Man charged with assault at IPAS centre ordered not to incite hate on social media
Man allegedly voiced ‘extremist’ views during an alleged assault at Tallaght centre
International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS)
Number of asylum seekers who can access labour market to ‘reduce significantly’, analysis finds
Update to Irish law required to bring it into line with EU legislation, which would bring first-instance decision on international protection within five months
Asylum seekers: Numbers seeking international protection in Ireland fell by 43% this year
Number of Palestinians claiming asylum shows sharp decline from 80 monthly applicants to 11
Gardaí investigate alleged slashing of asylum seekers’ tents in Herbert Park
Those working with unaccommodated asylum seekers warn of ‘tangible increase in risk’
‘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
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
Kinvara residents seek to bring challenge against housing of asylum seekers at hotel
Use of hotel as accommodation centre since 2019 has resulted in losses of up to €13.3m to the local area, residents claim
Quham Babatunde died from stab wound to chest, coroner says
Inquest into death of asylum applicant from Nigeria after attack on Dublin’s South Anne adjourned due to ongoing criminal proceedings
More than 130 properties offered for IP accommodation as Government looks to buy, not rent
Plan to provide 14,000 State-owned beds for asylum seekers, with purchase of Citywest a step towards goal
State spent nearly €416m on asylum seeker and Ukrainian accommodation in early 2025
Company behind Citywest Hotel, Cape Wrath Hotel Unlimited, paid €18.7m in first quarter of 2025
‘This isn’t about race or colour. This is about our community’: Locals protest at sale of Citywest Hotel
Saggart area residents say they are against the permanent loss of the biggest hotel in Ireland as there are no similar facilities locally
‘Dublin 8 Says No’: Mother removes son (8) from school due to anti-immigration protests
Hearing about a knife incident in the school’s area ‘felt like American news’, says parent
Families deported to Nigeria could have left voluntarily, says Minister
Jim O’Callaghan defends handling of deportation of 35 people, saying applicants from Nigeria are not guaranteed protection status
Children at west Dublin asylum seeker accommodation witnessed friends being ‘put in the back of a black van’
Three siblings were among 35 people deported on a flight to Nigeria on Wednesday
Seven international protection accommodation contracts terminated in first four months of 2025
Minister for Justice says contracts with commercial providers ended due to non-compliance with rules including planning and fire safety
Refugees in Ireland: is the Government getting the balance right?
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
‘Children can’t even move in their beds they are so small’: Cramped and damp conditions in some Ipas centres
Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) investigated seven permanent centres
Plan to expand asylum-seeker accommodation as Government nears purchase of Citywest Hotel
Department of Justice drops bitterly resisted plans to house international protection applicants at old Crown Paints site in Coolock
‘I was very upset about how Coolock came across’: Locals believe handling of asylum-seeker centre plan a ‘disaster’
U-turn on proposal to house asylum seekers at former paint factory is described by most as a ‘victory for the people’
‘They were Buncrana sons’ – the Co Donegal lives and tragic deaths of two immigrant teenagers
The town has rallied around the families of the two boys who came from Africa and made new homes and lives in Co Donegal
Asylum seekers will not be accommodated at former Crown Paints site in north Dublin
Calls for inquiry into ‘chaotic’ handling of site which drew protests and attacks
New social media ‘early warning’ system will alert gardaí to potential crimes
AI system to help monitor targeting of asylum seeker accommodation, promotion of false medical cures, fundraising for terrorists and spreading extremist doctrines
Whistleblower at centre providing State accommodation to asylum seekers was told allegation could not be investigated
Hiqa had declined to look into complaints about two centres as these had not been officially designed by Minister
Sanctimonious Soc Dems find themselves on shaky high moral ground
Inside Politics podcast with Hugh Linehan
Seven deaths arising from critical incidents recorded at asylum seeker centres last year
Total of 55 critical incidents occurred with 25 of those linked to mental health or self-harm and 23 to violence towards staff or other residents
Protests continue despite pause on converting Connemara hotel into accommodation for asylum seekers
Department of Integration says it is giving locals three months to come up with proposal to turn Carna Bay Hotel back into a hotel
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
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
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
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
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
State paid more than €70.8m to Citywest hotel operator last year
Company running Dublin hotel received €18.1 million to accommodate asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees during final three months of 2024
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
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
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