Too many people are kept in their cells between 19 and 24 hours a day, says chief prison inspector
"It really is an absolutely critical issue," says Mark Kelly.
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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.
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.
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.
Still hurt by Bertie Ahern singling out Congolese people, loss of a community member opened a fresh wound, they say
“It’s literally George Floyd on the streets of Dublin. I can’t believe that scene and that guy with his knee on his neck.”
Gardaí press charges against a man for a poster on the gates of Iranian embassy
Morteza Najafi wedged the anti-Khamenei poster by the railings during a peaceful protest in Blackrock, late last month.
Do Gardaí have the power to inspect ICE deportation flights that stop in Shannon?
People in Ireland have been calling the guards and asking them to search these flights from the US to see if everyone on board is being treated okay.