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# direct-provision - Tuesday 31 March, 2020
Justice Dept: Over 650 new beds 'will facilitate greater social distancing and isolation' in Direct Provision
The new accommodation will mainly be located in hotels in Dublin, Galway and Cork.
# direct-provision - Monday 2 March, 2020
Department to hold meeting with locals in Rosslare ahead of new Direct Provision centre opening
The centre will be located at the former Rosslare Port Lodge Hotel.
# direct-provision - Thursday 20 February, 2020
Four buildings in Tullamore town centre to be used for new direct provision centre
Local representatives and government officials met this afternoon to discuss the plans.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 19 February, 2020
'We don't want to create an 'us and them' scenario': Tullamore councillors to discuss planned Direct Provision centre
“It’s a fait accompli, I would prefer if there had been more consultation,” one councillor said.
# direct-provision - Tuesday 18 February, 2020
Direct provision centre to accommodate up to 168 asylum seekers in Offaly from early March
The premises was offered to the Department via the recent public procurement competition for the Midlands region.
# direct-provision - Thursday 30 January, 2020
'I might never see my parents again': Asylum seekers share their experiences of isolation and PTSD
Many female asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland are living with depression, anxiety and PTSD, a new report has found.
# direct-provision - Monday 27 January, 2020
Opinion: How would I, a refugee in Ireland, vote in this election?
Voting is a privilege and homelessness is the biggest challenge, writes Evgeny Shtorn.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 15 January, 2020
Last-minute reprieve for Cork students as family saved from deportation
It came after an intervention from Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan.
# direct-provision - Tuesday 14 January, 2020
'They operate in a vacuum': Migrant rights group hits out at lack of inspections for hotels housing asylum seekers
There are currently over 1,500 asylum seekers living in Emergency Accommodation.
# direct-provision - Monday 13 January, 2020
Campaign under way to save family living in Cork from being deported later this week
Two online petitions supporting the teenagers have had over 5,000 signatures.
# direct-provision - Friday 10 January, 2020
Limerick Direct Provision centre to shut next month
A migrant rights charity last month called for the centre to shut.
# direct-provision - Monday 6 January, 2020
Video of crowded Direct Provision room not staged, says asylum seeker group
Video footage posted on Twitter appears to show ten beds in one hotel room in Portarlington.
# direct-provision - Sunday 5 January, 2020
Student living in Direct Provision says jail would be 'better than being here'
Mature student Lesley Mkoko says his bedroom in Waterford city is infested with bedbugs.
Justice Department to make 'formal requests' to coroners after woman who died in Direct Provision buried alone
Sylva Tukula was buried in May without ceremony or notice given to her friends.
# direct-provision - Saturday 4 January, 2020
Dept of Justice says video of cramped Direct Provision room 'appears to have been staged'
The Depart of Justice said this afternoon that no more than six people are in a room at the East End Hotel centre.
Man arrested after fire at Limerick Direct Provision centre
The man appeared in court on 2 January and is due in court again next week.
# direct-provision - Monday 30 December, 2019
Justice Minister welcomes 50 Syrians at Mosney following arrival at Dublin Airport
The families have been resettled in Ireland under the Irish Refugee Protection Programme.
# direct-provision - Saturday 28 December, 2019
Direct Provision expert group announced to look at ways to 'better meet needs of asylum seekers'
Among the issues the group will examine is engaging with communities where Direct Provision centres are due to open.
# direct-provision - Thursday 26 December, 2019
'Nothing special being asked of Oughterard' in accommodating asylum seekers, said top Justice official
Plans for a Direct Provision centre were abandoned after weeks of protests by locals.
# direct-provision - Monday 23 December, 2019
Protesters barred from interfering in accommodation being fitted out for asylum seekers in Leitrim
Mr Justice Max Barrett granted the permanent injunction today.
# direct-provision - Thursday 12 December, 2019
'Treated like cattle': Justice Committee chair says 'profiteering' use of hotels for asylum seekers should end
The Justice Committee today launched its report into Direct Provision.
Direct Provision should be 'replaced' or 'fundamentally reformed', Justice Committee concludes
The committee heard from stakeholders in relation to Direct Provision over the summer.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 4 December, 2019
Oughterard Direct Provision centre operator feared arson attack after men allegedly breached property
Plans for the centre were abandoned after weeks of protests by locals.
# direct-provision - Thursday 28 November, 2019
Asylum seekers to move into Leitrim apartments after 'constructive' meeting between Minister and locals
Ballinamore Community Group had held protests over the plans in recent months.
# direct-provision - Sunday 24 November, 2019
Department of Justice declines to comment on reports of migrants going missing
Some of the 16 Kurdish migrants found on a ferry in Rosslare on Thursday have reportedly left a reception centre.
# direct-provision - Friday 22 November, 2019
Flanagan says it was 'entirely appropriate' for Verona Murphy to visit an asylum seeker reception centre
He denied that vulnerable people in the centre were exploited for the sake of a political apology.
Department planning new Direct Provision centres to cut down on 'highly unsatisfactory' shortages
50% more people have applied this year and many end up in emergency accommodation according to the Department of Justice.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 20 November, 2019
Opinion: 'We will soon see asylum seekers living in sports halls and tents if we don't do something'
Head of the UN Refugee Agency Enda O’Neill says a “road map” is needed to complete reform in Ireland’s asylum system.
# direct-provision - Monday 18 November, 2019
FG candidate Verona Murphy apologises for saying some asylum seekers need to be 'deprogrammed'
Murphy is a candidate in the upcoming Wexford by-election.
# direct-provision - Saturday 16 November, 2019
Leitrim direct provision protest stood down after High Court injunction
Ballinamore Community Group have agreed to stand down their demonstration in the town.
# direct-provision - Thursday 7 November, 2019
Taoiseach says asylum seekers should be allowed to get licences for driving
Leo Varadkar says the rules were changed to allow asylum seekers to work, therefore they should be allowed to drive to that workplace.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 6 November, 2019
'I hope to be a success story for what a refugee can do. Direct Provision - you can escape it'
Suaad Alshleh, a teenage refugee from Syria, was today awarded a bursary for medicine by Minister Joe McHugh.
Taoiseach says racist 'scaremongering' in communities needs to be called out
Defending Direct provision, he said it ‘is an imperfect system, but not an inhumane one’.
# direct-provision - Tuesday 5 November, 2019
Minister has 'constructive' meeting with locals about Direct Provision centre in Ballinamore
Plans to house over 100 asylum seekers in the town have been postponed amid protests.
# direct-provision - Friday 1 November, 2019
'We're better than this in Ireland': Justice Department calls on Achill protesters to stand down
Locals have argued that the Achill Head Hotel is not a suitable location for emergency accommodation.
# direct-provision - Thursday 31 October, 2019
Plans to house 13 asylum seekers in Achill postponed due to ongoing protest outside hotel
The Department of Justice said the women were only to be in Achill for 3 months.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 30 October, 2019
'A Lightning Rod': Anti-immigrant rhetoric, Ireland's Direct Provision system and Carrickmacross
The Co Monaghan town was the first to accommodate asylum seekers in emergency accommodation last year.
# direct-provision - Wednesday 16 October, 2019
State paying hotels and guesthouses €462,000 per week to accommodate asylum seekers
€18 million was spent on emergency accommodation for asylum seekers in the first nine months of 2019.
# direct-provision - Sunday 13 October, 2019
Upgrade works due to be completed at Direct Provision centre in July still haven't started
Residents in Clondalkin Towers say they have been told that the works may not commence until next year.
# direct-provision - Saturday 5 October, 2019
Fianna Fáil's O'Callaghan calls on Justice Department to explore fostering for asylum seekers
There are currently over 6,000 people living in Direct Provision.
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GARDAÍ HAVE NEW powers to arrest and detain members of the public who flout the advice of the public health authorities during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Cabinet members signed off on the measures yesterday, and they were signed by Health Minister Simon Harris, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Attorney General last night.
Measures in place at present mean members of the public must stay at home, except to gather essential goods, to provide essential care, or to get a brief spell of exercise within 2km of their home.
However, some people are not abiding by these guidelines and authorities are worried more people will flout the guidelines over the Easter weekend.
Those convicted under the new rules could face a maximum of six months in prison or a fine of €2,500.
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