Elderly Ukrainians unable to access healthcare in Louth feel ‘humiliated’ and ‘exhausted’
Three adults in their 70s, including woman with prosthetic leg, were transferred from housing in Youghal to Dundalk in August
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Hundreds of Chinese millionaires approved for Irish ‘golden visas’ after scheme closed
Applications in train at time of scheme closure in 2023 were kept open despite concern over weak controls
Why did An Garda Síochána give money to Cognyte, an Israeli surveillance company?
Payments may have been disclosed inadvertently
Garda Síochána paid substantial sums to Israeli spyware firm
Cognyte Technologies, which has close ties to Israeli security services, manufactures a range of espionage tech
Department opposes naming refugee housing providers that breach contract rules
Dáil’s spending watchdog seeks ‘rationale’ from department officials for not publishing list of contracts
Tusla debated turning back to previously blacklisted care home providers
Internal documents show pushback to idea children be accommodated by care firms who supplied fake Garda vetting
The new IRB: a band of conspiracy theorists who have set up a parallel Irish ‘government’
This fringe group, drawn from the ranks of anti-lockdown protesters and business people laid low by the crash, have a cabinet, local co-ops and even a network of ‘courts’
Department cuts firm’s Ukraine accommodation contract over Garda vetting controversy
State bodies under pressure over contracts awarded to group found supplying falsified vetting checks
Forged Garda vetting certs at private firm minding vulnerable children
Businessman behind firm blacklisted by Tusla over fake vetting later won €6 million State contract
Irish authorities tackle 52 cases of international child abduction by parents
Most children taken from Ireland are brought elsewhere in Europe
Investigating historic schools abuse a ‘major pull’ on Garda resources, authority warns
Fewer offences of possession of child sexual abuse material due to resource issues at online child exploitation unit
Three times more IPAS centres closed in last seven months than all of 2024
Department of Justice says 490 beds have been removed from the system due to closures so far this year
Number of failed asylum applicants granted leave to remain in State drops by half
More than 1,000 were granted permission to remain in 2023, but fewer than 500 in 2024
Garda ‘very unlikely’ to hit target of 5,000 more officers
Gardaí managing complex and serious investigations while ‘relying primarily on manual spreadsheets or paper-based systems’
Irish man claims State has ‘abandoned’ his child in Poland, court filings show
Girl’s mother took her to Poland without father’s consent; parents in battle over where child should receive medical care
Séamus ‘Banty’ McEnaney family group was paid €24m in three months for homeless and refugee housing
McEnaney Group growing fast with tens of millions in turnover and growing property portfolio, public documents show
Ireland cannot blame housing shortages for not accommodating asylum seekers, EU’s highest court rules
High Court referred issue to EU’s most senior judges after cases taken by international protection applicants
Key challenges for incoming Garda commissioner Justin Kelly
Recruitment, domestic violence, morale and the narcotics trade will head the agenda for incoming chief
Legal Aid Board warns of delays to divorce and child custody cases due to funding shortage
Rise in workload driven partly by ‘exponential increase’ in cases involving asylum seekers
Sex abuse in schools: State accused of ignoring its liability for redress
Louise O’Keeffe, who took State to court over failure to protect her, questioned Government’s guidance on issue
GAA Palestine suffers €38,000 loss on travel as tour to Ireland left in limbo
Taoiseach Micheál Martin said trip seemed ‘haphazardly organised’ and processes have to be followed
‘Honest belief’ of consent to sex may no longer be a defence in rape cases
Planned reform at advanced stage, with backing of Law Reform Commission
Gardaí to use gait analysis and voice recognition to identify suspects
Force has long called for facial recognition powers to analyse increasingly prevalent digital evidence
Tramore community rallies around Albanian family facing deportation
Mother facing deportation: ‘Sometimes I just want to give up but I have to go on for my children’
Ireland needs immigrants. But our economy can’t accommodate an infinite number
Ireland has a management problem as well as a demographic dilemma
Domestic violence register will not breach perpetrators’ rights, Minister for Justice says
Scheme would publicise details of people found guilty of sexual and domestic violence
‘We can’t just tear up the rule book’: Tánaiste defends denial of visas to young Palestinian GAA players
Decision to refuse applications from 33 youths due to visit later this month criticised in Dáil
Heartbreak as Palestinian GAA players are refused visas to visit Ireland
West Bank dance troupe is also facing problems over permits from Irish authorities, so is postponing its visit
‘A crisis’: Self-generated imagery makes up quarter of child sex-abuse material reported
Irish hotline reports 116% increase in such photographs, videos and pictures in space of a year
Domestic violence disclosure scheme could expose victims to ‘unacceptable’ risk, department finds
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan has committed to setting up a domestic violence register
‘I’m so scared’: Families in limbo after being told to leave international protection accommodation
Many of those affected are working locally, and their children attending local schools
Third of asylum seekers entering State this year subject to a fast-track decision-making
Total numbers applying for leave to remain in Ireland down by 44% year on year in period to mid-June
People with right to remain in Ireland stuck in direct provision centres due to lack of housing, Hiqa finds
Inspections covered IPAS centres in Cork, Kerry, Louth, Galway and Waterford
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