Tánaiste Simon Harris is trying to have it both ways on the festering immigration debate
Tánaiste Simon Harris is trying to have it both ways on the festering immigration debate
Immigration
Stories about immigration, migrants of all types into Ireland
Taoiseach and Donohoe back Tánaiste’s remarks that numbers migrating to Ireland are ‘too high’
Simon Harris accused of ‘going down the Nigel Farage route’ over immigration comments
‘She is slowly breaking down’: Irish grandmother detained in US has deportation hearing delayed until December
Donna Hughes-Brown (58) has been detained since July in conditions her husband describes as ‘absolutely horrible’
Surge in number of exclusion orders against foreign-national prisoners
Those who pose threat to safety and security of Republic are being removed and banned from re-entry at record rate
Hate speech by politicians ‘escalating tensions’ in Ireland, report finds
Ireland needs to introduce new legislative measures punishing hate speech ‘as a matter of priority’, European group advises
Malta cuts taxes for parents in bid to revive native birth rate
Country’s fertility rate was lowest in EU in 2023
‘Absolute violence and worse is the only thing that should happen’: How social media drove the Citywest riots
Far-right agitators, retweeted by prominent international figures including billionaire Elon Musk, used social media networks to foment anger
Legal challenges and security concerns around travel contributing to deportation backlog
Delays in deportations have come into focus this week after a 26-year-old was accused of assaulting a young girl in Saggart
‘It was a frightening, dark night’: Inside Citywest as anti-immigration riots raged
More than 2,400 immigrants live in the centre - some are afraid to send their children to school outside after this week’s riots
‘This is our country, get them f***ing out’: Citywest riot raises questions for social media giants
There is now a depressingly familiar pattern to how this plays out – and at the centre of it all are online social media platforms.
Protesters return to Citywest but urge crowds not to engage in violence
‘Constant presence’ of gardaí confirmed at Ipas centre as footage released to identify rioters
About 500 people subject to deportation orders living in international protection facilities
Committee members raise concerns about processes for assessing age of unaccompanied asylum seekers
Citywest unrest: 17 people due in court charged with public order offences
Seventeen people due in court on Thursday morning charged with public order offences
Cost of housing a prisoner runs to almost €100,000 annually
Dáil group to also hear 60,000 people from states such as Brazil and India arrived in Republic in year to April and between 2022 and last year, 159,000 came seeking protection
Five men remanded on bail and ordered to stay away from Citywest Hotel following unrest
Men aged between 39 and 53 have been remanded on bail to appear in court on various dates in November
The Citywest riot: 20 photographs capturing the night of violence in Saggart
Up to 1,000 people protested outside the IPAS centre, leading to six arrests following a sustained attack on gardaí
Should Irish citizens abroad have right to vote in presidential elections? Have your say
Presidential election: What does the office mean to people living outside State?
‘Hateful rhetoric’ towards migrants leads to ‘more vicious violence’
State should not be relying on 36-year-old legislation to combat violence and hatred in 2025, says immigration lawyer
‘Go back to your own country’: Immigrants in Dublin tell of regular racist abuse
Some believe those with racist views are emboldened by what they see as changing political mood
Meet the Americans moving to Ireland for a better life
There has been a 96% rise in the number of people moving from the US to the State. Here’s why some of them made the leap
EU begins gradual rollout of digital border system
System applies in 25 of 27 EU countries, excluding Ireland and Cyprus
Quiet desperation: Why no one speaks up about racism in Ireland
I came to Ireland seeking tolerance. Racism is a fact of life for many but it is not being addressed
‘We are going to defend Chicago’: Trump’s Ice agents face pushback
As US president attempts to send in the national guard, residents and officials resist what they call authoritarian over-reach
Visa changes mean leaving Ireland for a life in the US is suddenly much less feasible
Big changes in the US mean educated and professional workers must confront what working-class migrants have long endured
Right turn in Manchester: Tories chase Reform UK – and risk losing their own centre
Conservative leader needs her big speech on Wednesday to land well as hard right-leaning shadow justice secretary Robert Jenrick waits in the wings
Wild West nature of business of accommodating asylum seekers has been laid bare
Is State’s effort to face up to its responsibility seen by some as chance to line their pockets?
A Tricolour patriot goes to hospital. Would he insist on a white Irish doctor?
The eruption of Tricolours by a small group of people who want to make a point about immigration has left the rest of us in a bind
Where next for the conservative right after Maria Steen’s failed presidential bid?
There seems to be little hope of her heralding a revival of social conservatism given that her political cohort isn’t even comfortable calling itself ‘conservative’
Practice of leaving asylum seekers to sleep rough must end, groups demand
More than 100 organisations nationwide urge Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to act
Offering asylum seekers more money to leave is ‘unethical’, says Irish Refugee Council
Irish Refugee Council opposes controversial move saying stakeholders were not forewarned
‘I will not be intimidated by our Tricolour’: The women pushing back against the far right
Welcome murals can become greeting cards, saying: ‘You are seen, you belong, you matter’
‘Exceptional demand’ for immigration registration delaying international students
Students planning to work part-time to fund cost of living unable to get appointments to register for Irish residence permit
Labour conference shows how future of Keir Starmer’s government depends on one woman
As protests gather outside Labour’s annual conference, Keir Starmer is betting on immigration hardliner Shabana Mahmood to save his government
Traitors winner Vanessa Ogbonna on growing up in direct provision and challenging misogyny
The content creator puts the success of the show down to the diversity of the cast
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