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Calls for Minister O’Gorman to meet locals as protest continues outside Ballinrobe hotel

A local election candidate has called on Minister for Children, Disabilities, Equality, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, to meet with people in Ballinrobe as protest against the planned accommodation of 50 male refugees continues outside a ...

08 Jan 2024 at 09:51

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New report recommends staff training to protect LGBT+ international protection applicants

A report recommending new ways to support LGBTI+ people living in International Protection accommodation has been launched. The report - produced by LGBT Ireland - was commissioned in September 2022 to help guide the Department of Children, ...

12 Sept 2023 at 15:38

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ALERT: Major operation underway in Dublin to move asylum seekers sleeping in tents

A major operation is underway to move asylum seekers who have been sleeping in tents on Mount Street in central Dublin. The migrants have been sleeping rough, for several weeks, beside the International Protection Office. Gardai, Dublin ...

01 May 2024 at 08:24

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Ballinrobe hotel to accommodate up to 50 international protection applicants

A Ballinrobe hotel that has been closed since 2012 is to be used to accommodate approximately 50 male asylum seekers. Local county councillor Michael Burke said the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth ...

05 Jan 2024 at 16:31

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Application to change use of Mayo pub to emergency accommodation

A PLANNING application has been submitted to Mayo County Council for the change of use for a Castlebar pub into emergency accommodation of people seeking International Protection. Dublin-based company, Shakeview Ltd, have applied ...

20 Jan 2025 at 15:30

Thirty-four children are currently missing from State care, Tusla report reveals

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Tusla report reveals thirty-four children are currently missing from State care

Thirty four children are currently missing from state care so far this year. It is understood that 23 of the missing children came to Ireland seeking international protection and became separated from their families along the ...

17 Jun 2024 at 10:46

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More tents at Grand Canal SCRAPPED as 89 asylum seekers given alternative accommodation

More tents have been removed from the Grand Canal area after 89 international protection applicants were offered alternative accommodation this morning (May 21). According to RTÉ, barricades have been erected along the canal ...

21 May 2024 at 13:11

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March against housing of asylum seekers in Ballina hotel to take place

A march will take place in Ballina today as a show of opposition to the accommodation of 120 International Protection Applicants (IPAs) in the Twin Trees Hotel. Demonstrators will walk from the hotel through Ballina at ...

20 Apr 2024 at 09:30

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Major operation to clear tents from Grand Canal now underway

A major operation to clear tents from the Grand Canal in Dublin is now underway. A government statement confirmed the joint operation taking place this morning (Thursday May 9), the purpose of which is "to ensure the ...

09 May 2024 at 08:59

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Lease withdrawn for Ballinrobe hotel proposed to accommodate international protection applicants

A proposal to accommodate 50 male international protection applicants in a hotel in Ballinrobe has been scrapped. Local county councillors Damien Ryan and Michael Burke have stated that a lease between the ...

06 Jan 2024 at 12:18

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Mayo has over 4,000 refugees and international protection applicants

MAYO is currently has over 4,000 refugees and international protection applicants in state accommodation. According to newly released figures, Mayo is accommodating 1,252 international protection ...

17 Jan 2024 at 19:30

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Meeting with Ballina protestors labelled a ‘deceptive box-ticking exercise’

A meeting between a group protesting the proposed use of Ballina hotel for asylum seekers and a government official has been labelled ‘a deceitful box-ticking exercise’. Marie Loftus, a ...

25 Apr 2024 at 11:59

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