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DLA Piper launches legal education programme for refugees

Global law firm DLA Piper, along with the Irish Refugee Council and Deloitte, has launched a free eight-week legal education course for people seeking international protection and refugees living in Ireland.

Business • 25 Aug

The Department of Integration stopped offering accommodation to male asylum seekers a year ago due to a 'nationwide shortage'

Call for State to address homeless asylum seekers' needs

The Irish Refugee Council has called for a comprehensive response to the needs of homeless international protection applicants.

Ireland • 25 Nov 24

104 people living in tents on the site of the Knockalisheen Direct Provision Centre in Co Clare are to be moved to alternative accommodation within the coming week

Efforts to move 279 asylum seekers living in tents

Efforts have begun to move 279 asylum seekers still living in tents to alternative accommodation.

Ireland • 18 Nov 22

Work is continuing at the Sport Ireland campus to get it ready to receive asylum seekers

Campus 'not able to open' for asylum seekers tonight

The Sport Ireland campus at Abbotstown in Dublin will not be able to open to receive international protection applicants today, the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth has confirmed.

Ireland • 07 Sep 22

Photographs posted on social media show dozens of makeshift beds in conference rooms at the Red Cow Moran Hotel (Pic: Abolish Direct Provision Campaign)

Asylum seekers sleeping on floor at Dublin hotel

The Government has defended the standard of accommodation being provided to asylum seekers, after it emerged that large numbers of people are sleeping on the floor at a Dublin hotel.

Ireland • 13 Jun 22

Minister to look at housing availability for refugees

The Minister with responsibility for ending direct provision will meet with city and county managers this week, to discuss the availability of services for international protection applicants.

Ireland • 05 May 21

IRC says the pandemic severely affected people applying for protection in different ways

International protection applications down 67% - IRC

The number of people seeking international protection in Ireland fell by 67% last year compared to 2019, according to the Irish Refugee Council.

Ireland • 29 Apr 21

Concerns raised over sharing of rooms in DP centres

Concerns have been raised about the number of people sharing bedrooms with non-family members in Direct Provision Centres.

Coronavirus • 22 Apr 21

Council presents alternatives to Direct Provision

The Government's White Paper on ending Direct Provision will be published next month and it is hoped it will transform a 20-year system which has been described by the UN as a "severe violation of human rights".

Ireland • 27 Jan 21

Two months after its initial introduction the scheme remains in demand

Healthcare workers raise temporary accommodation issues

Problems accessing cooking and laundry facilities have been reported by some healthcare workers availing of a temporary accommodation scheme operated by the HSE during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Coronavirus • 11 Jun 20

The IRC said people fleeing persecution perceive Europe as a safe destination

Call for 'self-reflection and outrage' over migration

The Irish Refugee Council has urged European countries, including Ireland, to develop more safe and legal pathways to enable people fleeing persecution to find safety in this continent.

Ireland • 24 Oct 19

The Irish Refugee Council says it is dealing with asylum-seeker students who are struggling to remain in college

Criticism of asylum seeker education restrictions

The Irish Refugee Council has criticised what it says amounts to new restrictions placed on asylum-seekers attempting to access third level education in Ireland.

Education • 14 Sep 19

40% of asylum seekers spend at least two years in DP

More than 40% of asylum seekers living in direct provision in Ireland are spending two or more years in accommodation centres, new figures show.

Ireland • 03 Dec 18

The Department waited until the end of Freshers Week to announce the third level access scheme for student asylum seekers.

Third level access scheme for asylum seekers extended

The Department of Education has said that it will continue to offer a scheme to provide third level financial supports to eligible asylum seekers, with applications being accepted from today.

Education • 07 Sep 18

Watergate House on Usher's Quay is currently home to 52 people

Dublin direct provision centre to close in June

Alternative accommodation is being sought for more than 50 people after it emerged that a direct provision centre in Dublin is to close in the coming weeks.

News • 20 Apr 18

Charlotte Byrne of the Irish Refugee Council with Lindy Cele, a refugee from South Africa

Refugees receiving laptops in charity initiative

Hundreds of refugees living here and in parts of the Middle East are being given laptops and tablets under an initiative organised by two Irish charities.

News • 25 Feb 18

Asylum seekers would be prohibited from working in 70 employment sectors, including catering and childcare

Asylum seeker work ban to be declared unconstitutional

The Supreme Court will make a formal declaration tomorrow that the absolute ban preventing asylum seekers working here is unconstitutional.

News • 08 Feb 18

Irish Refugee Council