Cost of housing a prisoner runs to almost €100,000 annually
Dáil group to also hear 60,000 people from states such as Brazil and India arrived in Republic in year to April and between 2022 and last year, 159,000 came seeking protection
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‘Go back to your own country’: Immigrants in Dublin tell of regular racist abuse
Some believe those with racist views are emboldened by what they see as changing political mood
Passenger at Dublin Airport imported cocaine by swallowing 90 pellets of drug, court hears
Uber driver was under pressure to ‘wipe debt’ incurred back home in Brazil
Carbon dioxide levels hit new high, locking in overheating of Earth for centuries, WMO warns
World threatened by ‘vicious climate cycle’ that continues to bring more extreme weather
‘The system is collapsing’: Climate campaigners under threat as crucial UN conference looms
Civil society groups rally in Guatemala despite government crackdowns in run-up to Cop30 in Brazil
Garda pleads not guilty to causing serious injury to Brazilian delivery man
Worker assisting friends in locating stolen bicycle when incident allegedly occurred
Amai by Viktor review: Surely Michelin will take note of this menu
Come to this elegant space to try foie gras with coffee and açaí, yuca with Gubbeen and more
Ireland still hopeful of EU coalition to block Mercosur trade deal with South America
Poland and Austria oppose agreement while France and Italy are sceptical, says Minister for Agriculture
Jair Bolsonaro’s conviction: Will the disgraced former president of Brazil really do time?
In the News podcast: In the News podcast: Could Bolsonaro’s supporters secure an amnesty for the divisive former leader, and how will Donald Trump respond?
Bolsonaro jailing marks end to Brazil’s notorious leniency with military men
Far-right former president convicted of attempted coup, as Brazilians wait nervously for Trump’s response
Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro jailed for 27 years after court convicts him of attempting coup
Far-right former leader, who denies wrongdoing, contends he is being politically persecuted
Gardaí to ask Brazil for help in speaking to father of missing child
Investigators double size of search area in north Dublin for remains of boy presumed dead
Ireland seeks allies to help block Mercosur trade deal
Sources say there will be severe pressure from European Commission and countries favouring deal in coming months
Three men, one woman arrested in Dublin as part of human trafficking investigation
Operation conducted simultaneously in Dublin and Brazil as part of co-ordinated action between gardaí, Brazilian police and Europol
Evictions, random rules and overcrowding: Brazilian students on the reality of renting in Dublin
In the News podcast: Brazilian landlord Eduardo Gonzaga rents hundreds of properties
Finding a horseshoe on the beaches of Rio
Noted American mathematician Steve Smale opposed the Vietnam War, and political factors then influenced his next funding application being rejected
How to Save the Amazon - A Journalist’s Deadly Quest for Answers: fascinating insight into mechanics of Brazilian corruption
Book has been completed and brought to publication by collaborators, all of whom knew the murdered journalist to some degree
Trump’s tariffs evolve from confused to chaotic
United States trade policy is a cautionary tale, but not yet a catalyst for global disaster
Ireland is exposed as Maga right attempts to take on Big Tech regulation
Concerns are growing that EU officials regulating Big Tech could face US visa bans
Trump imposes 50% tariffs on Brazil and sanctions judge overseeing case about ex-president Bolsonaro
The tariffs are the highest of any levy US president Donald Trump has imposed this year
Amazon remains in great peril and should top Cop30 agenda
‘If we don’t reduce carbon from fossil fuel emissions, the forest will be destroyed anyway’
‘It’s Maga, baby’: Trump’s 50% tariff threat on Brazil marks unprecedented interference in foreign courts
Trump’s move is linked to Brazil’s attempts to hold US social media companies responsible for ‘illegal content’
Trump pledges 50% tariffs against Brazil, citing ‘witch hunt’ against Bolsonaro
Former Brazilian leader and ally of US president is facing trial for attempting a coup after losing 2022 election
Policing Dublin’s rental market: ‘I paid about €400 to share a bed-bug infested room with four others’
The Residential Tenancies Board is having increasing success in prosecuting often-evasive rogue landlords, who often target foreign students through language schools
We can’t afford to let the climate crisis get swallowed up in the culture wars
As the ambition to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees slips away from us, we’re like a team going to the second half of a match 3-1 down. But there is one thing in our favour
A Quiet Evening: The Travels of Norman Lewis – Five decades as wandering witness to the world
This collection, edited by John Hatt, brings together 36 of the English writer’s witty, observant travelogues
‘I don’t know what happened my money’: Students who paid to study in Ireland left in limbo
More than 150 students affected by closure, leaving some facing losses of thousands of euro
Determined not to let his murder silence him, friends of Dom Phillips finish his book on the Amazon
How to Save the Amazon is a worthy legacy for a much-missed friend and colleague
‘Our country is deeply divided, but Adriana’s death has created closeness’: How anger over girl’s drowning has united rivals in Guyana
Initial police mishandling of case and claims of cover-up reveal mistrust towards political and law enforcement systems
Brazil’s €1bn pension fraud casts shadow over Lula re-election hopes
Accusations of slow response to scandal hit president as polls began recovering from year-long slide
‘I didn’t expect to find an exciting life in Dublin’
Guilherme Parisi moved from Brazil to Dublin in October 2024 to take up a job at a German multinational company who he worked for since 2019
‘We would go to motels to have sex. In Brazil, as in every Catholic country, there’s a huge degree of hypocrisy’
Film-maker Aïnouz talks about Berlin parties, taking back Brazil from the military and coming to see cinema as an artform that can change the world
A taste of home: the immigrant grocers bringing global snacks to Dublin
Dublin’s international grocery shops are flag-bearers of familiar snacks from far-flung places that are gaining a following among Irish people too
The Ribs - Gaucho takeaway review: Barbecue sharing platters of Brazilian-style grills and sides
Idea was born from a group of friends who missed the communal food culture of southern Brazil
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