Manager at Immigrant Council of Ireland selected as Obama scholar
Teresa Buczkowska is the first representative from Ireland to be chosen for the programme
Immigrant Council of Ireland
She said ‘I’ve had a huge crush on you’ and kissed me. She was beaten to death
Beryl Ohas: ‘in Kenya, they tried to reform me from gayness. In Ireland I can be myself’
Hosting refugees: ‘Trauma is huge ... it's not like providing Airbnb’
More than 10,000 people pledged accommodation for Ukrainian refugees. How does it work?
Former lord mayor Hazel Chu launches Seanad byelection campaign
Greens councillor running as Independent for the vacant University of Dublin seat
New coalition of non-profits formed to ensure Direct Provision ends by 2024
Group wants alternative system ‘fully compliant’ with human rights standards
Racism is a problem in Ireland, but it’s ‘minimal’ in Carrick-on-Shannon
New to the Parish: Lola Gonzalez Farrell moved to Ireland from Panama in 2015
Housing crisis increases risk for victims of human trafficking – report
Sexual exploitation continued ‘unabated’ throughout pandemic
Scheme to regularise undocumented migrants welcomed as ‘historic’
All undocumented migrants who have spent at least four years in the State can apply
Not everyone shares the Ireland-of-the-welcomes sentiment
Diversity in the Global Trends survey: A significant minority is ‘not in tune with our openness’
Ireland is not doing enough – we must take at least 1,000 Afghan refugees
We have an opportunity to reform how we receive and meet the needs of refugees in State
First black female African mayor in State elected
Fianna Fáil councillor Uruemu Adejinmi elected Mayor of Longford County Council
Dedicated housing unit for trafficking victims to open in autumn
Department of Justice previously announced unit would open last year
Migrant women in abusive relationships not being reached, say campaigners
Abusers use immigration status to trap women in relationships, group warns
Covid-19 advice sent by text to 1,511 arrivals from Brazil amid new strain
Up to four messages to be sent to each person advising them to self-isolate and arrange a test
Sex-trafficking: Why is Ireland’s record so poor?
Padraig O’Morain: It is our duty to prioritise the destruction of sex-trafficking
Human trafficking: ‘I lived in fear . . . I was a broken person’
A mother of two from Cameroon taken into prostitution in Ireland
‘I come from an explicit, brash, rude culture. Ireland is a lot more implicit’
New to the Parish: Melanie Labor arrived from Germany in 2006
Visa renewal backlog as Covid ‘overwhelms’ migrant system
Despite rolling short-term renewals, online system creating stress among applicants
Ireland criticised for ‘major failings’ in its treatment of human trafficking victims
US Department of State report finds ‘lack of convictions for trafficking offences’
New government’s integration strategies should be cross-departmental - immigrant council
Department of Justice announces €500,000 fund for community integration projects
Poor levels of diversity in Irish public life, Immigrant Council warns
Racism and unfair representation major issues in Irish society, meeting told
Migrant election candidates say they were racially abused during campaign
Immigrant Council of Ireland report highlights underrepresentation of people from migrants backgrounds in local government
‘I will never 100 per cent belong in Ireland’
New to the Parish: Teresa Buczkowska arrived in Ireland from Cracow in 2005
Citizenship costs hurt young voter participation, says student chief
UCD student union president, originally from Poland, unable to vote in election
Who is new Green Party TD Joe O’Brien?
Profile: The Dublin Fingal representative is a hard worker with a strong record on migrant rights
Women in direct provision being ‘pushed into prostitution’
Migrant network warns that people surviving on small cash allowance become desperate
Taoiseach: Criticising illegal immigration should not be controversial
But Varadkar says people need to ‘to call out the scaremongering’ on housing asylum seekers
One in five people assaulted in State is a foreign national
Data released to The Irish Times amid increasing calls for hate crime legislation
Call for ethnicity of assault victims to be recorded, as street violence rises
Data could inform prevention of hate crime, says Immigrant Council of Ireland
‘Disco outside the Dáil’ protest against Pence visit
Amnesty-led demonstration puts best foot forward – inspired by US LGBT activists
New councillors from Bangladesh, India and Sweden on life in Irish politics
Limerick’s first Muslim councillor says most people are welcoming and ‘like new voices’
Racism on public transport: ‘The community is standing up’
Transport services and the Immigrant Council of Ireland launch campaign against abuse
Father’s crimes should not have denied child Irish citizenship
High Court judge overturns unsuccessful citizenship application by child, now aged eight
Ruling marks an end to ‘forced separation’ of couples
Judgment should not delay reforms on refugee family reunification, advocates warn
Emergency accommodation unsuitable for asylum seekers, committee told
Government urged to stop using hotels and B&Bs at cost of €99 per person per night
Gardaí investigate alleged racist attack on taxi driver
Man hands himself in to station after footage emerges of abuse in car in Dublin
The 29 non-locals running in the local elections
We need to establish why more immigrants don’t participate in politics, says one candidate
Black Irish citizens twice as likely to experience discrimination
New research focused on experiences in the labour market
Call for Irish businesses to tap into migrant skills in the workplace
State will lose out if jobs can’t be filled, says Virgin Media boss Tony Hanway
Make purchase of sex a criminal act to end prostitution, EU report says
Sex Workers Alliance says report does not address reality of sex workers’ lives
Discrimination at work: ‘You see Africans with PhDs driving taxis’
Africans ‘the most disadvantaged’ group in the Irish labour market, according to ESRI
Does corporate responsibility really matter to graduates?
Personal ethics can be a guiding factor for graduates considering job offers
Urgent call for overhaul of State’s hate crime legislation
Nationwide campaign calls for end to racism on public transport
Polish community celebrates ‘bloody foreigners’ donating blood
Campaign slogan ‘is about bringing a positive spin to a term that is negative’
‘Bloody Foreigners’ campaign calls on Irish-Poles to donate blood
Irish Blood Transfusion Service warns of drop in donations during summer months
Refugee groups give mixed response to work scheme for asylum seekers
Many awaiting decisions on refugee status now entitled to apply for jobs in most sectors
Migrant women ‘disproportionately affected’ by Eighth Amendment
Refugee support groups call for Repeal of the Eighth to protect rights of migrant women
Atlantic quietly closes its doors in Ireland after 30 years of philanthropy
Chuck Feeney’s ‘historic act of extraordinary generosity’ financed transformational change
Limited right to work for asylum seekers ‘horrific joke’
Protest outside Dáil calls for unrestricted right to work for asylum seekers
Friends’ marriage to avoid inheritance tax ‘lawful’, says McDowell
Two men in their 80s plan to marry next month in bid to avoid large tax bill
Women and girls trafficked to Ireland for sham marriages – report
Nearly two-thirds of reported incidences of people trafficking were subjected to sexual exploitation.
State set to miss refugee target as 440 people prepare to travel from Greece
A total of 1,244 asylum-seekers have arrived in Ireland to date
Kurd family found in refrigerated container ‘lucky to be alive’
Family discovered on Stena ferry in Rosslare needed immediate medical attention
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