Laura Fletcher

Homelessness: What does the data tell us about the crisis?

On Friday the Department of Housing published the latest of its monthly updates on homelessness. It showed that in June almost 16,000 people, including almost 5,000 children, were relying on emergency State shelter.

Clarity • 30 Jul

A group of doctors stage a protest wearing personal protective clothing in Dublin with Palestinian flags behind them

'Healthcare workers starving to death,' Gaza rally hears

Healthcare workers led hundreds of demonstrators opposing the ongoing war in Gaza in a silent march through Dublin city centre.

Ireland • 26 Jul

Croke Park stadium with a crowd of people with a purple banner saying 'game changer'

Game Changer 'Activation Day' takes place at Croke Park

The brother of Jennifer Poole, who was murdered by her partner in 2021, told a packed Croke Park that society needs to do more to tackle to domestic, sexual and gender-based violence.

Ireland • 13 Jul

New guidelines on apartment sizes, open spaces issued

Minister for Housing James Browne has issued new guidelines on building apartments, which will see changes to minimum sizes, allow for the reduced provision of private open spaces and preclude local authorities from requiring mandatory communal, community and cultural facilities.

Politics • 08 Jul

DCC raises 'grave concern' over Govt's apartment plans

Dublin City Council has supported an emergency motion accusing central Government of "overreach" amid reports of plans, expected to go before Cabinet tomorrow, that local authorities would be precluded from requiring community facilities within apartment schemes.

Politics • 07 Jul

Ghada Ashour currently lives in a sprawling tented camp where she shares with nine more family members

People in Gaza living in 'cycle of trauma', says student

Student Ghada Ashour has lived her whole life in Gaza, but she dreams of living and studying somewhere else, somewhere safer.

Middle East • 06 Jul

Over 80k Ukrainians who fled war remain in Ireland - CSO

More than 80,000 people who fled the war in Ukraine and travelled to Ireland were still here as of 3 June, according to data from the Central Statistics Office.

Ukraine • 03 Jul

Figures released by the former Department of Integration show spending for the first quarter of 2025

What do State spending figures on IP accommodation say?

The State spent more than €401 million on accommodation for International Protection applicants and Ukrainian refugees in the first three months of this year.

Clarity • 20 Jun

Volunteers who support the men also said their sleeping bags were stolen

Tents belonging to asylum seekers on Grand Canal slashed

Up to ten tents belonging to International Protection applicants were slashed at a makeshift camp on the Grand Canal in Dublin.

Dublin • 20 Jun

The figures increased by more than half between 2023 and 2024

Increase in sexual offences reported by men in 2024

The number of men reporting sexual offences to gardaí rose by more than half between 2023 and 2024, according to new figures published by the Central Statistics Office.

Ireland • 18 Jun