Immigration

We sometimes seem to be clutching Irish identity in a pinched fist. We struggle to reconcile our long history of migration with a generation locked out of Ireland over housing and growing unease about immigration

Rite & Reason: To sit down and meditate or kneel down and pray is possibly the most radical option we have. Finding silence and stillness reminds us that compassion is the only reasonable response

Fear was widespread when an international protection centre opened here in 2022; now tensions seems lower and ties are growing between residents of the centre and the wider community

Department of Integration wants to loosen rules about which types of property can be used for this purpose

Department of Justice to face challenges getting personnel to operate the appeal system

Number of arson attacks recorded far higher than previously reported

The growth in anti-immigrant sentiment in the EU tends to ignore the significant economic contribution made by inward migration

Estimated 240,000 Ukrainians in US will be affected by move, which is expected as soon as April

More than a third of staff across centres inspected last year were not appropriately Garda vetted, Hiqa says

Committee highlights particular concerns around segregation and access to adequate housing

Statistics show 11 men and two women died in the international protection system in 2024, while another individual’s gender was not recorded

“This is not the Ireland I grew up in. It’s gone so far now! They are just letting everyone in,” he says, and I’m not sure if he wants me to respond as a migrant or an Irish person

Videos of people being loaded on to aircraft are much more potent than statistics, writes Conor Gallagher

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan warns those not entitled to asylum: ‘don’t come to Ireland’

Department confirms offer was made for accommodation centre at Dublin property but says no decision made

Immigrants whose businesses were destroyed or damaged in August’s violence say the only help they have got came from the public

‘Harsh’ realities of travel and work restrictions are pushing British citizens to seek backdoor EU access, say lawyers

In Justice, political ambition quickly collides with political reality

Minister seeks review of provisions for excluding people convicted of non-political crimes from being granted refugee status

Musk frequently shares or highlights posts complaining about immigration into Ireland by Michael O’Keeffe, one of a number of Irish people to have grabbed the world’s richest man’s attention