Over the past few weeks I’ve asked local councils how they’re faring with a housing programme that’s saved 2,500 people from homelessness since 2023.

Turns out about half of councils have now halted the Tenant in Situ scheme amid a funding row with the Department of Housing

The state regulator for fishing in Irish rivers is liaising with gardaí as part of investigations into an incident near Carrick-on-Suir, where a man approached by its officers later got into difficulty and drowned

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A number of groups - including departments in TU Dublin and a local church - have written letters in support of a family who are facing deportation as part of the government’s crackdown on asylum seekers

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The government has been accused of “skipping independent scrutiny” after it admitted that its recent deportation flight to Nigeria occurred without a human rights monitor on board.

These monitors had been included in the govt’s two previous charter flights to Georgia

New details emerging today on the PPP of 486 social homes pulled by the govt

- Upwards of €8 million was spent by the developers to ready the sites
- the project had twice passed government financial appraisals, before it was suddenly halted this month.
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Rasheed Ismail, who had been the chair of a community group in Clondalkin prior to his deportation, says the government has made asylum seekers a “scapegoat” because of anti-immigrant protests.

He’s now seeking for Jim O’Callaghan to hear directly from families he’s deported over recent months

'I was always with them': Man separated from family after deportation from Ireland to Nigeria

- Rasheed’s wife and daughters got a last-minute reprieve from an Irish court ahead of last week’s flight due to fears they would be subjected to FGM if returned
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Interesting statement today from the consortium behind this development.

It’s questioned the Housing Minister’s claim that the delays were due to value for money issues, saying that there’s been “no change in the project’s pricing” since last year.

Draft proposals from a long awaited government review for land use are in, and indicate a big emphasis on dairy farming.

But they've managed to unite some environmental groups and farmers, who believe the measures are a backward step and unrealistic

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Almost 500 social homes have been delayed after the Housing Minister decided to halt the project, citing the costs involved in the multimillion euro public private partnership

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At the Red Cow Ipas centre in Dublin, one resident told me her children were “in tears” on their way to school after witnessing their friends being removed.

“My daughter asked me, ‘Can we get out of the hotel and look for another place before they deport us?

“What do we tell them?”

'They were part of our lives': School 'devastated' after government deports two children to Nigeria

- reporting with several @thejournal.ie colleagues here on the aftermath of yesterday’s flight and the anger it’s caused

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Yes, I really did go through 25 years of planning records.

Explore our interactive, visual investigation so you don't have to and find out where Ireland's data centres are located.

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Government drops plan for international protection accommodation at former Crown Paints site

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Expanded refugee accommodation ruled out for site in Liberties in Dublin 8

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Speaking to @eoghandalton.bsky.social for this article was a tough decision, I have friends and colleagues working in Sinn Féin and looking to bring meaningful change to Irish politics. But it was the only decision I felt I could make until the party takes this criticism on board
#spéirgorm

An update to this: it's understood Sinn Féin now intends to press ahead with the original plan and hold this special conference in the coming weeks

Sinn Féin confirmed last night that it has postponed a special party conference where it was set to review its policy on transgender issues, amid pushback from members and LGBT+ groups

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