Violent attacks by foreign state agents on Irish people ‘will happen’, prominent civil liberties lawyer saysCaoilfhionn Gallagher spoke on increasing threat of ‘transnational repression’ at World Bar ConferenceSat May 18 2024 - 13:28
President greets Palestinian women’s football team at Áras ahead of Dublin matchPalestinian players tell Michael D Higgins how much they ‘appreciated the support they have received in Ireland’Mon May 13 2024 - 22:07
Gardaí investigate alleged attack on homeless asylum seekers at Grand CanalMen living by canal say they fear for their safety following incident where tents were kicked and had eggs thrown at themSun May 12 2024 - 15:43
Accommodating asylum seekers: ‘Lurching from encampment crisis to encampment crisis is a gift to the far right’This week’s clearance on Dublin’s Grand Canal was evidence of a more co-ordinated approach by authorities but there is still little sign of a longer-term accommodation solutionSat May 11 2024 - 06:00
Asylum-seeker encampments: More barriers erected along Dublin’s Grand Canal in bid to deter tentsSimon Harris said long-term encampments would not be allowed to form again after transfers out of Mount Street and canalFri May 10 2024 - 17:39
Grand Canal asylum seeker camp ‘dismantled’ with over 160 people taken to ‘robust’ tented accommodationInternational protection applicants warned they could be arrested if they return to site, where barriers have been erected after early morning clearance operationThu May 09 2024 - 13:54
More than 100 asylum seeker tents cleared from Dublin's Grand CanalAn early morning operation on the Grand Canal in Dublin saw around 100 tents pitched by asylum seekers cleared. Video: Alan Betson/Kitty HollandThu May 09 2024 - 10:45
Asylum seekers in tents in the Grand Canal area to be movedSignificant concern in Government over ‘record levels’ of new arrivals as State struggles to find extra spaceThu May 09 2024 - 06:00
Asylum seekers transferred out of Citywest and Crooksling ahead of expected Grand Canal clearanceMen received transfer letters but no indication of where they will be sent on Wednesday and ThursdayWed May 08 2024 - 16:49
Asylum seekers applying at IPO arrived via ports and airports in State, not Northern Ireland, they sayAfghans arriving from France came in lorry containers after long journeys over land and sea fleeing the TalibanSat May 04 2024 - 06:00
Asylum seekers pitch tents in Ballsbridge park after Dublin city centre camp cleared Up to 15 homeless asylum seekers, who had been staying on Mount Street, told State had no accommodation for themFri May 03 2024 - 06:49
Homeless asylum seekers told to ‘disperse and leave’ Mount Street as accommodation runs outSome of the men were bussed out of the city centre on Wednesday to accommodation but were told none was available on their arrivalFri May 03 2024 - 06:00
‘No further offers of accommodation can be made’: Almost 100 asylum seekers in Dublin handed lettersDozens of asylum seekers bussed back to Mount Street have been told that there is no more accommodationThu May 02 2024 - 14:56
Stardust families welcome belated State apology - and say accountability should be next ‘The institutions of this State failed you,’ Taoiseach Simon Harris says to families of the 48 people unlawfully killed in Stardust fireTue Apr 23 2024 - 21:40
‘I lost my child and couldn’t be there for the rest’: Mother tells of devastating Stardust falloutTaoiseach Simon Harris to deliver State apology in Dáil on Tuesday in relation to 1981 fire which resulted in 48 deathsTue Apr 23 2024 - 06:00
‘We were ignored, told we were liars ... not any more’: Stardust families await State apologyAbout 40 family members who lost loved ones in the disaster will meet the Taoiseach at Government Buildings on Saturday morningSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Stardust families say State apology ‘must address systemic abuse’Families to meet Taoiseach Simon Harris ahead of expected apology in the Dáil on TuesdaySat Apr 20 2024 - 05:00
Stardust families call for State apology for four decades of ‘pain and trauma’Following the verdict of unlawful killing there were cries and cheers from the hundreds of family members packed into the Pillar Room in the Rotunda hospitalThu Apr 18 2024 - 21:25
Stardust inquests: ‘No one believed us. We never gave up’Several express anger and demand State apology for having had to wait 40 years for this outcomeThu Apr 18 2024 - 20:05
Stardust inquests: Families call for State apology as jury returns unlawful killing verdicts in each of the 48 casesRelatives and friends cheered in court as verdict was read out on ‘hugely significant day’ for the victimsThu Apr 18 2024 - 18:43
‘Make no mistake and remember, the Stardust changed every person it touched’Some of the most moving testimonies came at the inquests’ openingThu Apr 18 2024 - 15:18
‘Jesus Christ, the doors are locked’: The full story of the Stardust fire, with new testimonyLast April, fresh inquests into the deaths of 48 people in the 1981 fire began. They concluded today as the jury returned its verdictsThu Apr 18 2024 - 15:01
Stardust families set to hear verdicts as to how and why loved ones diedFive verdicts are available — accidental, misadventure, unlawful killing, open verdict and narrativeThu Apr 18 2024 - 05:00
Stardust inquests: Jury verdicts to be delivered on Thursday afternoon Verdicts in longest-running inquests reached, after advice by coroner she would accept majority decisionsWed Apr 17 2024 - 15:03
Stardust jury to continue deliberations on Wednesday as it nears verdictsJury of five men and seven women will enter its 11th day of deliberationsTue Apr 16 2024 - 17:04
Coroner to address Stardust jury as deliberations enter 10th daySeven women and five men considering over 90 days of evidence about fatal 1981 Dublin nightclub fireMon Apr 15 2024 - 18:46
Traveller feuds result in ‘far-reaching’ consequences for families, report findsFeuding has led to mental health difficulties, homelessness, discrimination, injury and death, study warnsMon Apr 15 2024 - 06:00
Only 3% of private rentals available to Hap-dependent households, Simon report findsGovernment needs to deliver at least 15,000 social housing homes for rent each year, says Simon Communities chiefMon Apr 15 2024 - 00:01
Pregnant women still ‘forced to travel’ abroad for abortions six years after abortion legalisedCoalition of women’s, doctors’ and human rights groups call for ‘urgent action’ to implement recommendations of recent report on abortion servicesMon Apr 15 2024 - 00:01
Jury in Stardust inquests to resume deliberating for a ninth day on MondayForty eight young people died as a result of a fire in the north Dublin nightclub in the early hours of February 14th, 1981Fri Apr 12 2024 - 16:13
Stardust: Jury to resume deliberations for eighth day on Friday.Dr Myra Cullinane answered series of questions posed by jurors, who are deliberating for a seventh dayThu Apr 11 2024 - 14:19
Stardust: Jury poses two questions to coroner ahead of deliberations resuming on ThursdaySeven women and five men considering verdicts in respect of each of 48 young people who died in 1981 nightclub fireWed Apr 10 2024 - 16:34
Stardust inquests jury to return on Wednesday after fifth day considering verdictsJury of five men and seven women considering evidence after 122 days of hearings at inquests into deaths of 48 people in 1981 fire in Dublin nightclubTue Apr 09 2024 - 18:13
Mother slept with child (3) in McDonald’s after finding International Protection Office closed for Easter A number of homeless families presented at the office in Dublin on Friday after it had closed for the Easter weekendFri Mar 29 2024 - 20:01
Jury in Stardust fire inquests retires to consider verdicts after more than 90 days of evidenceFive potential verdicts available to the jury: accidental death, death by misadventure, unlawful killing, an open verdict or a narrative verdictThu Mar 28 2024 - 18:58
Number of homeless male asylum seekers rises to 1,399Number has increased by more than 70 since TuesdayFri Mar 22 2024 - 17:40
Security guard at asylum seeker accommodation suspended after alleged assault on residentVideo of alleged incident at Citywest hub shows man being held down by two men with a third repeatedly punching him in the headThu Mar 21 2024 - 21:00
Hatred towards Travellers ‘has gone through the roof’, Senator tells committeeSenator and Traveller Eileen Flynn calls for greater supports for Travellers and other minorities facing discrimination and ill-treatmentThu Mar 21 2024 - 18:09
Some in Varadkar’s constituency shocked by resignation, others ‘happy to see him go’In affluent Castleknock, there was shock; in socially disadvantaged Corduff, there was indifferenceWed Mar 20 2024 - 18:40
Transport will be arranged for relocated asylum seekers to Dublin city centre, department pledgesSome 37 tents pitched back around International Protection Office on Dublin’s Lower Mount Street, the location cleared of homeless asylum seekers over the weekendMon Mar 18 2024 - 19:34
New asylum seekers site in CrookslingHomeless male asylum seekers who have been to the new Crooksling site, 20km away from Dublin, said it was “very cold”.Mon Mar 18 2024 - 12:42
‘It was a 2½-hour walk’: Asylum seekers drift back to central Dublin from ‘miserable’ campMen, including Palestinians, were left with one toilet between 100 on arrival in ‘bitterly cold’ CrookslingSun Mar 17 2024 - 16:08
Workers in critical sectors ‘forced to choose’ between providing for family and being with themCampaigners call for end to year-long wait and salary threshold for bringing family into countrySun Mar 17 2024 - 11:35
Asylum seekers told to pitch tents ‘anywhere on the mountain’ in Crooksling return to Dublin city centreMen were told to pack belongings before 8am on Saturday morning, with cleaners on site by 10.30amSat Mar 16 2024 - 17:52
Stardust inquests: Coroner begins summary of ‘vast’ and ‘distressing’ evidence ‘Yours is the most important role,’ 13-person jury hears after more than 100 days of sittingsFri Mar 15 2024 - 17:21
NGOs must ‘listen hard’ to those they represent after crushing defeat of care referendum they backedLeading voices from the No campaign call for a new approach from advocacy groups that appear out of step with the people they representFri Mar 15 2024 - 06:00
‘National treasure’ Charlie Bird remembered at memorial service in Dublin’s Mansion HouseFamily and RTÉ colleagues offer reflections on life of broadcaster who died after battle with motor neuron diseaseThu Mar 14 2024 - 16:16
‘People look at us like animals’: Asylum seekers in makeshift Dublin camp suffer skin and respiratory illnesses Volunteers providing food and tents say men are experiencing skin and respiratory conditions, gastrointestinal illnessesTue Mar 12 2024 - 14:23
Stardust management ‘failings’ mean ‘conclusion must be’ 48 people unlawfully killed, court hearsBarrister for victims’ families tells jury ‘highly flammable’ carpet tiles that lined nightclub walls caused fire to spread ‘rapidly’Fri Mar 08 2024 - 15:01
Stardust inquests: Jury urged to return unlawful killing verdicts as they hear closing argumentsOn day 110 of hearing at Dublin Coroner's Court, a representative of many of the families reflected on ‘long road’ travelledThu Mar 07 2024 - 15:17
