The Irish Prison Service had asked the government to revisit the policy, given more serious high-risk offenders had to be released early to make the space.
Opposition party Sinn Féin, meanwhile, is clear that it doesn’t think the time should count towards citizenship.
One man who’s been involved has been trying to organise a social event on a nearby council football pitch, something the council says it’s “monitoring”.
“I don’t want my story or the way my headline was written and the backlash it got to be a prime example for immigrants to not tell their stories,” says Sumyrah Khan.
Instead, they are inspected by IPAS staff or an inspections company – but is that working?
After the abuse he’s faced, Marin Glamuzina says he’s not doing well. Kayur Prajapati says he faces vitriol regularly.
Crumlin Boxing Club is run by Philip Sutcliffe Snr, McGregor’s boxing coach, a Dublin city councillor who – like McGregor – has voiced anti-immigrant views.
There’s a system for Tusla to help reunite kids with family in other EU member states, but not in the UK.
It’s not uncommon for companies to fail to pay – and it can be difficult to force the issue.
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.
An essay for the two women on the Dublin Bus.
But the passport office wouldn’t budge.
