Profits more than double at direct provision firm to €1.98m
Spending in contentious sector surges by 41% – from €129.4m in 2019 to €183m last year
Exposure to persistent road traffic noise may impact on ‘executive function’, report finds
Researchers say more work is required to establish extent to which older people are impacted
Paddy Prendergast remembered at funeral Mass as ‘larger than life character’
Former footballer was last man standing of 1951 All-Ireland winning Mayo football team
Why do green spaces matter? Think quality and not just size, says ESRI
Planners ‘might reasonably ask how much green space is enough’
Longer commutes for cheaper rents bad for wellbeing – ESRI
Workers face trade-off between high commuting costs and low housing costs, research notes
Girls who get phones earlier fare ‘less well’ in behavioural adjustment - study
ESRI study finds phone ownership ‘creates greater opportunities for peer comparison’
Achill residents insist they are not opposed to asylum seekers but have safety concerns
Concern that ‘outside forces’ are ‘piggybacking’ on local protests
Plans to house 13 vulnerable women asylum seekers abandoned after Achill protests
Demonstrations took place at the hotel on Thursday, Friday and Saturday of last week
Homecare needs and costs set to spiral if not tackled
Rapidly ageing Irish population requires care staff, cash injection and better system
Oughterard asylum seeker centre tender is withdrawn
Department of Justice says move will exacerbate serious shortage of accommodation for those who come to Ireland
‘Extreme reluctance’ to switch phone providers costing Irish consumers
ESRI finds up to almost 60% of users have never switched to another telcom firm
Firms paid €50m for running direct provision centres last year
Official figures show Mosney plc has received €127.4m since 2002 for accommodating asylum seekers
Garda set to be offered new pay deal by Government
There is caution on whether new proposals will be enough to prevent threatened strike
How direct provision became a profitable business
Private firms have been the real beneficiaries of asylum system
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