Against a backdrop of policy shifts, Ukrainian refugee children embrace their Irish lives
Ireland is the place they started school, joined sports clubs – yet their parents worry about how changes to citizenship eligibility may haunt their future.
“You can’t have people living in that psychological fear all the time,” says Lucy Michael, who co-authored the report from the Irish Network Against Racism.
“This 50-foot woman loves Dublin city and wants it to stop being destroyed by capitalist greed and allow its culture, arts and community to flourish.”
There are waiting lists, and an increase in the number of people seeking legal assistance because they were refused emergency accommodation, say charities.
In an unfamiliar city, it seemed like a place Aysar Hamad could find protection. The Department of Justice says he was blocking the entrance.
“The spirit of Capel Street is really old Dublin,” says architect Bernard Seymour. “It’s an old trading street and it still has this individual vibe.”
“People are worried,” says David Turner, chair of the Sandymount and Merrion Residents Association. “If you continue working on the design forever and never get started, the risk just increases.”
What’ll be the focus and roles? That will be up to those involved to decide, says filmmaker Jijo Sebastian.
The Chilli Pepper food trailer, which can be found at the weekly market on Merrion Square, brings Peruvian food to Dublin.
These were two of the issues that Dublin city councillors discussed at a meeting of their Central Area Committee on Tuesday.
Instead, a bill now before the Dáil would put Fáilte Ireland in charge of policing it.
The 18th-century mansion in the north inner-city has been vacant for more than two decades.