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Students seeking US visas to face ‘thorough vetting’ of social media

Students applying for J1 visas will undergo “comprehensive and thorough vetting” of their social media, the US Embassy has announced. Ireland’s national students’ union said the new measures represent a significant and disproportionate intrusion ...

23 Jun 2025 at 15:30

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Taoiseach criticises ‘excessive’ measures faced by students seeking US visas

The Irish premier has described a decision to subject students applying for J1 visas to a “comprehensive and thorough vetting” of their social media as “excessive”. Micheal Martin said he does not agree nor approve of the measures announced by ...

23 Jun 2025 at 16:23

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Non-Irish nationals in Ireland will not need UK visa waiver to cross border

The Government appears to have abandoned plans that would have required non-Irish nationals permanently resident in Ireland to apply for a visa waiver to travel to Northern Ireland. The provision had been opposed by the Irish government, ...

09 Mar 2023 at 20:11

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Students should not be ‘deprived’ of US visas for protesting, Harris says

Students should not be deprived of a US J-1 visa for expressing a view on “horrific issues that are happening around the world”, the Tanaiste has said. Last month, the US Embassy in Dublin announced that students applying for J-1 visas ...

14 Jul 2025 at 17:38

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‘Heartbroken’ migrant health workers protest outside Leinster House

Migrant health workers have staged a protest outside Leinster House, calling for family reunification as they provide care to the sick and elderly in private nursing homes in Ireland. Around 1,000 non-EU workers – mainly nurses from ...

17 Oct 2023 at 15:24

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'Out of nowhere' - Young Irish man on work visa in US robbed at gunpoint

An Irish student on a J1 Visa who was robbed at gunpoint in the US has spoken of his “shocking” experience as it “came out of nowhere”. The owners of the Banshee Irish Pub in Buffalo, New York shared a video showing Evan Glynn, one ...

23 May 2024 at 11:08

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Irish people in Australia explain why they left as 20,000 flock Down Under in one year

Over 20,000 Irish citizens were granted working holiday visas in Australia in the 12 months to June 2023. That's according to the Department of Home Affairs, which confirmed 21,029 Irish people applied for a Working Holiday visa ...

23 Jan 2024 at 17:42

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