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do you know who I am?
Boris Johnson, who introduced voter ID law as PM, forgets photo ID at polling station
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Ballot blues
Rishi Sunak's Conservatives suffer huge losses in UK local elections and by-election
Thursday
2 May 2024
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Cabinet Meeting
Extra staff to be hired to improve communications and tackle disinformation on migration
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Catherine Martin
Media Minister ‘hopes’ recommendations from RTÉ reports on governance and HR will be implemented
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Mount Street
Around 100 asylum seekers without beds in Dublin city told there is 'no further accommodation'
Wednesday
1 May 2024
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Dublin
Mount Street: Several asylum seekers without beds after makeshift encampment is dismantled
‘Just under’ 290 people have been moved to Citywest and Crooksling.
A number of steel barriers have been erected along the pathway on Mount Street where the tents were located.
Minister for Integration Roderic O'Gorman described the tents as an "extremely difficult situation" for people living in them.
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left out
PBP seeks vote-left transfer-left pact for local elections but excludes Labour and the Greens
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Migration
Sunak says UK Govt seeking 'urgent clarification' that no Garda checkpoints will be along NI border
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Redress
Govt's plan for industrial school survivors 'ignores every recommendation' made by committee
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Asylum Seekers
McEntee says commentary in Dáil is 'feeding blatant racism' as she defends Migration Pact
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ICC
Israeli leaders say use of International Criminal Court over Gaza conflict is 'threat to democracies'
Tuesday
30 Apr 2024
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Legislation
Cabinet approves emergency legislation to enable return of asylum seekers to UK
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international protection office
Taoiseach says ‘makeshift shantytowns’ won’t be allowed to develop after Mount Street is cleared
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roll back
Green Party in favour of removing Triple Lock despite internal calls for 'caution'
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common travel area
'I would tell them the next meeting is in Kerry': Ahern on UK and Ireland migration row
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Cabinet
Opposition warns on neutrality as Government moves to scrap 'triple lock' to send army overseas
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redeployed
Gardaí ‘released from desk jobs’ to work on immigration enforcement won't 'police the border'
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Dáil chamber
Opposition rounds on government 'incompetence' in row with UK over return of migrants
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Explainer
Who's running in the European elections and what are the key dates to look out for?
A record number of candidates have declared their status in recent weeks.
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in the news
'We owe Ireland nothing!': UK media lapping up Ireland's migration troubles
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Harassment
Paul Murphy 'refuses to be intimidated' after death threat graffitied on wall near his home
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Wicklow
Builders confronted by anti-immigration protesters 'in shock' after 'intimidating' incident at Aughrim hotel
Construction workers at the site in Aughrim in Co Wicklow were told to “pack up and get the f**k out”.
Monday
29 Apr 2024
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claims
Tánaiste says McEntee’s 80% claim on asylum seekers crossing border ‘not statistical’
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international protection office
Asylum seekers unaware of any plans to clear tents on Dublin's Mount Street
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War of Words
Cross border migration row: How did Ireland-UK relations break down over asylum seekers?
And what’s the evidence for Helen McEntee’s claim that 80% of of asylum seekers crossed the border? Here’s what we know.
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diplomatic spat
Migration row: Sunak 'not interested' in deal to return asylum seekers from Ireland to the UK
The row has overshadowed the British Irish Inter-Governmental Conference taking place in London today
Taoiseach Simon Harris has promised to pass emergency legislation to return asylum seekers who came via NI back to the UK.
A meeting between Justice Minister Helen McEntee and her UK counterpart was cancelled amid the row.
Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that "a reciprocal agreement" would be required to send people back to the UK.
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Future funding
Media Minister says outstanding RTÉ reports are now on her desk and will be published soon
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Spain
Sanchez says he'll stay on as Spain's Prime Minister despite corruption investigation into his wife
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Ukraine War
Ukraine army chief says troops have been forced into a tactical retreat as they await US arms
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the morning lead
Bethany Home survivor says excluding thousands from redress means 'shame will always hang over Ireland'
Patrick Anderson McQuoid is among the thousands of survivors ineligible for redress under the Government’s controversial scheme.
Patrick spent time in different institutions, he was malnourished and developed several health issues
"My hands and feet turned blue. There is no evidence of State inspection of my condition."
Patrick was sent to live with a couple, aged in their 50s, in Northern Ireland prior to adoption being made legal here
Sunday
28 Apr 2024
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Rwanda Plan
Harris does not intend to provide 'loophole' for UK's migration challenges after Sunak comments
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Migration
Mary Lou McDonald defends Sinn Féin's stance on 'open borders' following criticism
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Washington
Biden roasts Trump at White House correspondents' dinner as Gaza protest takes place outside
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Policy Matters
Interview: Dublin Green councillor on why free transport won't solve the city's traffic woes
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the morning lead
FactCheck: Did Sinn Féin really propose spending €500m less on health than the Government?
The claim was made by Taoiseach Simon Harris last week in the Dáil.
Saturday
27 Apr 2024
