A report on housing published this morning by Davy’s estimates that 200,000 new houses will have to be built over the next three years. That will require an average annual new build of 66,600 Less than 21,000 were built in 2020, with an even smaller number of completions projected for 2021. This will be to […]
Two Georgian nationals have been convicted of large scale human trafficking, though one was spared prison because she had a teenage son. Vakjtang Jokhadze, 48, and Sophia Grdzelishili, 46, are divorced but still live together. Both acted as a “distribution network” to provide fake driving licences and ID cards from EU countries to Georgian illegal […]
The GAA, according to rule 1.11 of its constitution and rules, is a non-party political organisation. That means, in short, that it does not get involved in, or take sides in, matters of political controversy. The rule has some leeway built into it, as nearly every rule in Ireland does: Non party political does not […]
The EU’s border agency, Frontex, has been given new powers to oversee the deportation of illegal immigrants. In a new strategy revealed by the European Commission on Tuesday, Frontex will be at the centre of new plans to send illegal migrants home once they are denied entry into Europe. “Frontex will become the European Union’s […]
A Moroccan immigrant who broke into a woman’s house and sexually assaulted her in a terrifying ordeal, was released from custody prior to the attack – despite a previous crime spree – because he applied for asylum in this country. Ibrahim Elghynaoui broke in through the window of a woman’s bedroom as she slept and […]
A newly commissioned Report by the Irish Refugee Council entitled ‘Implementing Alternatives to Direct Provision’ has recommended that regional ‘Accommodation Committees’ should be established to identify housing needs and commission accommodation throughout the state. The Refugee Council say that the Report aims to build on the recommendations of the Advisory Group Report published in […]
There has been an overwhelming increase in County Waterford’s migrant population over the last two and a half decades, the local council has heard. According to Ivan Grimes, Director of Services for Waterford County Council, the proportion of migrants living in Waterford has increased from 1 in 20 in 1995, to 1 in 7 today […]
The scale of the migrant crisis on the Greek border with Turkey is hard to put into context for an Irish audience. Already there are mumblings and grumblings of discontent in Ireland about the number of Asylum seekers, and controversy about their housing. 10,000 homeless people, when the country hit that milestone figure, was regarded […]
Trying to own your own home, but it seems more and more out of your reach? BEN SCALLAN looks at issues on the demand on homes and on the taxes and levies that make the price of a new house more expensive #gript
A group of protesters are gathering daily outside a social housing development site in Mulhuddart village for what they describe a “House The Irish First” protest. They believe the houses on site, though still under construction, have already been earmarked for foreign-nationals, despite the fact that many locals still remained on the housing list. Protesters […]