# crisis

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Three 20-something entrepreneurs just launched an Airbnb for refugees

The website operates pretty much like Airbnb. People, called “heroes”, offer up spare rooms in their homes for refugees to temporarily stay in.

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Sep 21st 2015, 9:15 PM

# crisis

Egyptian billionaire offers to buy island for refugees

Meanwhile, Bob Geldof has described the crisis as “an absolute sickening, f***ing disgrace”.

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Sep 4th 2015, 8:45 PM

# crisis

'My kids were the most beautiful children in the world'

The photo of Aylan’s lifeless body washed ashore in Turkey has made front pages around the world.

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Sep 3rd 2015, 8:45 PM

# Changes

Martin King gives a 'homeless broadcast' for Ireland

The broadcaster was appearing in a video for the Simon Community to accompany their pre-budget submission.

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Aug 31st 2015, 3:13 PM

# Great Big Walls

Keep out! 10 of the world's most significant border 'walls'

Imposing structures, soldiers with guns and strict rules.

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Aug 30th 2015, 6:00 PM

# crisis

A warning to Europe: Up to 50 people found suffocated in a truck in Austria

An investigation is underway which includes police from Hungary.

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Aug 27th 2015, 2:10 PM

# razor-wire fences

Merkel vows zero tolerance for migrant hate - as 55 bodies found on boats

Meanwhile the Defence Forces have rescued hundreds of people – including 71 children – in an operation tonight.

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Aug 26th 2015, 11:24 PM

Voices

Unless you can magic up a few houses, welfare recipients will need to move away from Dublin

It’s an unpalatable solution politically, but the truth is workers and students need to be in a place while those in receipt of welfare cannot make the same claim.

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Aug 22nd 2015, 8:00 AM

# surprise

Alexis Tsipras has resigned and a snap election has been called in Greece

Alexis Tsipras has announced the vote will take place in September.

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Aug 20th 2015, 11:44 PM

Voices

Do we need another Jonathan Corrie to die before our government will take the homeless crisis seriously?

The homeless crisis in Ireland is crying out for politicians to do the right thing, not the political thing, writes Donal O’Keeffe

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Aug 16th 2015, 12:00 PM

# crisis

The Irish economy is meant to be recovering but July saw homeless families reach record levels

In 2012, an average of 8 families were becoming homeless in Dublin each month. Now it’s 70 families.

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Aug 14th 2015, 10:45 PM

# homeless crisis

These two figures show why people are so worried about the Dublin crisis

Homeless outreach groups have been calling on the government to reconvene the Dáil to deal with the crisis.

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Aug 12th 2015, 3:00 PM

# crisis

More than 1,000 migrants have tried to pass through the Channel tunnel in 48 hours

The migrant crisis has seen desperate attempts by individuals trying to reach the UK.

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Aug 1st 2015, 12:54 PM

# in arrears

'We are truly sorry': PTSB says 22 people lost homes because of its mistakes

The admission comes as the company turned its first profit on its core business in eight years.

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Jul 28th 2015, 10:35 PM

# kitchen crisis

There's a massive shortage of chefs in Ireland

Restaurant owners say 5,000 additional trainee chefs are needed each year.

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Jul 28th 2015, 1:32 PM

# crisis

Homeless in Athens: 'Greece never dies. But the Greeks will die.'

“No home, no bathroom, no life.”

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Jul 20th 2015, 6:10 AM

# Berlin Wall II

Hungary used convicts to build a giant fence to keep people out of the country

Donald Trump would be proud of this plan

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Jul 19th 2015, 8:45 AM

# keep greece flying

Ryanair wanted to offer free flights around Greece, but was turned down

The airline has launched a campaign to encourage tourism and travel in the embattled country.

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Jul 11th 2015, 1:50 PM

# Late Late Show

Greece latest: Prime Minister makes formal request for third bailout

Alexis Tsipras has vowed to present “credible” reform plans before a deadline of tomorrow night.

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Jul 8th 2015, 8:17 PM

# Stocks

China could be slipping into a crisis 'far bigger than anything in Greece'

More than half of companies have suspended trading on the stock market.

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Jul 8th 2015, 8:36 AM

# crisis situation

Building in central Dublin occupied without permission by homeless group

The Irish Housing Network plans to occupy other State-owned buildings.

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Jul 3rd 2015, 8:11 PM

# housing list

Homeless couple sleeping at council had an injunction taken out against them

The couple slept in South Dublin County Council last night after being homeless over a week ago.

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Jun 26th 2015, 10:00 PM

# Saved

Watch: 200 migrants rescued by Irish Naval ship LÉ Eithne off Libyan coast

The Defence Forces have released dramatic video of the rescue operation. The migrants were part of a flotilla of five makeshift inflatable vessels attempting to cross to Europe.

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May 28th 2015, 10:12 PM

# Mediterranean

Ireland WILL be sending the LÉ Eithne to help with the Mediterranean refugee crisis

Around 1,750 people have died this year trying to cross the sea from North Africa to Europe.

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May 12th 2015, 6:04 PM

# crisis

WATCH: Shocking video of people desperately trying to escape from deflating dinghy

The incident occurred in the Mediterranean.

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May 6th 2015, 6:15 AM

# crisis

American troops evacuated from Yemen as civil war approaches

The advance of rebel forces has continued.

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Mar 22nd 2015, 8:39 AM

# Money Talks

Syrian refugees were almost denied treatment at Irish children's hospital

The situation was rectified.

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Mar 22nd 2015, 8:00 AM

# Tick tock

76,666: the exact number of people waiting for hospital treatment right now

The Health Minister says he’s working on it but the waiting lists have swelled by almost a third since this time last year.

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Feb 20th 2015, 6:03 PM

# Recovery

House prices have increased sharply, but "are still around fair value" (apparently)

That’s according to a new report from Goodbody.

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Feb 6th 2015, 7:00 AM

# another crisis?

Hundreds on trolleys again, as hospitals deal with influx of flu cases

INMO figures show there were 518 people waiting on trolleys in emergency departments and on wards yesterday.

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Feb 4th 2015, 10:00 AM

# crisis

Bad news if you love mussels: 10,000 tonnes of top quality Irish shellfish is unfit to eat

Algal blooms which should have disappeared by now have made some shellfish unsafe to consume.

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Feb 4th 2015, 7:00 AM

# the surge

Beaumont to increase emergency staff levels, as deal reached with nurses

INMO members voted unanimously in favour of industrial action at the height of the overcrowding crisis earlier this month.

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Jan 23rd 2015, 9:34 AM

# Overcrowding

Leo Varadkar 'needs to stop being a commentator'

The Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has slammed the Health Minister in the wake of the hospital overcrowding crisis.

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Jan 8th 2015, 12:45 PM

# Waiting Times

Irish hospitals aren't the only ones dealing with an overcrowding crisis

It’s a very similar story in England.

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Jan 7th 2015, 12:22 PM

# beds crisis

At Beaumont Hospital there is calm, but only on the surface

The hospital had 41 people on trolleys today and has cancelled surgery for the week.

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Jan 6th 2015, 9:55 PM

# Mes Que Un Director

Zubizarreta was never good enough, but Barcelona's problems run right to the top

The sporting director was ousted from his post on Monday, but there are plenty of other things wrong at Camp Nou.

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Jan 6th 2015, 8:30 AM

# pauline cafferkey

Ebola-infected UK nurse still in a critical condition

Her condition deteriorated, and the hospital has not said she is getting any better.

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Jan 4th 2015, 9:06 PM

# Housing

Rent supplement payments have fallen by more than €150 million since 2010

This was distributed among 71,800 recipients.

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Jan 4th 2015, 8:15 AM

# not going away

Ireland to fund ambulances and burials for Sierra Leone's 7,000+ Ebola victims

The Government is set to give an additional €778,000 towards combating the Ebola outbreak.

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Jan 3rd 2015, 8:15 AM

# State Papers

Were there nuclear missiles stored in Northern Ireland?

That was a big question back in the early 1980s.

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Dec 29th 2014, 11:00 AM