# ria

This year

2023

# SIPO

Sinn Féin to amend 2016 election spending returns after 'oversight' on declaring outstanding bill

A party spokesperson told RTÉ that the party was within the spending limits laid down for the 2016 general election.

19.9k

Jan 25th 2023, 3:56 PM

All time

# Separation of Powers

Chief Scientific Adviser's dual role should be separated 'to protect independence'

A review of the role is underway, with concerns over a conflict of interest raised since the head of the Government’s science funding agency was appointed.

11.4k

Oct 1st 2021, 6:30 AM

# direct provision

Asylum seekers told not to bring food to rooms 'under any circumstance' by Dublin hotel

Over 1,000 asylum seekers are now living in hotels and B&Bs around Ireland.

65.0k

Aug 12th 2019, 12:05 AM

# direct provision

'A gross violation': Asylum seekers say post is being opened without consent

Residents in Direct Provision centres have claimed the practice is commonplace.

39.2k

Aug 4th 2019, 6:30 AM

# direct provision

'Difficulty accessing services': Complaints from asylum seekers living in hotels raised with Ombudsman

There are now 777 people living in emergency set-ups in 25 counties around Ireland.

9.6k

Jul 4th 2019, 6:05 AM

# direct provision

'He has no one to talk to': Concerns raised around potential lack of schooling for 86 children of asylum seekers

There are currently over 500 people asylum seekers living in emergency accommodation.

18.4k

May 5th 2019, 12:05 AM

# Arson Attacks

Having to cross the border or stay overnight: Concerns raised about location of rural Direct Provision centres

It’s a criminal offence for asylum seekers to cross the border into Northern Ireland.

30.8k

Mar 17th 2019, 6:30 AM

# Asylum Seekers

Hiding the fact they're gay and being harassed by other residents: People talk about life in Direct Provision

“One of the guys was very annoying and used to harass me, he always tried to touch me.”

23.2k

Mar 10th 2019, 6:59 AM

# direct provision

Private company paid €1.6 million in 4 months to find emergency accommodation for asylum seekers

195 people are currently living in hotels and B&Bs in the Cavan-Monaghan area.

35.1k

Feb 13th 2019, 12:05 AM

# Integration

Private firms housing refugees and asylum seekers were paid €60 million last year

The rise in spend by the RIA came against the background of the numbers accommodated by the agency last year decreasing from 4,696 to 4,425 at year end.

19.6k

Jul 3rd 2017, 6:25 PM

# direct provision

Asylum seeker enters 35th day of hunger strike in Sligo centre

The Iranian man has been served with a deportation order.

18.9k

115

Nov 14th 2016, 12:05 PM

# Easter Rising

Here's why you'll see these women on buses all over Ireland

They were snipers, cooks and doctors during the 1916 Rising.

26.9k

Mar 7th 2016, 3:15 PM

# on the map

Here are the places in Ireland that could become UNESCO Heritage Sites

Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, Heather Humphreys, today announced a fund of €13,000.

19.4k

May 22nd 2015, 3:27 PM

# mystery girls

Recognise anyone? These mysterious photos were found in a library today

The RIA wants to reunite them with the family involved.

26.3k

Apr 29th 2015, 5:48 PM

# Justice

Ireland spending €150 million a year on asylum system

One third of asylum seekers in Ireland are children and many people have been waiting more than a decade for a decision on their application.

14.6k

149

Sep 13th 2014, 4:39 PM

# direct provision

Direct Provision food protest ends with hope for improved conditions

The residents had began refusing supplies from the centre last week.

6.3k

Sep 9th 2014, 10:49 AM

# Mount Trenchard

Extra services put in place at Direct Provision centre after protests

A small number of residents at the Limerick centre had gone on hunger strike.

7.4k

Aug 30th 2014, 12:35 PM

# direct provision

Politicians are not allowed to talk to people seeking asylum in Ireland

Thousands of people in asylum centres are allowed to vote – but they’re not allowed to hear from politicians in the run up to the local elections.

18.7k

May 13th 2014, 10:45 PM

# we can be heroes

Laugh and cry as these Grannies take their first ever flight

An and Ria are in their seventies.

3.5k

Apr 12th 2014, 9:05 AM

# Asylum Seekers

Lack of information on asylum-seeker deaths 'shambolic'

The agency responsible for providing direct provision accommodation does not have access to death certificates on any of the 53 people who died in the last ten years, according to Minister Alan Shatter.

5.6k

108

Aug 26th 2013, 7:15 AM

Voices

Extract: The 'daily problems' in maintaining Ireland's neutrality during WW2

Confidential documents from the 1940s show that the maintenance of Ireland’s neutrality was going be difficult – and hard decisions on policy would have to be made practically every day.

1.1k

Jul 20th 2013, 7:00 PM

# millstreet

Asylum seekers protest over accommodation's 'expired food and rat infestation'

The Irish Refugee Council has said that the Minister for Justice cannot deny the need for an investigation into the Direct Provision system.

10.0k

254

Jun 26th 2013, 3:19 PM

# Deaths

53 people seeking asylum have died in State care

The deaths took place over the past ten years. One quarter of the asylum seekers who died were under five years of age.

7.2k

Oct 14th 2012, 8:00 AM

# Asylum

State spent €70m on private and state accommodation for asylum seekers

Over 5,100 people are currently being housed in 37 accommodation centres around Ireland.

5.4k

Jun 16th 2012, 8:30 AM

Voices

Column: My soul-destroying life as an asylum-seeker

Moussa has been living in a hostel in Ireland for seven years while the Government decides if he can stay and work here. Waiting is soul-destroying, he says, as is being made to feel like a criminal.

765

Oct 8th 2011, 10:00 AM