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Ireland is a “clear outlier” in having larger households than other European countries, the Economic and Social Research Institute has said. The research compared trends in household size between 2005 and 2021 and said Ireland was “a very clear outlier for much of the period with consistently high household size …

A multi-agency operation is under way to move people from Mount Street in Dublin, where they have been living in tents. Gardaí, the HSE and Dublin City Council are all involved. Asylum seekers have been sleeping rough outside the International Protection Office on the city centre street after the Government …

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has renewed calls for Hamas to accept a ceasefire deal, as he started talks with Israel’s leadership. “Even in these very difficult times we are determined to get a ceasefire that brings the hostages home – and to get it now,” Mr Blinken said …

New figures from the Department of Justice show that only 162 asylum seekers were returned to the UK over six years, when a previous reciprocal return agreement with the UK was in operation under the Dublin III Regulation. Under the Regulation, the UK sent 154 asylum applicants here in return …

Changes extending child benefit to 18-year-olds for those in full-time education or who have a disability have come into effect. The measures was announced as part of Budget 2024 last year, and was initially due to come into effect from September this year. However, in February Minister for Social Protection …

A failed asylum seeker has been sent to Rwanda, under a voluntary scheme separate to the UK government’s flagship deportation plan. The unnamed man is the first to have voluntarily moved to Rwanda after being offered up to £3,000 (€3,500) financial aid and sent on a commercial flight to the …

RTÉ Lyric FM first hit the airwaves 25 years ago today with its debut broadcast at noon on 1 May 1999. When it started it broke new ground as the only dedicated classical and arts music radio station in the country. This evening the 25th birthday celebrations will be marked …

A 54-year-old man is due in court after being charged in connection with an attack on an elderly woman at a nursing home in the midlands on Monday night. It is alleged a man went into the residential home through a back door and attacked a woman, who is in …

New Troubles legacy rules, which take effect today in Northern Ireland and prevent access to the courts, are a “complete affront to justice”, a civil rights body has said. Amnesty International described the move to end all current legacy investigations and inquests as a “cliff edge for truth”. Northern Secretary …

South Korea has held talks onjoining a part of the AUKUS defence deal between the US,Britain and Australia, Defence Minister Shin Won-sik said today only weeks after the pact said it would hold formal talks on Japan’s entry. AUKUS, formed by the three countries in 2021, is part of efforts …