Vacancy Watch: a big site near Fatima Luas stop
Even as the government casts around for new land to zone for homes, it is unclear when this plot will be built out.
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A group of men seeking asylum who complained about their state-provided shelter quickly found themselves sleeping rough
And Rafat Hamour says he and a group of guys who were sleeping in tents by the Grand Canal were attacked there.
Brushing Up: A Mr Catra mural on Marlborough Street
Think of it as an invitation to share a love of favelas and their music, and as a way of saying thanks, says the artist.
Fires in Crown Paints warehouses haven’t triggered the release of asbestos, fire brigade says
Five of the seven buildings have asbestos roofs, says an estate agent’s brochure.
Tusla has downgraded supports for migrant children who arrive alone, says social care worker
“They have created a new category of young people in care”, affecting their entitlement to a social worker and to support once they turn 18 years old, they said.
In the Docklands, there’s a burnt-out corner where asylum seekers once slept
It is unclear whether the ashes are the aftermath of an arson attack, or an unrelated fire now being used online to rally and intimidate.
Applying for visas at Belgium’s embassy in Dublin, some immigrants say they face mistreatment
“It’s like they see you as inferior as a human being,” says Arpita Chakraborty. She isn’t alone in reporting a sense of belittlement after a visa appointment there.
Exclusion from CE schemes yet another barrier to people working while awaiting asylum decisions
“They all have the desire for work, but there’s barrier after barrier after barrier.”
In Santry, a Bulgarian dance teacher preserves disappearing Balkan folk dances
Ten years into it, Slavi Begov says he’s looking for more Balkan folk-dance buffs as pupils.
People seeking asylum who say they are children are being housed alongside adults
But a statistics blackout means it’s unclear how many.
At the Egyptian embassy in Dublin, Sudanese immigrants plead for a chance to visit their loved ones in Egypt
Arwa Ahmed, a paediatric registrar at Temple Street Children’s Hospital, says she just wants to go visit her mum, who has heart disease.
Two months after an alleged assault on an asylum seeker, IPAS has left the accuser and accused to share shelter
“I saw him today at the canteen, at breakfast time.”