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Ireland, Norway and Spain have officially recognised Palestine as a separate state, prompting Israel to recall its ambassadors from two of the European states.
Speaking on Wednesday, Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris said: "Today Ireland, Norway and Spain are announcing that we recognise the...
Barricades have been put up along the Grand Canal in Dublin after almost 100 tents were cleared from the waterway this morning.
The multi-agency operation began at 7.30am with dozens of tents removed from the canal bank at Wilton Terrace.
The men who had been sleeping there were mostly asylum...
Wicklow County Council has ordered the owners of an allegedly unauthorised refugee village in County Wicklow to demolish up to 65 houses – 50 more homes than previously exposed by the Irish Mail on Sunday.
The houses were built on the grounds of Kippure Manor Estate in Blessington without any...
Integration Minister Roderic O'Gorman says his Department is projecting around 22,000 asylum seekers arriving in Ireland this year - a dramatic increase on the 13,000 that arrived last year.
The 'portal' connecting Dublin and New York City has restarted this afternoon after it was paused earlier this week, but it will now only be operational during certain hours.
The two portals form part of a public art project aiming to unite citizens via technology on either side of the Atlantic...
The number of domestic gas customers in arrears rose again in March, new data released by the energy regulator shows.
According to the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities (CRU), 25% of domestic gas customers were in arrears at the end of the month, compared to 23% a month earlier.
But...
A prominent German MEP has accused Trinity College Dublin of "punishing the Jewish people" by giving in to what he called "anti-semitic" pressure from the students' union over the war in Gaza.
Christian Ehler, a member of the European People’s Party (EPP), suggested that Trinity College was...
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said it is expected that Thornton Hall will be ready to accommodate asylum seekers in four to six weeks time.
Yesterday, it was confirmed by the Department of Integration that tented accommodation for asylum seekers will be provided at the north Dublin site.
The...
A group of protestors has prevented modular homes from being installed in the north Westmeath village of Coole.
Last night, up to 60 local residents staged a protest outside the complex to prevent access for lorries, cranes and modular homes.
A spokesperson for the group said that at around...
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has told the Dáil that he is "very much aware" of threats being made against campaigning politicans, some of which are "shocking".
"Some of the cases are shocking," Mr Martin said, adding that the "very negative, misogynistic focus is a worry for women who wish to get...
Consumers will face higher potato prices in the coming months as shortages push up prices.
The cost of potatoes in supermarkets is already up 17.3% compared to a year ago, but such costs are expected to rise further due to the impact of bad weather on last year's harvest and on this year's...
Active investigations are ongoing into immigration crime in relation to the border on the island of Ireland, according to the Garda Commissioner.
Drew Harris said gardaí are in close contact with their colleagues in the UK around the area of immigration and immigration crime in particular...
KPMG Ireland has launched a new EU AI Hub to support clients using new artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and to navigate incoming regulation in the EU and globally.
The facility will lead to the creation of 200 new jobs and will be located in the firm's Platform X Global Innovation Hub...
New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that people were happier with their lives last year compared to 2021 amid Covid-19 pandemic restrictions.
The CSO said that 28.9% of respondents to its Survey on Income and Living Conditions survey reported high levels of satisfaction with...
Tented accommodation for asylum seekers will be provided at Thornton Hall in the very near future, the Department of Integration has confirmed.
The Department said it is working with the Irish Prison Service and the Department of Justice to use a portion of the 160-acre site for this emergency...
The Department of Education spent €282 million on the purchase of modular accommodation last year, an Oireachtas committee has heard.
Separately, over the past three years, the department spent €113m renting prefabs, the Committee of Public Accounts (PAC) was told.
Secretary-General of the...
IBM is to create an additional 800 jobs across Ireland over the next three years.
The roles will be in area such as research and development, digital sales and consulting.
They will be located in IBM's Dublin campus, as well as in its office in Cork and at its Red Hat subsidiary in Waterford...
Public sector workers have called for increased starting salaries in the civil and public service amid claims that pay for new entrants is far too low.
Motions on the issue have been passed at the biennial conference of Fórsa, the country's largest public sector trade union.
More than 700...
The Simon Communities of Ireland and Simon Community Northern Ireland have estimated that more than 30,000 households across the island of Ireland are experiencing hidden homelessness.
Hidden homelessness is a term used to describe those who may be considered homeless, but whose housing...
Alarm is reported to have been expressed at the Fianna Fáil parliamentary party tonight, during a lengthy discussion on migration, after TDs and Senators were warned that there could be between 26,000 to 30,000 asylum applications this year.
Minister for Finance Michael McGrath is said to have...