State is making provision for 21,000 to 22,000 international protection applicants this year, says Minister

An expected 650 people are due to arrive in Ireland this year under the 2024-2027 phase of the Irish Refugee Protection Programme, if approved.

The Government has a planning exemption for under the EU’s Beneficiaries of Temporary Protection rules to house Ukrainians in a site in Stradbally. However, this currently does not apply for accomm...

Garda pilot programme at Dublin Airport between February and May was in response to ‘emerging trend’, says Drew Harris

One of the victims was hospitalised with a broken nose.

Father of Yosuke Sasaki (24), who was killed in Dundalk, says ‘if there is a god, I resent him’

One of Townbe owners lives in Switzerland, Far From the Madding Crowd. MATT TREACY on the company behind the proposed Coolock asylum centre which has pocketed more than €38 million for asylum...

The Belgian State has been ordered to lift "all coronavirus measures" within 30 days, as the legal basis for them is insufficient, a Brussels court ruled on Wednesday.

Over 200 people gathered in a County Mayo village over plans to house international protection applicants at historic estate.

Dublin city councillors call for State facilities to be used as temporary encampments for homeless migrant men

FacebookTweetLinkedInPrint A woman is to stand trial at Letterkenny Circuit Court on 84 charges of alleged fraud. Student Zainab Agoro…

Strongly suspected they left their accommodation with a view to going to UK

Court hears man effectively groomed the child into thinking they were in a romantic relationship

A couple who received €16,500 from an insurance company after they falsely claimed their Toyota Hilux had been stolen were criticised by a judge for “spinn...

In total, 4,712 people made an asylum claim at the capital’s airport in 2023; 4,007 had no identity documents or false identity documents

The Government is to acquire up to six new accommodation centres — with beds for up to 3,600 people — and audit existing buildings being used for refugees ...

The partner and two brothers of the killer of Offaly teacher Ashling Murphy have been sent forward for trial on charges of withholding information into the...

The European Union's first directive on combatting violence against women and domestic violence will not include the crime of rape, after a number of countries including Ireland, could not agree on a...

The Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) has confirmed that 80 beds will be provided imminently for families of int...

Court hears of ‘appalling act of violence on a defenceless man’

The State has paid hotels and guesthouses an average of over €460,000 a week to the end of September to house the soaring numbers of asylum seekers in emer...

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan wants to ban the sale of turf under new solid fuel regulations.

Constantin Iosca sued Motor Insurers Bureau after bike struck by untraceable car

Gardaí found material when searching home of Stephen Gregan (42) while investigating him for sexually assaulting an 11-year-old in Penneys

Ebenezer Oduntan, former pastor of Redeemed Christian Church, passed five times more than declared income through accounts

Work by former Tanáiste Frances Fitzgerald and Children's Minister Katherine Zappone has been shortlisted for a European award for innovation in politics.

A duo have appeared at a special sitting of Sligo District Court charged with stealing diamond rings worth €80,000 from a Sligo jewellers.

A KERRY judge has said that the State needs to be made aware of an asylum seeker who has now been before the courts six times in relation to shoplifting in...

Lesbos, Samos and Chios staged a general strike, shutting down shops and public services and rallying in central squares, with protesters shouting: 'We want our islands back, we want our lives back.'

John Sankeni refused bail on theft charges related to money laundering investigation

The shocking incident took place in a store car-park in Fermoy and involved as suspect described by gardai as a non-national woman

Lokman Benharkou (29) was charged with assault causing harm to two women in Dundalk at about 1.30am on Friday

Gardai objected to bail on the grounds of the seriousness of the charge, the strength of the evidence and their belief accused is a flight risk

Large Garda presence as relatives from Britain join members of Travelling community