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Number of migrant candidates running in local election hits record high

The number of candidates from a migrant background running for local elections has hit a record high. That's according to the Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI), which revealed over 100 candidates from a migrant background are running in the ...

19 May 2024 at 17:27

National News

Around half of international protection applicants granted permission to stay

The Department of Justice has estimated that approximately 50% of international protection applicants this year have been granted permission to remain in Ireland. While approximately 72% of people were refused refugee status and subsidiary ...

30 May 2023 at 17:48

Northern Ireland

O’Neill seeks ‘thought-out’ response to cross-border asylum seekers in Ireland

Northern Ireland First Minister Michelle O’Neill has called for a “thought-out” response to people who seek asylum in Ireland after travelling from the UK. The Irish Government claimed there has been a shift in migration patterns into ...

28 Apr 2024 at 14:43

Northern Ireland

Ireland won’t be ‘loophole’ for other countries’ migration issues – Harris

Irish premier Simon Harris has said Ireland will not “provide a loophole for anybody else’s migration challenges”, while the UK Government rejected the Republic’s bid to return asylum seekers in a deepening of the diplomatic spat. Mr ...

28 Apr 2024 at 22:48

National News

Ireland records highest immigration numbers in 16 years

Ireland has recorded its highest annual immigration rate for 16 years, with more than 141,000 people arriving in the country. Around 42,000 of those coming to live in Ireland in the 12 months to April 2023 were Ukrainians fleeing ...

25 Sept 2023 at 13:34

National News

Five illegal migrants arrested by gardaí after ignoring deportation orders

Five people living illegally in Ireland have been arrested by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). The arrests were made in Dublin this morning (Thursday July 4) with assistance from local Garda units in the Dublin ...

04 Jul 2024 at 13:15

National News

Thousands participate in Dublin anti-immigration protest and counter demo

Thousands of people participated in an anti-immigration protest in Dublin city centre on Saturday, after Conor McGregor posted on social media in support of the march. There was a heightened police presence in the Irish ...

26 Apr 2025 at 16:09

National News

FactCheck: Are a third of hotels outside Dublin used to house asylum seekers?

An immigration debate on RTE on Monday saw election candidates duke it out on a subject that has been a hot political topic over the past few years. Perhaps the most heated exchange of the night came between Aontu ...

28 Nov 2024 at 15:18

National News

Total immigration figures fall as work permits and asylum numbers rise – report

There has been a drop in overall immigration numbers in Ireland despite a 40% increase in asylum applications and a 27% increase in work permits last year. The Economic and Social Research Institute (Esri) has ...

11 Dec 2025 at 00:01

National News

Clare locals have ‘legitimate’ concern about late communication, O’Gorman says

Roderic O’Gorman has said that communication could have been better with members of the Co Clare community who mounted a protest in response to 30 asylum seekers arriving by bus at night. The Minister for ...

21 May 2023 at 12:15

National News

One department left to shoulder burden of finding migrant beds, says Bacik

The Government has left one department to shoulder the burden of finding accommodation for tens of thousands of migrants, the Labour leader has claimed. Ivana Bacik accused Taoiseach Leo Varadkar of ...

16 May 2023 at 18:07

National News

Government keen for efficiency in immigration system, says Donohoe

Increasing allowances for asylum seekers who leave the country voluntarily could be a way to make the immigration system more efficient, Paschal Donohoe has said. The Finance Minister was ...

27 Sept 2025 at 13:58

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