Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth

Ireland’s largest creche group got €19m in Covid subsidies over three years

Giraffe Childcare operates 24 creches around Dublin, Kildare and Meath

Pilot scheme for nationalised childcare costed at €53m

Scheme would cater for 6,000 children across a range of different services intended to be representative of the current sector

Judge expresses ‘grave disappointment’ after care watchdog shelved

Court reporting project that highlighted failures in care system stood down after State funding runs out

State has ‘done nothing’ about High Court judgment finding breach of asylum seekers’ rights, judge hears

Human rights body asks court to reconsider making order forcing State to vindicate the asylum seekers’ rights

Ukraine arrivals from next March would not be offered accommodation under new plan

Additional options include introduction of ‘maximum stay’ rule focused on exiting Ukrainians who have been in State accommodation for the longest time first

Office redevelopment opportunity off St Stephen’s Green for €13m

Possible options for 1970s property include eight-storey office building, 133-room hotel or 154-unit student accommodation block

Asylum seekers cleared from Grand Canal by gardaí within minutes of arriving

Gardaí were alerted by Waterways Ireland staff patrolling area

Homes hosting Ukrainian refugees quadruples with costs rising to €13m a month

Number of 4,000 at the start of last year has now risen to more than 16,000

‘I can only get 9¼ hours of creche time for my daughter’: parents call for State-run childcare

National Women’s Council and 25 other organisations want pilot programme established

Limerick village mooted to host asylum seekers lacks services, says Minister

Plan to use former nursing home site for international protection applicants stalls following concerns

‘If the system worked for refugees no one would risk their life like this’: A Syrian writer’s journey to Europe

Yusuf was among 73 people taken on board the Médecins Sans Frontières Geo Barents ship off Libya

Record number of asylum seekers awaiting accommodation

Department of Integration hopes to open Thornton Hall site for accommodation in the coming weeks which will allow international protection triaging to continue

Officials concerned about adult asylum seekers claiming to be minors

Internal briefing warns of ‘severe demands’ put on Tusla service for child asylum seekers

Number of Ukrainian refugees living in State-provided accommodation falls by almost 17,500

Nearly 190 accommodation contracts for Ukrainian housing have ended since the start of the summer

Childcare crisis should be addressed through publicly run system, says women’s council

National Women’s Council calls on Government to establish a pilot scheme in the budget with a view to taking direct control of provision over the longer term

Hundreds of parents could face rise in creche fees if chains pull out of core funding

Some parents have been told their fees will now increase by almost a third at the start of next month

Deadline missed for mother-and-baby redress deal with church orders

Negotiator Sheila Nunan ‘will continue her work to its conclusion’, Department of Equality says

State care system for children may need ‘complete overhaul’

Department of Children briefings question whether special care system is ‘fit for purpose’

Childcare: ‘I never knew how tough it was to be a working mother in this country’

Long waiting lists and rising creche fees are just some of the challenges facing parents with young children

Donohoe defends Coalition’s record as it breaks spending rule again

Government will make additional €1.2bn available for health service despite almost 10% cost overrun so far this year

Dublin Bus planning ‘enhanced services’ to Crooksling asylum seeker site following capacity complaints

‘Only a matter of time before there is a serious or deadly accident along this stretch of the N81,’ warns local resident

Dublin 8 property linked to landlord Marc Godart a target of anti-immigration protesters

Building not planned for use as asylum seeker accommodation and conversion to residential under investigation by council

Childcare costs could rise 30-40% unless Government boosts core funding, say providers

State grant for childcare industry provided to improve affordability and support sustainability in sector

Malahide homeowner seeking return of house offered to State for refugees

Willie Guerin donated house for two years in 2021 and is now struggling to get it back, while a family of eight is facing homelessness

‘Sharing a room with eight people... It’s not easy’: Asylum seekers upset at sudden move from Galway to Dublin

About 60 women were initially given just 48 hours’ notice to move from accommodation

Children who offend could see sentences deferred to give them chance to address behaviour

New measures are detailed in a draft memo to Cabinet by Minister for Justice Helen McEntee

‘Things should have been handled differently’: Information vacuum allows far right to stoke fears in Coolock

Will Coolock continue to say no to anti-immigration parties in the next elections?

Minister says reports of poor conditions at refugee centre ‘very concerning’

Minister of State for Integration Joe O’Brien says inspections needed to ‘rectify the situation’

Forensic accountants investigating allegations of ‘significant fraud’ by some hotels housing asylum seekers

State has been winding up contracts with a range of accommodation providers on foot of a decline in the number of Ukrainians seeking protection here

Childcare price hikes threaten to wipe out increased State subsidies for parents

Department of Children to allow service providers to raise prices if charging below average rates

Lone parents and children should be exempt from direct provision evictions, says charity

Former asylum seekers who now have status to remain in Ireland told they must leave State accommodation by July 5th

‘There can be violent outbursts or total apathy’: Principals call for counselling supports at primary level

School-based counsellors and therapists are a routine feature of many other education systems internationally

Rotten food and concern for children’s safety reported in State-provided accommodation for Ukrainians

Survey of almost 1,000 Ukrainians leads to call to implement three actions urgently

Irish plan for implementing EU migration pact, including new accommodation centres, expected by November

Accelerated processing times and designated accommodation centres form part of changes in controversial EU deal

Patricia Carey: ‘I’ve had good experiences of being adopted, but that does not mean that adoption is not difficult’

The newly appointed special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse brings an unshowy sense of determination to her mission

The Irish Times view on changing supports for Ukrainian refugees: Ireland of the not so many welcomes

Many of those affected are from vulnerable groups such as the elderly, women, children and people with special needs

Analysis: What effect will the Government’s scattergun approach to managing migrants have?

A chaotic system involving the Department of Justice, the Department of Integration and the HSE is struggling to cope with increased demand

‘I’m not okay’: 1,676 asylum seekers remain without State accommodation

Some received additional €75 on top of weekly payment of €113.80 to help pay for accommodation

Good timing pays off again for Cecelia Ahern

Paul McGinley pitches up in Ballsbridge; BBC Northern Ireland journalists get good gigs; Sharon Horgan enjoys literary success; and Fianna Fail decides to run new and not so new names

Taoiseach convenes private meeting about Mount Street ‘tented village’

Meeting involving Ministers, gardaí and Dublin City Council agreed on new search for State land to house estimated 200 asylum seekers living in tents in city centre

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