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# direct provision

Last week
14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024
How arson attacks on properties linked to asylum seekers have escalated over the last six years
Fires at a site in Coolock is the latest arson attack related to anti-migrant groups.
Updated 16 Jul
24.7k
Tenants' Union calls on IPAS to engage to prevent eviction of asylum seekers
15 Jul
4.7k
This month
July 2024
Locals in Tramore say it would be 'huge loss' if families in Direct Provision have to leave town
A mother who has lived in Tramore for five years with her son said she is devastated about having to leave their community.
Several families have been told they need to leave Ocean View House in the next two weeks
Many children and parents have been attending schools or working in the area for years
"I feel empty, my heart is torn," one mother told us
Órla Ryan
12 Jul
22.9k
Issues with Garda vetting and risk management highlighted in Direct Provision inspections
10 Jul
6.3k
Cost of overpayments to asylum seekers since 2018 is less than €6,000
8 Jul
18.0k
Last month
June 2024
Mother fears 'having to sleep in car' with three children if evicted from Direct Provision centre
The woman, who has international protection status, is one of many people who have been told they need to find alternative accommodation by next week.
The woman has three young children including a newborn
She has been living in Ballyhaunis for six years and is "devastated" to have to move
Rising rental costs and a lack of housing supply mean many people are now facing homelessness
Órla Ryan
1 hr ago
10.2k
Refugees struggling to transition from IPAS accommodation and into mainstream housing
10 Jun
18.6k
This year
2024
Inspection of Laois direct provision centre finds 75% of residents had been granted protection
17 May
17.6k
Hotels, state bodies and Direct Provision: The companies behind Ireland's refugee housing sector
More than €2 billion was paid by the Government on the sector last year.
Stephen McDermott
14 Apr
40.0k
UN refugee agency calls on Irish Government to end asylum seeker homelessness and use of tents
14 Feb
18.9k
Second man charged over damage to Direct Provision centre in Co Kerry last month
7 Feb
13.8k
Last year
2023
Over 62 men seeking asylum in Ireland not offered accommodation as tents are handed out
6 Dec 2023
22.9k
Government has ignored children in Direct Provision, Children's Rights Alliance says
4 Dec 2023
7.0k
Minister for Integration says current system is 'not working' and was built for a different era
4 Dec 2023
20.1k
Refugee organisations decry conditions in tents on Direct Provision sites as mid-winter approaches
22 Nov 2023
23.1k
'Very traumatised' refugees not getting mental health support, experts warn
7 Nov 2023
9.0k
'History will not judge us well': Children unsafe in Direct Provision, Ombudsman warns
19 Oct 2023
8.1k
The plan to end Direct Provision by next year is being revised - what's next for the system?
27 Aug 2023
26.5k
Man who died in Dundalk crash involving e-scooter was a resident at local Direct Provision site
21 Aug 2023
18.8k
Nine people died in asylum seeker accommodation in Ireland last year, highest figure since 2008
26 Apr 2023
11.3k
11
Lynn Ruane: In all my years of community work I've never met the ones 'fighting for Ireland'
Lynn Ruane
Updated 19 Jan 2023
51.8k
36
Department of Equality 'deplores' protests against refugee accommodation in Dublin and Fermoy
12 Jan 2023
34.8k
21
Eight men appear in court over public order incident at Direct Provision centre
Updated 3 Jan 2023
47.8k
Two men arrested after stabbing at Direct Provision centre in Killarney
2 Jan 2023
37.9k
All time
Aisha: How this Irish film gives a look inside the Direct Provision system
26 Nov 2022
17.4k
15
Direct Provision firm records profits of €4.52m as revenues climb to €14.9m
11 Oct 2022
20.4k
13
Refugee Council warns of ‘grievous’ risk to minors and women in 'deteriorating' accommodation
5 Oct 2022
19.2k
25
Anti human trafficking report calls for gender-specific accommodation for victims
21 Jun 2022
6.2k
2
Family who gave out free face masks during pandemic granted residency in Ireland
17 Jun 2022
36.1k
31
FactCheck: Were refugees and asylum seekers segregated by race in a Dublin processing centre?
31 May 2022
14.1k
'The saddest journey of my life': Asylum seekers on navigating Ireland's immigration process
3 May 2022
24.4k
Opinion: St Patrick's story should make us consider how Ireland treats refugees
Elizabeth Boyle
16 Mar 2022
9.7k
20
National Gallery 'regrets' removal of portraits but says Direct Provision operator will still run cafe
21 Feb 2022
60.7k
46
Gallery workers express 'deep distress' on awarding of cafe contract to Direct Provision firm
17 Feb 2022
102k
58
Public Accounts Committee 'not satisfied' with reliance on hotels for direct provision
27 Jan 2022
6.9k
0
I wrote on a piece of paper: 'Another lonely Christmas!’ and stuck it on the wall of my room
Vukašin Nedeljković
4 Dec 2021
33.9k
7
Government body quashes claims that Direct Provision residents were served meals in plastic bag
23 Nov 2021
46.7k
New law and 'admin solutions' needed before asylum seekers can get driving licences, dept says
9 Nov 2021
16.8k
14
Opinion: Asylum seekers with disabilities are largely invisible in an already difficult system
Keelin Barry
3 Oct 2021
10.0k
4
Direct Provision: limbo continues for thousands with no idea of when they’ll get out
Bulelani Mfaco
26 Sep 2021
18.5k
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