Who are the main companies involved in providing refugee accommodation in Ireland?Department of Integration spent €1.49 billion on housing Ukrainian refugees and €640 million on accommodation for international protection applicants in 2023Mon Apr 22 2024 - 05:30
Pest infestation at asylum seeker centre saw child hospitalised, inspections findResidents feel ‘unsafe’ and some staff are not Garda vetted, Hiqa inspections of accommodation findThu Apr 18 2024 - 10:00
What will it take to make Irish roads safer?In the News podcast: Is the Road Safety Authority’s goal of no road-related deaths or serious injuries by 2050 really achievable?Wed Apr 17 2024 - 06:15Listen | 23:54
Why a judge called Eir’s conduct ‘a disgrace’In the News podcast: Consumer affairs correspondent Conor Pope discusses the outcome of Comreg’s case against Eircom and its wider implicationsTue Apr 16 2024 - 06:00Listen | 16:30
Ireland to overhaul asylum system with legally binding application time frames after EU voteEuropean Parliament vote opposed by Sinn Féin, which says it is opposed to ‘open borders’Thu Apr 11 2024 - 06:00
‘Volunteers have reached breaking point’: Activists supporting homeless asylum seekers run out of tents 1,700 male asylum seekers now homeless with new arrivals now sharing tents with those already camping off Mount StreetWed Apr 10 2024 - 11:56
The challenges facing Ireland’s youngest and most untested Taoiseach In the News podcast: Political Editor Pat Leahy about the challenges that lie ahead for Ireland’s new leaderTue Apr 09 2024 - 07:52Listen | 22:34
School phobia: Boy became ‘gripped with terror’ shortly after starting secondary school in 2021In the News podcast: School refusal, or school phobia, has become a major issue for principals and school staff across IrelandMon Apr 08 2024 - 06:15Listen | 26:23
Early years educators’ pay must be increased, inaugural childcare conference told Minister commits to examining potential for establishing publicly-run early years education systemSat Apr 06 2024 - 16:35
Iranian refugee couple graduate with DCU masters’ degrees on the same day ‘Education creates justice. If you just send rich people to university, and others have no access to education, it creates huge inequalities’Fri Apr 05 2024 - 19:12
Man (80s) and woman (70s) die in Cork city house fire Victims of fire on Lower Glanmire Road became first time grandparents just hours before they diedFri Apr 05 2024 - 18:00
Number of homeless asylum seekers in State rises to 1,620 Average of 59 people seeking asylum arrived each day during last week of March, almost one third of them childrenFri Apr 05 2024 - 15:58
Strategy to resolve divisive asylum seeker problem shy of joined-up Coalition thinking Lack of urgency among housing officials and ‘unwillingness to recognise scale of problem’ within housing department cited as a brake on progressFri Apr 05 2024 - 06:00
Citywest hotel in Dublin was paid €53.6m to accommodate asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees in 2023 Large hotel groups and companies paid tens of millions in Government contracts to accommodate international protection applicants and Ukrainian refugeesThu Apr 04 2024 - 06:00
New asylum-seeker accommodation agency is under considerationState expects 13,000-16,000 asylum seekers a year, a fourfold increase on previous estimatesThu Apr 04 2024 - 06:00
Will Israel’s Damascus attack further escalate tensions across the Middle East?In the News podcast: Expert in conflict and post-conflict security Duncan Bullivant discusses the wider implications of the Damascus bombingWed Apr 03 2024 - 07:00Listen | 21:04
How Javier Milei’s transformation of Argentina is coming at a cost In the News podcast: Tom Hennigan reports from South America on Milei’s struggle to make his radical vision for Argentina a realityTue Apr 02 2024 - 06:00Listen | 23:10
‘You’re famous, what are you doing here?’: The asylum seeker who has gone from Somali TV to a bunk bed in CitywestSalman Jamal was a prominent news reporter in Somalia when he was nearly killed in a bomb attack. Now he shares a room in a Dublin centreTue Apr 02 2024 - 00:00
More Ukrainian refugees now leaving State accommodation than entering the country Daily average of 25 Ukrainian refugees arrived in Ireland last month, compared to 70 last DecemberFri Mar 29 2024 - 06:00
Plans for reforming asylum accommodation system need to work - quicklyPlans commit to providing 14,000 State-owned beds for asylum seekers by end of 2028 as part of scheme to make 35,000 beds availableWed Mar 27 2024 - 20:22
Children in Gaza dying from hunger as ceasefire negotiations progress slowly In the News podcast: UNICEF spokesperson James Elder reports from Gaza on the manmade famine spreading through the stripWed Mar 27 2024 - 06:00Listen | 21:44
How the investigation into Annie McCarrick’s disappearance took a wrong turnIn the News podcast: Journalist Áine Ryan discusses the latest revelations surrounding the young American’s disappearance in 1993Tue Mar 26 2024 - 06:00Listen | 16:32
Fifth of young Irish men would continue if partner was ‘not enjoying’ sexMen are being told ‘an array of harmful myths around women’s attitudes to sex’, says project lead of We-Consent campaignMon Mar 25 2024 - 00:01
Ireland has one of the most positive attitudes towards immigration in Europe - studyIrish people’s positivity towards immigrants has declined in recent years, particularly between June and November 2023, according to ESRI studyFri Mar 22 2024 - 06:00
Mixing social and private housing segregates rather than integrates communities, says Ó BroinPlanning and Development Bill wording offers ‘flexibility’ in building more social housing, says Fine Gael’s Kieran O’DonnellThu Mar 21 2024 - 15:20
Fine Gael leadership election: how it works and when we’ll know the next taoiseachProcess starts today with nominations from parliamentary partyThu Mar 21 2024 - 09:02
‘Making it here to Ireland, it’s a miracle’: Family reunited in Dublin after fleeing Gaza Strip Isam Hammad and his son Ezzideen arrived in Dublin on Tuesday, following their family who fled Rafah in late FebruaryWed Mar 20 2024 - 19:00
What is the English language school visa scam and who is behind it?In the News podcast: Reporter Isabela Boechat discusses the ‘ghost student’ visas spreading through the language school sectorWed Mar 20 2024 - 05:01Listen | 20:00
‘I don’t feel either Irish or British’: English expats on being ‘blow-ins’ in Ireland’s most British town Ahead of St Patrick’s Day, recent and older arrivals from England reflect on new lives, identity and heritage in Skibbereen, west CorkSun Mar 17 2024 - 06:00
‘There’s no way he’d have sex with me if I said use a condom’ - the shift in attitudes behind a rise in STIsIn the News podcast: Dr Aisling Loy discusses the rise in STIs among younger people in Ireland and the longer term health implications of contracting these infectionsFri Mar 15 2024 - 06:00Listen | 20:54
The pursuit of the Kinahan cartel leader: could Daniel Kinahan finally face trial in Ireland?In the News podcast: How likely is it that the leader of the Kinahan cartel will end up in Garda handcuffs?Thu Mar 14 2024 - 06:15Listen | 21:43
Charlie Bird’s courageous final act In the News podcast: Mark Hennessy reflects on the journalism and advocacy work which defined the late RTÉ journalist’s lifeWed Mar 13 2024 - 06:00Listen | 20:27
Why are Chinese millionaires buying homes in south Dublin?In the News podcast: How China’s property crisis is pushing some of its richest people to invest in Dublin homes and send their children to Irish schoolsTue Mar 12 2024 - 06:00Listen | 21:18
Smithfield horse fair protest: ‘There’s six generations of us coming to this’Hundreds of horse owners and traders gather to demonstrate against Dublin City Council restrictions on horse fairs in capital’s market areaSun Mar 10 2024 - 16:35
Proposed changes to Constitution ‘too vague’ and causing ‘confusion’, say voters outside polling station Slow start to voting in Stoneybatter in Dublin as local residents have their say in ‘family’ and ‘care’ referendumsSat Mar 09 2024 - 06:00
Family and care referendums: Polls close with low turnoutAround a quarter of voters cast a ballot in Dublin city but elsewhere in the capital turnout was as low as 16 per cent as of Friday afternoonFri Mar 08 2024 - 22:25
How leaked audio embarrassed Germany and put the spotlight on Europe’s ‘war-readiness’In the News podcast: Berlin correspondent Derek Scally discusses the implications of the German military leaks and Russia’s threat of wider war in EuropeThu Mar 07 2024 - 06:00Listen | 24:27
The Yes and No referendum campaigns explained In the News podcastWed Mar 06 2024 - 05:00Listen | 26:36
Charges against Irish citizen held in Iraq are dropped but campaign for return continuesYasser Eljuboori released on bail but still faces risks while he remains in Iraq, says legal counselThu Feb 29 2024 - 12:23
Covid-19 pandemic babies ‘more likely to have healthier guts, to suffer fewer food allergies’Irish researchers found lower rates of infection and longer periods of breastfeeding during lockdowns had a positive effect on babies’ gut developmentThu Feb 29 2024 - 11:26
Number of consultant and non-consultant hospital doctors has risen 60% since 2013Public capital health expenditure increased by 251% over last decade, according to department reportWed Feb 28 2024 - 17:59
Man (30s) arrested on suspicion of murder in connection with discovery of body in flat in south DublinEarly indications are that Mick Whelan was stabbed, but results of postmortem will determine course of investigationWed Feb 28 2024 - 15:49
Can we trust the new FAI?In the News podcast: Why is the FAI’s appearance before last week’s Public Accounts Committee so significant?Wed Feb 28 2024 - 05:00Listen | 24:59
Explained: the latest twist in the RTE saga In the News podcast: How much has the latest chapter in the RTE saga damaged Catherine Martin’s role as media minister?Tue Feb 27 2024 - 06:00Listen | 20:29
Artwork from leading Irish artists to go on sale in aid of doctors working in Gaza Events unfolding in Gaza are a ‘massacre’ says participating artists Dorothy CrossSun Feb 25 2024 - 11:10
Irish-Palestinian man with cerebral palsy arrives in Dublin, but father and brother left behind in Rafah Hamza Hammad, who was born in Dublin in 1997 and carries Irish citizenship, left Gaza earlier this week with his mother, sister and brothersSat Feb 24 2024 - 16:49
Woman (33) dies suddenly at UHL one day after losing her babyHSE inquiry to establish ‘what happened and how, and then to take any appropriate actions’Sat Feb 24 2024 - 14:42
From war-torn Kharkiv to surfing in Bundoran: Ukrainians find refuge from war in a Donegal townThe population of the Donegal town has increased by almost 50% from the influx of refugees since the Ukraine-Russia war began two years agoFri Feb 23 2024 - 20:00
Mexico's deadliest drug cartel in Ireland: 'In Irish organised crime this is highly unusual'In the News podcast: What links the infamous Sinaloa drugs cartel - featured in the Netflix series, Narcos - with County Kerry?Wed Feb 21 2024 - 05:00Listen | 28:12
Is Dublin finally going to get its Metro?In the News podcast: Irish Times Dublin editor Olivia Kelly discusses whether the an Bord Pleanála Metrolink hearing means Dublin’s underground rail system is finally on the wayTue Feb 20 2024 - 06:00Listen | 18:05
