impacted by gender-based violence.
Legal Aid Board called for “urgent action” to continue offering timely legal support to people seeking asylum, documents show
The letter to the Department of Justice highlights how the board has struggled to fulfil its role given its resources.
In Inchicore, locals and newcomers celebrate each other’s company and culture through food
Kids were busy playing, while adults were eating and chatting with each other at Inchicore for All’s Spring Feast Saturday.
Mourning her Iranian husband, an Irish woman seeks out a Dublin Nowruz
“Nowruz was very special to us. That’s why I’m here,” she says.
For “urgent” questions, the Department of Justice directs asylum seekers to a chatbot. Is it trustworthy?
A disclaimer on it says, “no responsibility is accepted by, or on behalf of the Department of Justice for any errors, omissions or misleading statements”.
West African nurses question why they must wait longer than others for family to join them in Ireland
“It creates frustration and tension between communities where there are different timelines,” says Sinn Féin TD Eoin Ó Broin.