International Protection Up to 50,000 asylum seekers to need housing by 2026, memo warnsDocuments obtained by the Business Post reveal how Department of Integration secretary general warned of ‘no sufficient pipeline of accommodation’ to resolve very serious shortfall
International Protection State extends lease on Citywest as payments to private operator total €110mHotel in Dublin used to accommodate asylum seekers and refugees from Ukraine
Migrant Crisis Analysis: State opens two new fronts as migration challenges come to the fore once againPlans to address asylum accommodation shortage and future migration announced by government
MIGRATION State to deliver 14,000 beds in migrant reception centres under new strategy Cabinet has approved long-awaited proposals to address the immediate crisis in sourcing accommodation for asylum seekers
EU More options on way to house asylum seekers, junior minister saysJoe O’Brien, junior minister at the Department of Rural and Community Development, said providers were ‘reluctant’ to be identified
Politics Fianna Fáil TDs raise tourism concerns as coalition finalises immigration strategyThe party is finalising discussion paper on future plans as immigration has become an election issue
Employment Right to request remote and flexible work comes into effectA new code of practice to guide employers and employees on requests for remote or flexible work has also been published
The Last Post Matt Cooper: Green ministers all facing ill-winds as controversies pollute their watchRyan, Martin and O’Gorman are all on the back foot over their perceived poor performance since taking office
Politics Private developers bid to accommodate thousands of Ukrainians in modular homesMove comes as cabinet prepares for revised accommodation strategy for refugees
Red C Poll Red C poll: Two-thirds of public think Ireland has taken in too many refugeesA new poll has found that 66 per cent of people think that Ireland has taken in too many refugees
Big Read A is for anger – childcare providers take aim at minister as sector struggles The sector is claiming funding and red tape are putting their businesses under pressure but the government has hit back to defend its record
Immigration Roscrea: Protests quietened amid murmurs of ‘sweetheart deal’The state has bought a disused hotel in the Tipperary town as an olive branch to residents who had protested plans to house asylum seekers locally
Opinion Migration is now the primary battleground for this year’s elections Ireland has become ‘anti-any-more’ migration and this demands more than on-the-hoof responses from a struggling government
MIGRATION Government says families to be housed in former Mayo hotel at centre of local protestsState says that up to 50 people will be accommodated in Ballinrobe hotel which attracted protests after first being earmarked to house male asylum seekers
Referendums NGOs row in to support government on referendums after initial misgivingsA failure to secure the support of NGOs would have made it difficult for the government succeed in its own campaigns
Politics The political year in review: Gaffes, gigs and the great exodusCónal Thomas takes a look back at a year that began with ‘poster-gate’ and continued with an array of crises and confrontations
Immigration ‘Small minority’ using crime to protest migration policy, Taoiseach says after Galway hotel blazeLeo Varadkar joined government ministers in condemning the fire which is being treated as a criminal damage incident
Politics Cabinet agrees welfare cuts for newly-arrived Ukrainian refugees and 90-day state accommodation limitArrivals will be paid €38.80 subsistence allowance and an additional €29.80 per child per week
Refugees Proposal to cut welfare payments for Ukrainians to go before cabinetPlan involves reducing entitlement of Ukrainians who arrive in Ireland from €220 per week jobseekers’ allowance to €38.80 per week
Ukrainian Refugee Crisis Over 20 landowners and developers offer to build modular housing for Ukrainian refugeesThe first significant step towards moving refugees into longer-term accommodation gets underway