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.
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What happened to the council’s promised integration strategy?
It was supposed to run from 2021 to 2025, with concrete measures to ensure an inclusive city. Why isn’t it in place yet?
More than 600 young people born in Ireland applied to the amnesty scheme for undocumented immigrants
In a referendum in 2004, Irish voters opted to deny children of immigrants the automatic right to citizenship by birth.
In need of social homes, some migrants grapple with the application process
Local authorities should ensure that all vulnerable people have someone to rely on when trying to navigate the process, says a solicitor.
In Gaza City, a father waited and hoped for a visa to see his kids in Ireland again. Then came the bombs.
“I applied for a visa but was rejected, and here I am, waiting. They’re all in Ireland,” said Abdullah Musleh to a news crew, weeping, and crouched on a sea of rubble.
For disabled immigrants, a choice between disability income or spending more time with loved ones overseas
Leaving Ireland for more than a couple weeks a year can lead to a loss of already meagre income.
In Dún Laoghaire, a woman dreams big for the underdog
Mary Mc Donagh wants to set up an international performing arts school that serves Travellers worldwide.
Outside Balseskin Reception Centre, shelter-less bus stops and a slim footpath that disappears remain problems long-ignored
“Cars drive very very fast down this road because it’s coming from the airport, and they speed around the bend there,” said a local councillor, recently. “It’s very frightening.”
Would getting rid of Gardai’s role in registering immigration statuses get rid of one point of friction with immigrants?
The Department of Justice has a plan to transfer the task from the Gardaí to a civilian Immigration Service Delivery team – but hasn’t done it yet.
Immigrants in Dublin have the right to vote in next year’s local elections but if history is any guide the vast majority won’t
They’re either unaware they can, or so busy grappling with challenges of immigrant life that they don’t have the bandwidth to get involved in local democracy.
De latina a latina, este grupo ofrece contención y apoyo a las mujeres víctimas de violencia de género
Gabriela Burnett explica que las mujeres más vulnerables son aquellas que pierden su permiso legal migratorio a causa de violencia doméstica y por ello acaban indocumentadas.
For Latina women by Latina women, a group offers company and advice to victims of gender-based violence
The most vulnerable women, Gabriela Burnett says, are those who have fallen undocumented, losing their legal immigration statuses because of domestic abuse.
On a quiet South Dublin road, a plaque serves as a reminder of a long unsolved murder
Honour Bright was found dead in Ticknock, Co. Dublin, in June 1925.