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Pundits boycott Match Of The Day after Gary Lineker stood down by BBC

Alan Shearer and Ian Wright have announced they are boycotting Match Of The Day this weekend over the BBC’s decision to stand Gary Lineker down from the show. The corporation said on Friday that it had “decided” Lineker would take a break from ...

10 Mar 2023 at 21:31

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Strong objections to accommodating asylum seekers in Puckane

Plans to place refugee families into thatched holiday cottages in a rural North Tipperary village have met strong opposition among elected representatives and the local community. Plans are in motion for a Dublin based property group to ...

26 Oct 2022 at 09:28

Taoiseach says St Patrick’s Day was not reason asylum seekers were moved

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Taoiseach says asylum seekers weren’t moved from camp due to St Patrick’s Day

The Taoiseach has said that the reason dozens of asylum seekers were moved from a makeshift camp in Dublin to a separate location was for health and safety reasons. Concerns have been raised after men who had been camping on Mount ...

17 Mar 2024 at 08:15

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Roscrea 'railroaded' by overwhelming number of asylum seekers - Lowry

Roscrea is on the verge of becoming overwhelmed by the dramatic influx of people seeking international protection currently being accommodated in the town, Deputy Michael Lowry has warned. Speaking in the Dail today (Tuesday), ...

07 Nov 2023 at 17:21

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LATEST: Major protest planned in Roscrea town centre against hotel asylum decision

Roscrea town centre is expecting a major protest today agsint the decision to repurpose the heritage town's only hotel to provide accommodation for international protection applicants. Local activist group Roscrea Stands Up ...

13 Jan 2024 at 13:02

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Gardaí arrest man at Racket Hall Hotel Roscrea as they call out 'fake news'

Gardaí have confirmed that they have made an arrest at the Racket Hall Hotel in Roscrea where locals are protesting the use of the building to accommodate asylum seekers. There were tense exchanges between gardaí and ...

15 Jan 2024 at 16:49

National News

REVEALED: Migrant tent numbers increase overnight to 75 on Grand Canal, Dublin

Over 75 tents have been re-erected on the Grand Canal in Dublin less than a week after the migrant camp was dismantled at the location. The numbers of migrant tents are once again increasing steadily, as numbers ...

16 May 2024 at 09:46

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Anger in Tipperary communities over IPAS accommodation plans

Large numbers attended public meetings over plans to accommodate international protection applicants (IPAs) in Borrisokane and Rathcabbin and the Dáil has heard people in Borrisokane are unhappy with plans to ...

29 May 2024 at 11:27

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Ukrainian refugees 'will be an enormous benefit' to Roscrea

AFTER Roscrea saw recent protests about the decision to accommodate refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine, two community leaders have stepped forward this week offering a counter argument to the narrative that ...

22 Jun 2023 at 09:27

National News

Protesters had been told house was not earmarked for asylum seekers, say gardai

Gardai said they told protesters outside a house in Co Kildare that it was not going to be used to house asylum seekers, but were not believed and the property was later set ablaze. The property in Leixlip ...

08 Feb 2024 at 17:20

National News

'TWICE AS BAD' - Labour TD lashes out at Government 'PR stunt' as Mount Street situation worsens

Labour Party TD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin has recorded a video of the worsening makeshift asylum seeker campsite at Mount Street in Dublin, which he has said is "twice as bad" after the "PR stunt" to move ...

28 Apr 2024 at 12:15

National News

Housing minister ‘disturbed’ by anti-migrant protests in Dublin suburb

Housing Minister Darragh O’Brien said he was “disturbed” by protests held outside a centre in a north Dublin suburb where migrants were being housed. Videos emerged on social media over the ...

09 Jan 2023 at 19:16

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