More than 1,600 asylum-seekers were paid to leave Ireland in last two years

Government spent €3m on deportation flights in 2025 in move to tackle immigration Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan Wayne O’Connor and Maeve McTaggart Today at 06:30 Asylum-seekers have been paid more than €1m by the State over the last two years to leave Ireland as part of a scheme enticing them to drop their claims to … Read more

Researcher to be paid €270k to write history of justice department and its achievements – The Irish Times

The Department of Justice is planning to pay a researcher €270,000 to write a history of the department, examining its key achievements over a 50-year period. The research will be overseen by an advisory group comprising current or former officials, along with independent experts nominated by the department. It will review chapters and provide periodic … Read more

Family at centre of Department of Justice protest to be deported to South Africa – The Irish Times

The family at the centre of a large protest outside the Department of Justice earlier this month is being deported from Ireland. Titilayo Oluwakemi Oyekanmi said she and her three sons are being deported to South Africa on Saturday. Her sons Samuel, Joseph and Genesis, who are aged between five and 18, attended local schools … Read more

Nearly 30% of unaccompanied minors seeking asylum ‘ineligible’, says Department of Justice – The Irish Times

Almost 30 per cent of those seeking international protection as unaccompanied minors over the last two years were subsequently found by the child and family agency Tusla not to be eligible, the Department of Justice has said. Figures provided by the Department of Justice suggested that more than 140 people who sought international protection as … Read more

Dept: No stats on naturalised citizens having criminal record

The Department of Justice has admitted that it does not collate statistics on the number of people granted Irish citizenship through naturalisation whose application included a report of a criminal conviction abroad. The Minister for Justice told Independent TD Carol Nolan that as the statistics are not collated, he could not provide the number of … Read more

‘Every time the bell rings, I worry he’s back’ – mum tells how she is rebuilding her life after leaving abusive ex

After a whirlwind romance and a baby, the woman’s husband became controlling Adele’s ex-husband used their finances to control her and isolated her from friends. Posed photo: Getty From the moment she met him online in 2012, “Adele” (not her real name) was convinced she had found the man of her dreams. After years of … Read more

Facial recognition technology to be trialled on passengers at Holyhead – The Irish Times

Thousands of Irish travellers will be scanned by live facial recognition technology this week as part of UK immigration enforcement efforts at Holyhead port. Live facial recognition allows authorities to scan faces and compare them against databases in real time to identify offenders or other people of interest. The use of the controversial technology at … Read more

David Gillick among those calling for South African teen and family not to be deported – The Irish Times

Athlete David Gillick is among those advocating for a teenage boy and his family to stay in Ireland after they were issued with a deportation order. Titilayo Oluwakemi Oyekanmi and her three sons, Samuel, Joseph and Genesis, came to Ireland in late 2023 from South Africa. Their asylum application was rejected and a subsequent appeal … Read more

New scrambler bike proposals will remove ‘ambiguity’ about their legality, Government says – The Irish Times

Ministers have insisted new proposals on scramblers in public places will remove “ambiguity” about the legality of the vehicles. Proposals to implement a total ban on scrambler use in public places were agreed by Cabinet on Wednesday. It comes after the Government promised renewed efforts to remove them from the roads after the death of … Read more