Community integration needs the right supports and resources in place

The Government, and most of the Opposition, have acted as if there is a justification for a community being consulted on who lives in it. We can’t appease these types of sentiments.

"There is no argument about these figures," said Lucky Khambule, co-founder of the Movement of Asylum Seekers in Ireland (Masi). "They are the latest, they are current, and they come from official sources."

A hotel in the south of the country has seen arguments develop among residents frustrated at their living conditions, with some asked to leave over 'anti-social behaviour', writes Ann Murphy

Children’s Rights Alliance calls for targeted measures for one-parent families, saying they have been neglected in successive budgets

It comes as a historic building in Dublin was set on fire amid social media rumours that it was due to become a centre for asylum seekers

Divided opinions

Meanwhile, planning granted for new 16-bedroom boutique hotel close to Dungarvan town centre 

The Government is asking asylum seekers in places of safety not to travel to Ireland due to an accommodation shortage.

For more than 20 years the vast majority of us turned a blind eye to the plight of thousands upon thousands of people in our direct provision system, to pick up megaphones of protest two decades later and call it free speech is a pot calling the kettle black

The comments come as the Government looks set to revert to using tented accommodation for some refugees

Adults to pay €10 a day for food and will also pay charges for keeping pets

Eight accused — four Algerians and four Georgian men — appeared before the court all charged with violent disorder

Four men were hospitalised and are believed to be suffering from knife wounds and other injuries after the incident.

Concerns voiced over integration procedures in town, while experts in the asylum seeker process say there are bigger issues at play

Taoiseach said the housing crisis was holding the country back and causing an intergenerational division

Alternative accommodation has been found at four different locations for 80 asylum-seekers who were being housed in tents at a direct provision centre in Co Clare.

The owner of the former hotel has also received threats via email and social media

Level of goodwill towards refugees no longer there because of the numbers arriving and the pressure on health, education and other services as well as fears for the future of the town’s  tourism, meeting told

'I was not alone however on this journey. And I could not have made it alone', she said

Businesses in one of Ireland's tourism capitals say they are suffering due to the number of refugees allocated to the town

Ultimately, Killarney turned out to be a good news story, with both Ukrainian refugees and asylum-seekers accommodated in the town. Hopefully, that’s the kind of attitude we can hang onto

"All the women now are in stress," said Hanna (Anna) Bieliavieva, after they were told that it is no longer possible to accommodate them in Killarney, despite having their children in local schools.

Some 135 Ukrainian women and children who have been staying in a Killarney hotel since March are to be moved to Mayo to make way for asylum-seekers moved from CityWest in Dublin

Describing her own experience of giving birth in an Irish hospital, co-founder of Roots in Africa-Ireland, Diane Ihirwe, said: "I was told I don’t feel as much pain as a white person."

Admission that the State is unlikely to meet commitment to end system by 2024 is a major blow to thousands languishing in cramped conditions throughout the country, writes John Lannon

The sale of a Dominican retreat centre on the northside of Cork city has raised calls for the city council to buy the property in order to provide a much-needed park for the area.

Ennismore Dominican Centre in Montenotte, in Cork, is set to be put on the market despite providing much-needed social services for those most in need in Cork and beyond.

The US State Department's latest TIP (Trafficking in Persons) report is critical of Ireland for not progressing the planned shelter project since 2020

Ukrainian refugees move into 16-person tents amid warnings that such 'temporary' measures could eventually mirror 'sub-standard' direct provision

The family, originally from India, were informed last January that they could not remain in Ireland, but their subsequent appeal was successful.

The timelines and projections to eliminate Ireland’s direct provision system by the end of 2024 “are now coming under a bit of stress”, the Oireachtas committee heard

Over 1,450 people have applied for asylum in the past month, which is 'generating accommodation pressures'

Rudolf Basson says the move was also against medical advice provided by his doctors

“When we had the responsibility, we dealt with it the way we dealt with it,” Department of Justice secretary general Oonagh McPhillips told the Public Accounts Committee.

Aramark is a large multinational corporation that makes several million euro each year from its contracts at Direct Provision centres

We need to ensure our Ukrainian refugee population is treated with the sort of respect and consideration we would ourselves expect.

The International Protection Accommodation Service  received 153 complaints last year about standards or other issues faced by asylum seekers.

The Department of Equality confirmed that a female resident died at Ashbourne House in Glounthane, with her body discovered last Friday

Ipas will not discuss its contracts with individual hoteliers, but it seems the State could soon be paying close to €295,000 a week for the use of one hotel.

Let's redirect our energy to get our house in order over here, so that we are in a position to do something concrete to help the people currently needing our support

One year on from white paper promises, end of direct provision is not yet in sight, writes Ellen O'Regan

A video, which went viral on social media last November, showed food being put into a plastic bag at a food counter in an accommodation centre in Salthill, Galway

Aramark, a services provider which has previously held contracts for catering and facilities and property management at different centres, was paid €7.7m for the operation of three State-owned direct provision centres