So how racist are the Irish? The two-week confrontation in the small Co. Galway town of Oughterard over a proposed migrant center has again raised the question. The promoter announced on Tuesday that ...

The defining condition of being a refugee is waiting. Some people wait in order to leave—they wait for papers, for the opportunity, or for the sum of money they need to save. Others leave in a hurry, ...

A confidential government paper warned that rising numbers of people leaving direct provision and wider migration trends were among the most significant factors driving homelessness. The six-page ...

People leaving direct provision are facing straight into homelessness due to an “ad hoc system” that is heaping “maximum stress” on services, local authorities and the international protection ...

The international charity ActionAid Ireland has described orders issued to lone parents in Direct Provision to move to alternative accommodation by mid-September as "scandalous". Letters have been ...

Island of 2,000 people off west of Ireland coast the newest target of failed immigrant solution Direct Provision exemplifying why Ireland's system needs a full overhaul. Achill Island off the far west ...

An urgent eviction exemption for single parents in direct provision has been called for as many refugees are being told they must leave by Friday. ActionAid Ireland called for the urgent exemption and ...