Migrants to Ireland hit ‘disproportionately’ by poverty after housing costs despite being better educated
One in five migrants in Ireland is ‘income poor’, and 14.5% are at risk of poverty, compared with 11% of Irish-born residents, ESRI finds
Immigration
Stories about immigration, migrants of all types into Ireland
Asylum applicants could face movement restrictions and detention in accommodation centres
New plan for handling international protection applications envisages just one appeal attempt per person
Cost of accommodating asylum seekers could be cut by 60% under new rules, suggests Government
Indicative future cost could fall from €123,000 per applicant to under €50,000, contingent on cutting processing times from 29 months to nine
Garron Noone returns to social media to say he was ‘not specific enough’ on immigration
Performer says denying people’s concerns on topic creates ‘vacuum’ for people like Conor McGregor to occupy
Why is Irish social media star Garron Noone at the heart of a controversy on immigration?
Tiktok personality is known for more light-hearted online content
Teen boy among 36 arrested in UK home office raid for illegal workers in Belfast
Dawn operation by immigration enforcement officers at construction site led to arrests
Government has sent a clear message to the far right: arson and violence work
It may be that the decision to stop locating accommodation centres in parts of the country takes the heat out of anti-migrant protests. But given the victory they have just been handed, I wouldn’t bet on it
Trump pulls security clearance for Clinton, Harris, Blinken and others
US department also revokes temporary legal status of 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
Colm Brophy: ‘Not only does Conor McGregor not speak for us, he doesn’t speak the truth’
Interview with Colm Brophy, Minister of State for Migration, on the Government's approach to immigration
Conor McGregor says Ireland’s rural towns are being ‘overrun’ by immigrants. Here are the facts
His claim about immigration is incorrect, according to figures from the Central Statistics Office
Protesters ordered to stop blocking work on water supply to 18th-century property housing women asylum seekers
One demonstrator said works would not begin ‘unless contractor was prepared to hit him with his digger’s bucket’, High Court told
Of course Conor McGregor was the best Irish person the White House could think of inviting for St Patrick’s Day
There was much about the spectacle of McGregor in the White House that was depressing
Immigration ‘makes the United States what it is’, Boston-Irish audience told
Ireland can be guiding light for US during ‘turbulent, divided and disputatious time’
Conor McGregor comments on immigration in White House criticised as ‘wrong’ and ‘outrageous’
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says reports of fighter’s meeting with US president ‘shocking’ given recent civil judgment in Nikita Hand case
‘A feeling of confidence that I might one day be president’ – An Irish Diary on George Francis Train
Businessman was an inveterate traveller and thought to be the inspiration for Phileas Fogg
Venezuelans deported to El Salvador by Trump administration ‘denied due process’
People deported under claim they belong to gang not known to have committed crimes in US or El Salvador, says politician
Flight of the Trumpugees: The wealthy Americans fleeing the US for Europe
Rosie O'Donnell is not the only American fleeing the Trump administration
In Philadelphia Simon Harris celebrates Irish-American story and a ‘very particular case’
Minister for Foreign Affairs says ‘we haven’t given up' on the cause of undocumented Irish in the US
Micheál Martin chuckling about the lack of housing was a stark reminder of Ireland’s identity crisis
We sometimes seem to be clutching Irish identity in a pinched fist. We struggle to reconcile our long history of migration with a generation locked out of Ireland over housing and growing unease about immigration
How does a Buddhist respond in a world where might is right?
Rite & Reason: To sit down and meditate or kneel down and pray is possibly the most radical option we have. Finding silence and stillness reminds us that compassion is the only reasonable response
Asylum seekers in Dublin’s East Wall: ‘Just ordinary, decent people that wanted a better life for themselves’
Fear was widespread when an international protection centre opened here in 2022; now tensions seems lower and ties are growing between residents of the centre and the wider community
Disused banks, pubs and equestrian centres could be used to house asylum seekers
Department of Integration wants to loosen rules about which types of property can be used for this purpose
More than 15,000 international protection appeals could be lodged this year, Minister told
Department of Justice to face challenges getting personnel to operate the appeal system
State stops opening new asylum seeker centres in certain areas due to ‘local feedback’ and ‘violent protest’
Number of arson attacks recorded far higher than previously reported
St Patrick was an immigrant – and Ireland’s economy continues to benefit from them
The growth in anti-immigrant sentiment in the EU tends to ignore the significant economic contribution made by inward migration
Trump administration set to revoke legal status of Ukrainians who fled war, sources say
Estimated 240,000 Ukrainians in US will be affected by move, which is expected as soon as April
Unvetted staff and overcrowding in asylum seeker accommodation, report finds
More than a third of staff across centres inspected last year were not appropriately Garda vetted, Hiqa says
UN calls for stronger measures to combat intimidation of migrants by paramilitaries in Northern Ireland
Committee highlights particular concerns around segregation and access to adequate housing
International protection system records death of 14 asylum seekers last year
Statistics show 11 men and two women died in the international protection system in 2024, while another individual’s gender was not recorded
I let chatty Stephen the taxi driver rant about ‘those people’ as if they are not my people
“This is not the Ireland I grew up in. It’s gone so far now! They are just letting everyone in,” he says, and I’m not sure if he wants me to respond as a migrant or an Irish person
Explainer: What is the purpose of deportation flights out of Ireland?
Videos of people being loaded on to aircraft are much more potent than statistics, writes Conor Gallagher
Thirty-two people, including child, deported to Georgia as charter-flight deportations recommence
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan warns those not entitled to asylum: ‘don’t come to Ireland’
Mount Street community group threatens legal action over asylum housing proposal
Department confirms offer was made for accommodation centre at Dublin property but says no decision made
Belfast race riots aftermath: ‘We have received nothing from the council, the government or our insurance company’
Immigrants whose businesses were destroyed or damaged in August’s violence say the only help they have got came from the public
Irish passport applications from UK hit post-Brexit peak
‘Harsh’ realities of travel and work restrictions are pushing British citizens to seek backdoor EU access, say lawyers
Can Jim O’Callaghan live up to his brand as the law and order politician?
In Justice, political ambition quickly collides with political reality
Payment for accommodating Ukraine refugees set to be cut
Minister seeks review of provisions for excluding people convicted of non-political crimes from being granted refugee status
Elon Musk’s Irish friends and their influence on the powerful billionaire
Musk frequently shares or highlights posts complaining about immigration into Ireland by Michael O’Keeffe, one of a number of Irish people to have grabbed the world’s richest man’s attention
First group of migrants deported from US arrive in Costa Rica
Group deported under new Trump crackdown on immigration after illegally crossing southern border
Debates over Rishi Sunak’s Englishness or Leo Varadkar’s Irishness are deranged
It’s rightly treated with the same disdain - not because it's too provocative, but because it's too weird
Sinn Féin voters in the Republic and unionist voters in Northern Ireland agree on something
Both have the least positive views on immigration of any two groups of party voters on the island
New figures suggest almost a third of Ukrainian refugees in Ireland are now living elsewhere
Some 112,189 people have claimed temporary protection in Ireland, an increase of 8.5 per cent in 12 months
Germany to set up centralised deportation facilities in bid to tackle migration
Opposition politicians denounce ‘Dublin Centres’ as pre-election gestures by a government that has lost control of asylum process
State will be ‘buying seats’ on deportation flights run by EU Frontex border agency, O’Callaghan says
Minister for Justice says there ‘has to be a consequence’ for people refused asylum
Stark divide on immigration between Sinn Féin voters North and South
SF voters in South resemble Northern unionists in attitudes to immigration
Sharp divides in attitudes to immigration within Northern Ireland, and either side of Border
Northern unionists are far more likely to be anti-immigration compared with their nationalist counterparts, while southern nationalists sit somewhere in between
Woman loses Supreme Court appeal over Ireland-born child’s right to passport
In a unanimous decision on Friday, a five-judge Supreme Court dismissed the appeal
Garda body-cam footage used in prosecution of anti-immigration activist arrested during Coolock riots
Philip Dwyer given two-month suspended sentence for failing to obey a garda direction to move on
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan signals tougher line on immigration and increased deportations
Efforts needed to reduce the number of people applying for international protection, O’Callaghan says
Spain to give legal status to 25,000 migrants affected by Valencia floods
Measure aims to ‘protect foreigners in situations of maximum vulnerability’
Has Friedrich Merz, the man who would be chancellor of Germany, really opened the ‘doors to hell’?
As elections approach, leader of the opposition CDU presents voters with a centre-right cocktail that is remixed on a daily basis
Number of Palestinians seeking asylum in Ireland rises eight-fold
Israel must respect that ‘Ireland is for Irish people and Palestine is for Palestinians’, says Palestinian ambassador to Ireland
Trump’s tariffs could directly affect about one-third of all Irish goods exports, KPMG warns
US proposal to reduce corporation tax would reduce our own corporation tax take as well as our attractiveness for FDI, KPMG says
Human rights group was right to sue State over lack of accommodation for asylum seekers, says O’Gorman
State now appealing High Court ruling that it breached rights of homeless international protection applicants
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