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Leo Varadkar’s comments on rising immigration numbers a ‘new low’

Remarks by former taoiseach Leo Varadkar that immigration numbers have risen too quickly in Ireland, have been described as a “new low”. Labour leader Ivana Bacik criticised the comments, saying they were “deeply inappropriate and unhelpful”. In an ...

27 Sept 2024 at 14:00

National News

Irish business speaks out against 'campaign of scaremongering and lies'

A Kilkenny company has spoken out against claims made regarding the future use of one of their business premises. Urlingford’s Bernard Kavanagh & Sons Ltd have issued a statement refuting 'falsified claims' surrounding the redevelopment of the ...

05 Jan 2024 at 10:50

National News

Better communication ‘would not have made a difference’ preventing fire – Harris

Simon Harris has said that better communication from authorities would not have made “a blind bit of difference” in preventing a fire at a former pub in east Dublin. The Minister for Further and Higher Education said there was an “extremely ...

04 Jan 2024 at 14:56

National News

Over 20 people arrested after anti-immigration protesters cleared from Dublin city centre

A total of twenty two people were arrested as gardaí dealt with a number of public order incidents at anti-immigration protests in Dublin city centre. Several hundred people gathered on O'Connell Street for an anti-immigration march - ...

20 Sept 2024 at 10:51

National News

Irish premier does not ‘take too much note’ of McGregor criticism

Irish premier Micheal Martin has said he does not “take too much note” of criticism levelled at him by Conor McGregor. The mixed martial artist has been condemned by the most senior figures in Ireland’s coalition after he criticised ...

19 Mar 2025 at 17:48

National News

Gardai arrest 17 for immigration offences during Covid social welfare fraud search

Seventeen people have been arrested by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) after a search of a number of businesses. According to Gardai, the searches were undertaken as a result of investigations into fraudulent Covid-19 ...

05 Nov 2021 at 11:42

Fire breaks out at north Dublin site earmarked to house asylum seekers

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Fire breaks out at site earmarked to house asylum seekers in north Dublin

A fire has broken out at a site in north Dublin that is due to be developed to house asylum seekers. A number of fires have been started at the former Crown Paints factory in Coolock, where a makeshift camp has been set up by ...

15 Jul 2024 at 13:27

National News

Row breaks out at protest over Government plans to buy CityWest Hotel

A row erupted between TD Paul Gogarty, two councillors and protesters demonstrating outside the Dail over Government plans to buy Citywest Hotel. The State is to buy the Citywest Hotel to be used as part of the country’s ...

11 Jun 2025 at 18:03

National News

Taoiseach criticises Dublin protesters and ‘narrow nationalism’

The Taoiseach has rejected the “negativity” expressed by those who spoke at a major protest in Dublin over the weekend. Thousands of people participated in an anti-immigration protest in Dublin city centre on Saturday. ...

27 Apr 2025 at 15:42

National News

Harris hits out at arson attack on building earmarked to house asylum seekers

The Taoiseach has criticised the people behind an arson attack on a building that was earmarked for asylum seeker accommodation in Co Wicklow. The fire, at Trudder House in Newtownmountkennedy, broke out in the early ...

15 Apr 2024 at 14:24

National News

Locate asylum seekers in ‘better off’ areas, says Sinn Fein

Accommodation for asylum seekers should be located in “better off” areas, the leader of Sinn Fein has said. Mary Lou McDonald also said a site in north Dublin which has become a centre of violent disorder after it ...

23 Jul 2024 at 15:02

Crime and Courts

Limerick gardai freed up for frontline duties as immigration duties are 'transferred'

The transfer of immigration administrative responsibilities to a government department is set to free up more gardai for frontline duties in Limerick. Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee has announced that from ...

01 Jul 2024 at 07:30

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