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.
Learning about Viking dogs is a way to connect with those who lived thousands of years ago, says Ruth Carden. “They seem so far removed.” But they also had pets.
“Like, as in a really savage, decent breakfast sandwich,” says Kristin Rowe. No sourdough or avocados involved.
Henry Construction project manager Michael O’Regan says: “Everything we have done, from day one here, is compliant.”
Slievecourt DAC got planning permission in 2019 for a 9-storey office building – and another one in August this year.
For just a few months each year, Cesar Calderon and Nileska Romero cook and sell hallacas, pan de jamon, and more – mostly to Venezuelans in the city.
“It’s trying to create maps in which the Travellers are central to the story, and … challenging these histories of racism and marginalisation.”
The new routes, part of BusConnects, aren’t yet along separated bus lanes, and traffic is making buses less dependable and slower.
They also voted to stop giving owners of vacant commercial properties a discount on their rates.
The HSE has cut the group’s funding and is also looking to use the rooms in the building they’ve been operating from.
“We are going to be the new homeless,” says one. “I hope I’m wrong but I don’t see too many opportunities.”
“If you write the date in the wrong format, or if you get anything wrong, then this is going to be a credibility issue when you’re being interviewed,” a barrister says.
There are other kinds of hostels or rooms for families, but those living there say they don’t get the same supports.