Meeting involving Ministers, gardaí and Dublin City Council agreed on new search for State land to house estimated 200 asylum seekers living in tents in city centre
Helen McEntee
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Move comes less than three years after requirement for visas for travel from South Africa was abolished
Minister for Justice said timeframe for deportation had been improving, despite elongated appeals process
Expectation is Dáil and Seanad will vote in favour of opting into pact, but volatility of views on immigration issues means outcome is far from certain
Addressing the families in the Visitors’ Gallery, the Taoiseach apologised for the successive rebuffs and humiliations visited on them
Minister for Justice described ‘challenge’ due to Common Travel Area, which Government has worked to protect
Firearms experts also being canvassed as part of Garda’s criminal investigation to determine whether they handled the gun any time after it was first seized in 2009
International protection applications from Nigeria to be subjected to accelerated process from Tuesday
Punishment for Garda who loaned bicycle to elderly man drew criticism, but storage issues for seized items can have greater consequences
More than 6,000 sought asylum in Ireland so far in 2024, a rise of almost 80% on last year’s figure
A criminal investigation is under way into how the firearm, which should have been in the Garda evidence system, had to be seized again
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