The latest housing figures show that a clear majority of those entering emergency accommodation in Dublin are foreign nationals, reports FATIMA GUNNING, with only 42% of housed individuals being Irish nationals.
Fatima Gunning reports on the latest guilty verdicts reached in the Puska case, having followed the trials closely since their beginning.
Fatima Gunning, Ben Scallan and Gary Kavanagh discuss some of the news of the week.
Scarlett Karoleva joins Fatima Gunning to discuss the political fallout of Geert Wilders PVV party exit on the Dutch government that didn’t make it to its first birthday.
Locals in Crooksling say their community cannot cope with large number of male asylum seekers housed on the grounds of a former nursing home.
Daughter asks why the government has ‘100s of millions’ to spend on health but ‘nothing’ for her 85-year-old mum who is suffering with dementia. The HSE said they ‘do not comment on individual cases’. Bloomfield and St. James’ Hospital didn’t respond.
Getting information from Government is “like trying to get blood from a stone” say protestors in Newtownmountkennedy, Co. Wicklow where IPAS is planning to put migrant accommodation.
Sean Meehan (65) says a judge told him to ‘pack a bag’ for 4 months in Limerick Prison after Tipperary County Council ordered him to remove his mobile home from his own land.
“Confusion” among voters as polling day looms say TD calling for ‘no’ vote
‘Lawyers for No’ have called on the Irish people to reject both proposed constitutional amendments saying they could wreak havoc on family and succession law.
“Massive levels of homelessness in Wicklow” Hundreds marched through Arklow to protest the establishment of a DP centre in the town.
David Digan who lost his left arm after an accident says the government is failing in its duty to uphold the rights of people with special needs.