Grand vision for Pigeon House on Poolbeg Peninsula is shrunk way down – for now
Council officials want to keep renting it for about the next five years to the wastewater plant operators.
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Delays in residence permit renewals put lives of non-EU immigrants on hold – again
After a while, they can’t work and can’t travel abroad and return.
In Ireland, asking immigrants to weigh in on immigration policies is mostly box-ticking, community organisers say
In other EU countries, though, it seems immigrants are consulted more substantially.
Ruling sheds a small light on opaque intel-gathering on some citizenship seekers
An Garda Síochána “has developed strong links with other security services, particularly those with whom the State shares common threats to national security”, it says.
Documenting one man’s unravelling before a deportation flight to Nigeria, observer had to rely on second-hand accounts
“I was advised that one deportee had been restrained in order to have him escorted through airport security.”
Refugees waiting on citizenship decisions find the rules have quietly changed
While they heard about harsher policies brought in last year, this change wasn't announced, and affects people who applied before then.
Seeking a few more months to steady their immigration status, some university graduates fall undocumented and lose jobs
Since June, there’s been a shift in how the Department of Justice has ruled on these applications – more rejections, says immigration solicitor Imran Khurshid.
Chatbots considered for providing legal counselling to people seeking asylum, documents suggest
The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission doesn’t believe chatbots are suitable “in provision of legal counselling”, a spokesperson said.
Amid attacks from the right on “NGOs”, trust in Ireland’s charities has been declining
Scandals in some charities have also harmed the reputation of the sector as a whole, which is unfair, people working for other nonprofits say.
Minister plans to make it much tougher for Ukrainian refugees to become Irish citizens
Andrii Stepanov says some people don’t want to return to what was once their home, and is now Russian territory. “Why are they pushing us to Russia?”
There’s been a surge in ethics complaints about Dublin city councillors
The numbers spiked after a new cohort of councillors was elected in June 2024, and have eased somewhat since then – while remaining higher than before.
DFA argued that releasing feedback on plan to label Algeria as “safe” would hurt diplomatic relations
“It’s probably fair to assume that if the DFA said anything positive about Algeria’s human rights record, they wouldn’t be so determined to withhold it.”
Mourning the loss of Bill Abom, lifelong champion of justice for overlooked immigrant workers
“We remember the work which you believed deeply in, and all of the people who were recipients of your efforts for change, one case at a time.”