Study support for DP students improving
Government changes to the rules for third-level support for asylum-seekers mean five times as many applications have succeeded. In 2019 only five students qualified for…
Category: Irish Government
Direct provision ‘should end by 2023’
The direct provision system should be phased out, starting in less than three years, according to a new report for the Irish government. A three-tier…
IMPORTANT NOTICE: COVID-19 restrictions from October 22
Update from the IPO: All substantive protection interviews are cancelled from Thursday 22 October 2020 until further notice. “Please find below a copy of…
Taking the ‘meanness’ out of Direct Provison
Roderic O’Gorman, the Minister for Children, Disabilities, Equality and Integration, promises to sort out the State’s direct provision system. The Green Party TD is not…
Responsibility for Direct Provision to transfer
Responsibility for the Direct Provision system, which will be abolished by the end of the Government’s term, is to transfer to the Department of Children, The Irish Times reports. The Green…
David and Fortunate face deportation
Key community couple refused refugee status AIT Students and community volunteers facing deportation after four years in Direct Provision David and Fortunate Nesengani suffered persecution in…
Achievement awards open to everyone under 25
Above, President Michael D. Higgins presenting Bronze Gaisce awards to young people at the Mosney Direct Provision site in Co Meath. Gaisce – The President’s…