Refugees New plan to fast-track modular homes for Ukrainian refugees Department of Integration planning to house thousands in privately built units in an effort to avert looming accommodation crisis
Politics Cabinet to approve €75 extra payment for unaccommodated asylum seekersThe new payments will be an additional €75 a week on top of the €38.80 currently paid, totalling €113.80 a week
Immigration Sleeping bags to be provided to asylum seekers as state runs out of accommodation Government prepares services for international protection applicants who face sleeping rough amid accommodation shortage
Dublin Riots Nervous cabinet may speed up laws on facial recognition and hate speech Thursday’s riots, which have already led to a call for the justice minister to resign, are likely to make law and order a major political issue over the next year
Red C Poll Red C Poll: Three in five say Ireland has too many Ukrainian war refugeesFollowing last week’s riot in Dublin, the findings of the latest Business Post/Red C poll further highlight the contentious issue of immigration
UK Politics Blow to UK government as Rwanda asylum policy ruled unlawfulUK Supreme Court cited risk of genuine asylum seekers being returned by Rwanda to the country they fled from
Politics State stands over 90-day refugee accommodation limit despite cabinet concernsControversial policy met with queries from Tánaiste and a number of other cabinet colleagues
Fine Arts Meet the artist: Miriam McConnon – Capturing refugees’ stories of conflict and re-establishmentThe Cyprus-based artist examines the personal domestic narrative of people displaced by conflict and their efforts to build a safe home
Ukraine Leo Varadkar and cabinet sub-committee discussed cutting Ukrainian refugee benefitsA new study has found that the €220 per week paid to Ukrainian refugees without employment in Ireland is the highest of any EU country
Legal Rohingya refugees move to have claims against Meta heard in Irish courtRefugees claim that Facebook contributed to the genocide of the minority group by failing to appropriately moderate content
Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Modular housing for Ukrainian refugees falls short of targetDepartment of Equality confirms just 114 of 700 proposed modular homes have been built so far
Refugees Vacant buildings used to house refugees to be exempt from planning permission for five yearsMinister warned it would not be worth state’s while to convert accommodation for original two-year term
Media Local Irish paper staff say decision to publish AI article on ‘sending refugees home’ was made by UK groupPiece written by Chat GPT entitled ‘Should Refugees in Ireland go home?’ appeared on Iconic Newspaper’s regional digital titles this morning
Commercial Property Expert questions state’s delay over repurposing former nursing homesIndustry insider rejects claims that closures are linked to a ‘better deal’ with refugee accommodation, saying rising staff costs in smaller homes are contributing to the problem
Refugees Four unaccompanied children among 1,400 refugees forced to sleep rough – reportSome refugees arriving in Ireland have found themselves without a place to stay for up to 10 weeks, according to Irish Refugee Council
Refugees ‘No ministers’ policy for launch of modular homes for refugeesSources say ‘radio silence’ aims to avert challenges over lack of provision of similar houses for people on housing lists and in emergency accommodation
Front Page In this week’s Business Post: Three out of four think Ireland has taken too many refugees, RedC poll revealsRTÉ challenges decision that Late Late band member is an ‘employee’ and our columnists on Succession, Meta’s fine and so-called ‘FFG’
tourism ‘We are losing business. We know that’ – tourism grapples with refugee crisisFáilte Ireland chief Paul Kelly is unqualified in his support for Ireland’s response to the refugee crisis – but says the damage to Irish tourism will be difficult to undo if the state doesn’t act quickly to return hotels to tourism
Red C Poll Analysis: Three quarters of people think Ireland ‘taking in too many refugees’The change is public sentiment is a warning for the government that if the ongoing crisis is not addressed, an anti-immigrant party could emerge in the next general election
Politics Red C poll: three out of four think Ireland has taken too many refugees Poll finds that 75 per cent of people believe that the number of refugees Ireland is taking in is ‘now too many’ and there have been at least 125 anti-immigration protests since the start of the year
