Government ministers openly taking it in turns these days to ramp up the anti-asylum seeker, anti immigrant rhetoric!!

"People who have sought international protection in Ireland are beginning to become a “significant factor in the growth of homelessness”, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said."

https://www.irishtimes.com/politics/2025/12/23/no-doubt-migration-has-played-part-in-housing-crisis-and-homelessness-says-taoiseach/

#asylumseekers #internationalprotection #ireland #homelessness

[16:22] State spending on accommodating international protection applicants topped €1bn last year

The annual State spend in accommodating International Protection (IP) applicants last year topped €1bn for the first time.

https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/state-spending-on-accommodating-international-protection-applicants-topped-1bn-last-year/a829763374.html

#annual #State #InternationalProtection #lastyear #1bn #first

[14:15] Man charged over Thornton Hall pig stabbings

A 39-year-old man charged in connection with the stabbing of two pigs at Thornton Hall in Dublin in June last year has been ordered to stay away from all International Protection sites.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2025/0107/1489515-thornton-hall/

#39_year_old #two #ThorntonHall #Dublin #Junelastyear #InternationalProtection

[00:10] No injuries after fire at IPAS centre in Co Wicklow

No injuries have been reported following a fire at a centre housing International Protection applicants in Co Wicklow.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1125/1482965-kilbride-fire/

#InternationalProtection #CoWicklow

[15:32] Man who set garda car on fire during Dublin riots jailed

A 28-year-old man who set a garda car on fire, jumped on the bonnet of another and attacked an accommodation centre for International Protection applicants on the night of the Dublin riots last year has been jailed for six and a half years.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1120/1482037-declan-donaghey-court/

#28_year_old #InternationalProtection #thenightoftheDublin #lastyear #sixandahalfyears

[16:24] Man who set garda car on fire 'did it without thinking'

A 28-year-old man who set a garda car on fire, jumped on the bonnet of another and attacked an accommodation centre for International Protection applicants on the night of the Dublin riots last year said he was not racist but got "caught up in the thing" and "did it without thinking".

https://www.rte.ie/news/dublin/2024/1118/1481619-garda-car-fire/

#28_year_old #InternationalProtection #thenightoftheDublin #lastyear

[01:01] Sinn Féin to propose new immigration management agency

Sinn Féin will publish plans later today to establish a new immigration management agency that would oversee the processing of applications and accommodation for people seeking International Protection here.

https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/1114/1480822-sinn-fein-immigration-agency/

#SinnFéin #latertoday #InternationalProtection