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Department of Integration to receive €1bn budget bailout

Money will be used to manage large volume of Ukrainian refugees arriving into Ireland

Cabinet briefed on DNA database to find relatives of Tuam babies

Excavation works are not due to start until next year

Greens push for lower travel and childcare fees in upcoming budget

Party aims to encourage more people on to public transport and distribute fare reductions evenly across country

Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

Modular housing for Ukrainian refugees falls short of target

Department of Equality confirms just 114 of 700 proposed modular homes have been built so far

Analysis: Roderic O’Gorman’s error about number of children missing from state care is a serious matter

The Minister for Children’s claim that only two children were missing from state care was not just wrong - the opposite was true: the majority were still unaccounted for, Daniel Murray writes

12 separated children still missing from state care, as minister admits ‘error’ in RTÉ interview

In July, the Business Post revealed that 15 separated children were still unaccounted for. Roderic O’Gorman erroneously refuted this figure

Domestic violence victims to get five days leave on full-pay under new rules

People will be entitled to five-days full paid leave if they have experienced domestic violence under new regulations this autumn

HIQA report on Tusla’s separated children service ‘very concerning’ - Roderic O’Gorman

The report found gaps in governance and a lack of management oversight

State to spend €237m on expanded modular home scheme for Ukrainian refugees

Government previously planned €100m scheme to build 500 modular homes but that number has now risen to 700

Big Read: The children lost in a care system at ‘crisis point’

Separated children, including many migrants from Ukraine, are the ones suffering the most from the service’s shocking lack of resources

Fifteen separated children have gone missing from state’s care

Damning report into Tusla’s care of separated children seeking asylum in Ireland has identified critical failings by the state to adhere to national child welfare standards

Most Irish 13-year-olds are healthy and feel supported, though girls more likely to have low mood

The study by the Department of Children surveyed over 6,000 children aged 13, along with their caregivers

Roderic O’Gorman urges Irish people not to use Ukraine for surrogacy during war

Over 20 babies are due to be born to Irish couples using Ukrainian surrogates over the summer months, despite the ongoing conflict

'Rural independents get personal against the Greens because their own policies are so weak' - Roderic O'Gorman

In a wide ranging interview, the Green Party minister addressed tensions between him and Darragh O’Brien, Russian disinformation, and projections for migrant numbers this year

Greens to continue work on EU nature restoration as row with farmers rumbles on

Some politicians and farming groups have labelled the proposals a ‘land grab’ but Greens minister Roderic O’Gorman tells the Business Post the move is ‘an attempt to halt the decades of decline and destruction of nature’

Ukraine war trauma: ‘The women who were raped had to decide whether to keep the baby. Many didn’t’

Our political correspondent Daniel Murray travelled to Ukraine just over a week ago along with Tom McEneaney of Effective Aid Ukraine to witness first hand the journey of those fleeing the war. Over four days, the Business Post documented the experiences of a people at war and the reasons many have been forced to leave

Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

O’Gorman claims most people are supportive of refugees, despite pressures on system

Integration minister says some ‘strains’ between departments but state has responded well to the historic level of migration

Ukrainian Refugee Crisis

State examining use of ‘flotels’ as Taoiseach says Ireland is ‘struggling’ in European refugee crisis

It follows the suggestion of a pod-style system from the Housing Minister

Director appointed to oversee excavation of Tuam Mother and Baby Home site

Daniel Mac Sweeney, a former International Committee of the Red Cross envoy, will lead the independent office as the director of authorised intervention for the site in Co Galway

O’Gorman says communication could have been better with Inch community as locals indicate lifting of blockade

The Minister for Integration says that of the 520 people without offers of State accommodation, beds have been offered to 220 this week