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Counties to be given funding based on number of Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers accommodated

The government has announced that funding will be given to counties based on the number of displaced Ukrainian refugees and asylum seekers they accommodate. The new funding measures are part of a €50 million programme brought to the government by ...

13 Dec 2022 at 20:35

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Vast majority of working asylum seekers in low-skilled jobs, research finds

The vast majority of asylum seekers in Ireland who are working are in low-skilled, low-paid jobs, according to new research. Ireland granted international protection applicants the right to work in mid-2018. More than 12,000 applicants have been ...

24 Mar 2023 at 09:20

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Housing minister ‘disturbed’ by anti-migrant protests in Dublin suburb

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said he was “disturbed” by protests held outside a centre in a north Dublin suburb where migrants were being housed. Videos emerged on social media over the weekend of a crowd of people outside a building in ...

10 Jan 2023 at 13:35

Taoiseach says St Patrick’s Day was not reason asylum seekers were moved

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Taoiseach says asylum seekers weren’t moved from camp due to St Patrick’s Day

The Taoiseach has said that the reason dozens of asylum seekers were moved from a makeshift camp in Dublin to a separate location was for health and safety reasons. Concerns have been raised after men who had been camping on Mount Street ...

17 Mar 2024 at 08:15

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REVEALED: Migrant tent numbers increase overnight to 75 on Grand Canal, Dublin

Over 75 tents have been re-erected on the Grand Canal in Dublin less than a week after the migrant camp was dismantled at the location. The numbers of migrant tents are once again increasing steadily, as numbers have risen from 60 to 75 ...

16 May 2024 at 09:46

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Gardaí call out 'fake news' over Racket Hall Hotel Roscrea as arrest man after clashes

Gardaí have confirmed that they have made an arrest at the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea, Co Tipperary, where locals are protesting the use of the building to accommodate asylum seekers. There were tense exchanges between gardaí and ...

15 Jan 2024 at 17:20

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Protesters had been told house was not earmarked for asylum seekers, say gardai

Gardai said they told protesters outside a house in Co Kildare that it was not going to be used to house asylum seekers, but were not believed and the property was later set ablaze. The property in Leixlip was seriously damaged in ...

08 Feb 2024 at 17:20

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'TWICE AS BAD' - Labour TD lashes out at Government 'PR stunt' as Mount Street situation worsens

Labour Party TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has recorded a video of the worsening makeshift asylum seeker campsite at Mount Street in Dublin, which he has said is "twice as bad" after the "PR stunt" to move residents around St. Patrick's ...

28 Apr 2024 at 12:15

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Ministers to pay out €1.5m instead of taking in 350 more refugees

Ministers have agreed to pay out 1.5 million euro to a refugee relocation scheme instead of following through with a past commitment to take in 350 additional international protection applicants. Ireland had agreed to take in ...

09 Jun 2023 at 13:20

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Calls for refugee response director has ‘fallen on deaf ears’, committee told

A national lead in charge of housing refugees and asylum seekers is needed in Ireland, a committee has head. The Oireachtas Committee on Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth was urged to push this issue as a ...

01 Mar 2023 at 17:05

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Housing minister ‘disturbed’ by anti-migrant protests in Dublin suburb

09 Jan 2023 at 19:16

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Six arrests near Kildare border as Irish police condemn ‘mob thuggery’

Six people were arrested as Irish police were attacked with missiles and fireworks after violence flared outside a Dublin hotel used to house asylum seekers. A police vehicle was also set on fire as a large crowd ...

22 Oct 2025 at 11:05

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