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irishtimes. com > crime-law > courts > 04/13/2026 > dispute-between-refugee-accommodation-firm-and-government-settled

Dispute between refugee accommodation firm and Government settled

1+ hour, 50+ min ago  (291+ words) A development company which sued the Minister for Migration over the shelving of a plan to convert an industrial unit in Dublin into refugee accommodation has settled the action, the Commercial Court has heard. On Monday, Stephen Byrne, barrister for…...

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irishtimes. com > ireland > social-affairs > 04/09/2026 > number-of-migrants-seeking-help-to-return-home-nearly-doubles-as-state-spends-16m

Number of migrants seeking help to return home nearly doubles as State spends "1. 6m

4+ day, 22+ min ago  (386+ words) The number of migrants applying for help to return home almost doubled last year as the State spent over "1. 6 million helping people leave Ireland. More than 2, 300 people asked for assistance to go back to their own country last year, a…...

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irishtimes. com > ireland > social-affairs > 04/02/2026 > former-employees-of-traveller-support-group-living-only-on-our-prayers-due-to-unpaid-wages

Former employees of Traveller support group "living only on prayers" due to unpaid wages

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (546+ words) More than 20 former employees of a Traveller support organisation in south Dublin say they are owed wages and have no information about redundancy pay almost two months after being told the charity was closing. The former staff at the Sandyford-based…...

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irishtimes. com > crime-law > courts > 03/23/2026 > mediation-fails-in-refugee-accommodation-contracts-dispute

Mediation fails in refugee accommodation contracts dispute

2+ week, 6+ day ago  (284+ words) Mediation has not been successful in a dispute over the shelving by the Government of plans for international protection applicant accommodation in two Dublin office buildings on which a company says it spent "6 million on refurbishment works, the Commercial Court…...

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irishtimes. com > crime-law > 03/21/2026 > sexual-violence-in-the-force-has-the-garda-learned-anything-from-the-sarah-everard-case

Sexual violence in the force: Has the Garda learned from the Sarah Everard case?

3+ week, 14+ hour ago  (936+ words) Five years ago, Sarah Everard was raped and murdered after being abducted in London as she walked home from a friend's house. The remains of the 33-year-old marketing executive were found in woodland in Kent, resulting in the arrest and…...

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irishtimes. com > ireland > social-affairs > 03/23/2026 > my-body-was-completely-worn-out-migrant-worker-in-ireland-got-just-two-weeks-holidays-over-two-years

My body was worn out: Migrant worker in Ireland got just two weeks holidays over two years

3+ week, 8+ hour ago  (769+ words) When offered an agricultural job in Ireland six years ago Sam hoped it would be a "turning point" in his life. From Uganda, he planned to "work and send money home to [his] wife and son". Sam (a pseudonym used…...

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irishtimes. com > politics > 03/16/2026 > the-fringe-womens-anti-immigration-group-supported-by-three-elected-politicians

The fringe women's anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians

4+ week, 9+ hour ago  (1240+ words) They can throw the racist card all they like," Carol Nolan, the independent TD, says. Every Irish person here is genuinely concerned. Any reasonable person, with any grain of common sense, knows that what's happening is not right." There were…...

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irishtimes. com > business > work > 03/05/2026 > misclassification-of-family-members-a-common-issue-in-prsi-cases-pac-hears

Misclassification of family members a common issue in PRSI cases, PAC hears

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (442+ words) The bulk of the money recovered by the Department of Social Protection's Employment Status Investigation Unit (ESIU) last year came from the misclassification of family members rather than those who were falsely described as self-employed the D'il's Committee of Public…...

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irishtimes. com > ireland > social-affairs > 02/27/2026 > nearly-30-of-unaccompanied-minors-seeking-asylum-ineligible-department-of-justice

Nearly 30% of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum "ineligible, says Department of Justice

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (478+ words) Almost 30 per cent of those seeking international protection as unaccompanied minors over the last two years were subsequently found by the child and family agency Tusla not to be eligible, the Department of Justice has said. Figures provided by the…...

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irishtimes. com > crime-law > courts > 02/26/2026 > asylum-decision-flawed-after-handling-by-zimbabwean-of-different-ethnicity-judge-rules

Asylum decision flawed after handling by Zimbabwean of different ethnicity, judge rules

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (746+ words) The handling of a Zimbabwean woman's application for international protection by a Zimbabwean individual from a different ethnic group gave rise to a flawed decision to refuse the woman protection, a judge has ruled. The woman, of Ndebele ethnicity, claimed…...