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A Department of Integration spokesperson said unapproved absences are 'considered a refusal of emergency accommodation' (Stock image)

Ukrainian refugees evicted for 'unsanctioned absences'

Organisations supporting Ukrainian refugees in Ireland have raised concerns about people being evicted from hotel accommodation for leaving without permission.

Ireland • 11 Nov 24

The trial is due to hear the opening statement from counsel for the Director of Public Prosecutions tomorrow

Barrister trial delayed as two jurors excused

The start of the trial of law professor and barrister Diarmuid Rossa Phelan for the murder of a man at a farm in Tallaght in Dublin almost three years ago has been delayed as two jurors were excused and needed to be replaced.

Courts • 15 Oct 24

The scheme is open to small businesses, sports clubs as well as community and voluntary organisations

Aid scheme opens for businesses hit by Bantry flooding

Bantry businesses impacted by flooding at the weekend can now apply for aid under an Emergency Humanitarian Support Scheme.

Munster • 11 Oct 24

Brent Pope, Mary Black and Hugh Wallace took part in the exhibition

Exhibition opens to mark World Mental Health Day

An exhibition of portraits, featuring many well known faces, has opened in Dublin's Royal Hibernian Academy of Arts for World Mental Health Day.

Ireland • 10 Oct 24

The RSA chair said mobile phone use while driving was a 'dangerous activitiy' (stock image)

Call for harsher penalties for phone use while driving

Penalties for drivers caught using mobile phones should be beefed up to discourage the practice, which has become "normalised", according to the Chair of the Road Safety Authority.

Ireland • 09 Oct 24

Minister Kieran O'Donnell said that while the flood defence scheme will take a number of years, the town's culvert scheme would be prioritised in the meantime

Flood frustrations aired at minister during Bantry visit

Residents and business owners in Bantry have expressed their anger and frustration at yesterday's flooding to the Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works who visited the area this afternoon.

Munster • 07 Oct 24

A number of IPAs living on the Crooksling site reached out to volunteers asking for help as their beds and belongings were wet

Water entered IPAs tents in Dublin during weather warning

Water entered the tents of some International Protection Applicants staying in the Crooksling accommodation site in Saggart, north Dublin during yesterday's yellow wind and weather warning.

Dublin • 27 Sep 24

The project is part of the Central Statistics Office's preparations for Census 2027

Pilot project sees Census forms moving online

People around the country are being invited to take part in a Census pilot survey where, for the first time in Irish history, they can fill out their census form online.

Ireland • 22 Sep 24

The full amount that will be spent on cost of living measures had not been Minister Paschal Donohoe said

Cost of living measures to reflect fall in inflation

The size of the cost of living package in the Budget will reflect the fall in inflation in the past year, Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Paschal Donohoe has said.

Politics • 21 Sep 24

Helen McEntee confirmed that she will introduce committee stage amendments to the bill

Hate speech element to be removed from bill - McEntee

The Minister for Justice has confirmed she is not moving ahead with plans to introduce new hate speech laws, but she will press ahead with the hate crime element of criminal justice legislation.

Politics • 22 Sep 24