High Court to hear challenge to accommodation for 1,000 asylum seekers in Athlone
Incoming Independent TD for Longford-Westmeath Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran among group of local representatives backing challenge
International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS)
Operating profits at Travelodge hotel in Dublin rises 4%
Facility on Townsend Street has State contract to house international protection applicants
Homeless asylum seekers camped near Dáil offered accommodation after standoff with gardaí
Some 50 tents pitched at Kildare Place on Thursday after men told to leave ‘cold weather’ beds in Citywest
Number of homeless international protection applicants passes 3,000
Record number of asylum seekers without accommodation comes as Government’s cold weather initiative ends
Asylum seekers who were moved from tents told they may remain indoors ‘until further notice’
International protection applicants moved to Citywest were told to leave on Tuesday as ‘cold weather had now passed’
Asylum centre failed to protect four children who went missing, Hiqa inspection finds
Another centre had a large number of insects in the kitchen, while another with a high proportion of children had a staff member without Garda vetting
Pregnant and seeking asylum: ‘Imagine the journey some of these women have been on’
Coombe hospital-linked Daisy Clinic provides maternity and gynaecological care to pregnant women who are within the international protection system
Volunteers supporting homeless asylum seekers say gardaí often ‘increase the risk of violence’
Report by Irish Refugee Council says Government has ‘reneged on its obligations under Irish and European Union law’ in not providing their basic needs
Asylum seekers in Crooksling to be housed indoors as temperatures drop below zero
Government says contingency arrangements are in place for men to be moved indoors during ‘severe weather’
‘Eight hours of volunteering?’: Church of Scientology ‘exploited’ asylum seekers in Dublin
Controversial church says it has ‘never advised’ asylum seekers on refugee applications after migrants receive certificates for volunteering with group
Bitter row over Co Laois property allegedly used to accommodate international protection applicants
One side alleges the occupants were assaulted, while the other claims the property is being run as an ‘illegal’ international protection accommodation centre
A Wicklow village is still divided, six months after anti-asylum seeker protests
As a general election looms, Newtownmountkennedy residents remain ‘traumatised’ and ‘divided’ and speak sadly of authorities’ poor management of the issue
Coolock: High Court refuses to halt plans for migrant housing on former Crown Paints site
Judge said three plaintiffs’ legal documents were ‘awash in meaningless conspiracy theories’
Dublin authorities make 400 extra beds available for homeless this winter
More than 10,000 emergency beds were already occupied by homeless people in Dublin last month
State has ‘done nothing’ about High Court judgment finding breach of asylum seekers’ rights, judge hears
Human rights body asks court to reconsider making order forcing State to vindicate the asylum seekers’ rights
Hotel owner claims it could lose €2.1m for accommodating IP applicants as current operator will not surrender vacant possession
Owner of Grand Hotel in Wicklow town brings High Court proceedings against operator, seeking orders including that a lease agreement has ended
Checking passports with immigration control at Dublin Airport
Department of Justice immigration officials are attempting to prevent asylum seekers dumping travel documents after disembarking flights
Hundreds of millions of euro paid to Irish companies for accommodating refugees and Ukrainians
Latest figures from Dept of Integration show hotel groups, the McEnaney family, and a US private equity group among those being paid for providing accommodation services
‘We sleep with our eyes open’: Homeless asylum seekers in Dublin fear attack and the encroaching cold
These asylum seekers, who cannot access homelessness hostels, are ‘particularly vulnerable’ as the seasons change
‘You feel you’re doing the State’s work’: volunteers step in to help asylum seekers
Community groups have been set up to volunteer services in the face of official inaction and an increasingly hostile atmosphere
Number of Ukrainian refugees living in State-provided accommodation falls by almost 17,500
Nearly 190 accommodation contracts for Ukrainian housing have ended since the start of the summer
Cockroach infestations, dead rats and ‘aggressive behaviour’ flagged in reports on asylum accommodation
Reports submitted to IPAS reveal numerous fire safety incidents and some pest infestations during first six months of 2024
Accommodating asylum seekers
High Court has judged that the Irish Government is breaching asylum seekers’ human rights
Dublin Bus planning ‘enhanced services’ to Crooksling asylum seeker site following capacity complaints
‘Only a matter of time before there is a serious or deadly accident along this stretch of the N81,’ warns local resident
Homeless asylum seekers’ right to human dignity breached by State, court rules
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission challenged lack of accommodation for many adult male International Protection applicants
Mixed views in Dundrum about arrival of asylum seekers, residents say
Analysis shows accommodation centres are located in areas ranging from very affluent to extremely disadvantaged
Harris calls for more consultation with gardaí over planned international protection accommodation
Policing Authority told some protesters in Coolock, opposed to use of former Crown Paints factory, had genuine concerns but were ‘infiltrated’ by ‘troublemakers’
‘Sharing a room with eight people... It’s not easy’: Asylum seekers upset at sudden move from Galway to Dublin
About 60 women were initially given just 48 hours’ notice to move from accommodation
Government will not be dictated to by small, violent group opposed to asylum accommodation, says Tánaiste
Micheál Martin says recents attacks on gardaí former Crown Paints factory in Coolock represents attack on the State and its citizens
Three gardaí injured and one man arrested after further unrest following Coolock protests
Hundreds of people gather at the former Crown Paints factory on Malahide Road, earmarked for international protection applicants
‘I was lucky to escape that knife’: Asylum seekers outline alleged attack on Dublin city centre camp
‘They told me pitching a tent in the city is illegal so why do they give us tents? It makes no sense.’
Inside Crooksling: ‘Sleep is the only escape’ from the ‘dirty, unsafe’ asylum seeker campsite
‘Going to sleep at night is the only escape from it all,’ says a former resident of the Dublin facility
Hiqa reports highlight deficiencies in vetting and child safeguarding in accommodation centres
Health authority carried out inspections at International Protection Accommodation Services centres across the country
Lone parents and children should be exempt from direct provision evictions, says charity
Former asylum seekers who now have status to remain in Ireland told they must leave State accommodation by July 5th
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