In Ballymun, lining up to read and reconnect with the constitution
“Some people have said it's a bit like karaoke.”
Gregorio Richter has a much more elaborate act he’d like to perform, but language barriers and unfamiliarity with how things work here have stymied him.
At the start of the year, Salaha Rasool had a job at a meat plant paying €27,000 a year, and a room in a shared house. By mid-February, he had lost everything.
Kids can’t get Irish residence permits or re-entry visas, and it’s a long road to citizenship. Without Irish documents, crossing the border can be tricky.
“Even though I really love living in London, I get pangs for Dublin City at random, unexpected times.”
Join us for a conversation about the EU’s policies at its southern borders with Sally Hayden, author of new book “My Fourth Time, We Drowned” and Ocean Outlaw Project OSI editor Joe Galvin. At Anseo, Camden Street, 9 June, from 7.30pm.
The airline has been making South Africans flying to Dublin take a test in Afrikaans – for some the oppressor’s language – before allowing them to board.
But the Department of Justice last Friday changed its policy to allow people to apply earlier to renew their permits, which might help a bit.
A recent court case smooths the way for Gardaí to examine an applicant’s immigration history, when deciding whether to grant them a taxi licence.
While spouses and civil partners have the right to stay in Ireland if their relationship with their EU partner falls apart, other long-term partners don’t.
The European Parliament recently voted to demand a ban on the sale of European passports, and to tighten access to residency-via-investment schemes, like Ireland’s.
The new version of their project, now called “Tender”, involves distributing postcards that people can send to the gallery to share their views on the situation.
In two cases in Ireland, people asked for refuge here saying their homes had been ravaged by climate change and so they could not go back. Both were refused.