As the government blocks funding for major social-housing projects, FF and FG councillors point fingers at ministers
As many as 1,325 social homes in Dublin city are at an advanced stage, with planning granted – but now with no clear funding.
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For some workers, winning compensation at the Workplace Relations Commission is just the start of another legal journey
It’s not uncommon for companies to fail to pay – and it can be difficult to force the issue.
As government moves to give Gardaí facial-recognition tech, it’s already available to public to use – and misuse
Online tools allow people to identify others from photos – opening the way for targeted ridicule, doxxing, or worse.
To offer legal support in a much faster asylum system next year, Legal Aid Board fights for more funding, documents show
It’s a year until the EU’s Migration and Asylum Pact comes into force, and with it, big changes with implications for legal support.
To get an Irish passport for a baby girl born here, they thought they had done everything right
But the passport office wouldn’t budge.
Remembering Cathleen O'Neill, who beat down a path for other women
“A force bigger than life itself,” said a eulogy by O’Neill’s friend Carmel Jennings. “Working-class warrior,” said Rita Fagan, another friend of O’Neill’s.
Fifty years after the Vietnam War, Vietnamese Dubliners peer back into the past – as they understand it
For some, life is an inherited ache to leave Vietnam and half-remembered stories and unprocessed feelings embodied in what their grandparents said, or didn’t say, about the past.
With long and indefinite waits for an answer, some people seeking Irish citizenship feel pushed to lawyer up
Between 2023 and late March 2025, the Department of Justice spent over €4.6 million on court cases brought by citizenship seekers, official figures say.
What’s the best way to tell area residents about plans for a new asylum shelter nearby?
The government should tell communities directly about plans for new asylum shelters, some activists and politicians say.
At a community garden in North Strand, Latina women share worries and swap pre-loveds
The event on Sunday was organised by Latina Women Against Violence, a group founded to reach women impacted by gender-based violence.
Legal Aid Board called for “urgent action” to continue offering timely legal support to people seeking asylum, documents show
The letter to the Department of Justice highlights how the board has struggled to fulfil its role given its resources.
In Inchicore, locals and newcomers celebrate each other’s company and culture through food
Kids were busy playing, while adults were eating and chatting with each other at Inchicore for All’s Spring Feast Saturday.
Mourning her Iranian husband, an Irish woman seeks out a Dublin Nowruz
“Nowruz was very special to us. That’s why I’m here,” she says.