The Love and Darkness of Seán “Doctor” Millar
The five-decade music career of the Liberties musician never quite reached the commercial heights that he, and others, had aimed for in his twenties. But is that important, really?
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With visit visas short and family reunion expensive, spending more time with parents hard for lower-income immigrants
A spokesperson for the Department of Justice said its policy document on the family reunification process is currently under review.
As the Dublin embassies of some European countries outsource Schengen visa services, non-EU immigrants find travelling there harder
The services are now more expensive, and the companies managing them are less flexible and harder to contact than the embassies were, would-be travellers say.
After High Court ruling that state isn’t meeting its obligations towards asylum seekers, what happens next?
For hundreds still left without shelter and exposed to exploitation, hostility and violence, how much of a difference will that ruling make?
Cover image for Dublin Inquirer print edition #86
I wanted this cover illustration to express my current feelings on being an immigrant that have resurfaced because I am
In the north-inner city, two dancers gear up for a new Afro dance camp
It’s vital to learn about the genuine roots of commercialised things, says Favour Odusola.
Airlines have been refusing to let Bolivians board flights to Dublin
Fearing fines, KLM and Lufthansa have been enforcing stringent requirements, leading Bolivians to miss flights, and even leaving one man stranded.
In just hours, with no guidelines, a Tusla social worker decided a young asylum seeker was an adult not a child
“There’s an adultification of Black and Brown children happening here,” said Jennifer O’Leary, a woman advocating for the young asylum seeker.
Demonized and unable to get accommodation, men seeking asylum grapple with homelessness
Several have been sleeping down a laneway near the International Protection Office on Mount Street Lower.
On Dundrum Road, a Former Asylum Seeker and Her Children Face a Short-Notice Eviction from an Emergency Shelter
She had stayed in the shelter since she’d got her status because she couldn’t find another place to live. But she’s no longer welcome.
A Homeless Asylum Seeker Set Up a Tent Outside the International Protection Office. Staff Called Gardaí.
In an unfamiliar city, it seemed like a place Aysar Hamad could find protection. The Department of Justice says he was blocking the entrance.
A Filmmaker Seeks Diverse Dublin Families to Collaborate with on a New Film
What’ll be the focus and roles? That will be up to those involved to decide, says filmmaker Jijo Sebastian.
For One Family of Syrian Refugees in Ireland Who Have Lost Loved Ones in the Recent Earthquake, Fresh Trauma and Little Support
Mohamad Sadat Snunu has been pleading for help from the Irish government to get his late cousin’s orphaned children safely into Turkey to their grandmother.