Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak

Sorcha Pollak is an Irish Times reporter specialising in immigration issues and cohost of the In the News podcast

Practice of leaving asylum seekers to sleep rough must end, groups demand

More than 100 organisations nationwide urge Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to act

Presidential election: Where the candidates went wrong in Monday night’s debate

In the News podcast: Monday’s debate was polite, restrained and ultimately made for quite dull TV. So, what do the candidates need to change?

‘Exceptional demand’ for immigration registration delaying international students

Students planning to work part-time to fund cost of living unable to get appointments to register for Irish residence permit

‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic

‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic

It’s a jungle out there: Sorcha Pollak on growing up fast while working in the Amazon at 18

Social media and smart phones had not yet taken over our lives

Dublin stabbings: What does the data say about knife crime on the streets of the capital?

In the News podcast: Irish Times crime and security editor Conor Lally discusses whether Dublin is becoming more, or less, dangerous

The Irish language is enjoying a moment, but are policymakers invested in its revival?

In the News podcast: Why did 25,000 Irish speakers descend on the streets of Dublin last Saturday?

Are we ready for a four day work week?

In the News podcast: Financial Times columnist and reporter Sarah O’Connor discusses the shift in the Netherlands to a shorter working week

Depression and thyroid disease main health issues among Ukrainian refugees

Conditions stem in part from after-effects of 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster and ongoing Russian invasion

Deportations are a ‘critical element’ of an asylum system, says senior UN refugee official

Attempting to revise the 1951 Refugee Convention in current political climate would be a dangerous move for human rights, says commissioner

What next for Eoin Hayes and Soc Dems following ‘blackface’ controversy?

In the News podcast: Jack Horgan-Jones discusses the fallout from the Hayes photograph and Holly Cairns’ return following maternity leave

Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction: Will the disgraced former president of Brazil really do time?

In the News podcast: In the News podcast: Could Bolsonaro’s supporters secure an amnesty for the divisive former leader, and how will Donald Trump respond?

State’s mobile phone emergency alert system still not publicly tested after two years

Procurement process for more sophisticated, geo-specific cell broadcast alert underway

Man (20s) dies following road crash in Co Kerry

Single-vehicle collision on the N69 at Ballingowan occurred on Sunday morning

‘Miracle from God’: Romanian Orthodox community gathers in newly purchased cathedral

Hundreds arrive on Sunday for first liturgy at Romanian Orthodox Episcopal Cathedral in Dublin

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