Refugees Further training for LGBTQI+ asylum claims planned for Justice Department staffInternational protection interviewers to receive more training on asking about claimants’ orientation, after concerns about inappropriate questioning
Politics Playing with fire: Concerns mount that violent protests against refugees will lead to deathsThe minister of state for integration is worried that rising tension over the surge in asylum seeker applications could lead to someone being killed, but there is also concern that the government is not doing enough
Refugees Granting of right to work sees over 5,500 asylum seekers join labour force The Department of Justice has issued 12,180 work permits to asylum seekers over the past five years
Legal Supreme Court finding delays asylum process for hundreds of applicantsJustice department paused hundreds of applications after Supreme court judge criticises the ‘flawed procedure’ used in teenager's deportation order
Legal Fraudster’s lawyers use Britain’s default on NI protocol to appeal against extraditionHigh Court orders hearing into case of socialite and convicted fraudster Farah Damji, who absconded during London trial in 2020
Ukraine Croke Park handball centre and Cork’s Pairc Uí Chaoimh could shelter Ukrainian refugeesGAA is in discussions with the Department of Children over using the venues but says options for accommodating refugees are ‘extremely limited’
Ukraine State asks GAA, IRFU and FAI to shelter Ukrainian refugeesAround 5,000 beds in student accommodation are expected to revert to colleges in the coming weeks, while refugees have been told to seek housing with host families or risk being returned to Citywest Hotel
Ukraine One in nine Ukrainian refugees working here within two monthsMost of the 1,994 Ukrainians are working in Dublin and Clare, while more than half those working have found employment in pubs, restaurants and hotels
Interviews with asylum seekers from certain countries to be dropped in bid to speed up processDepartment of Justice to also consider using online questionnaires and virtual interviews as part of a technology overhaul of the asylum application system
Asylum seekers win court case over access to driving licencesIn landmark ruling, High Court judge criticised ‘flawed’ interpretation of the law which hindered Irish residents’ pursuit of work and family life
Department clashes with expert group over asylum seeker housingThe Department of Housing has claimed that a proposal by an expert group led by mandarin Catherine Day to provide own-door accommodation for asylum seekers is neither ‘workable nor implementable’
