Doctor worried for family’s safety after brother was ‘headbutted and told to speak English’ – The Irish Times

An Afghan doctor who has lived in Ireland for more than a decade said she feared for her family’s safety after her brother was physically attacked in Co Meath earlier this month and told to “speak English”. Fatima Abdullah (33) moved to Ireland in 2015, joining her husband, who had moved here the year before … Read more

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

Japan’s foreign resident population hits record 4.12 million

Japan was home to a record 4.12 million foreign residents as the end of 2025, an increase of 9.5% from a year earlier, the Immigration Services Agency said Friday. It was the first time the number of foreign residents in Japan exceeded 4 million. The number of foreign overstayers as of Jan. 1 this year … Read more

Bali Strengthens Zero Tolerance Approach To Disrespectful Tourists

Share The Article Bali is one of the most culturally generous destinations on earth. As an island where traditional culture is a living, breathing part of everyday life rather than a relic of the past, Bali actively invites tourists to engage with its culture and experience the local way of life firsthand. This is one … Read more

The fringe women’s anti-immigration group supported by three elected politicians – The Irish Times

“They can throw the racist card all they like,” Carol Nolan, the Independent TD, says. “Every Irish person here is genuinely concerned. Any reasonable person, with any grain of common sense, knows that what’s happening is not right.” There were about two dozen people gathered in a very small and uncomfortably warm room in Buswell’s … Read more

Court orders further postponement of Séamus Culleton’s deportation from US, but he must stay in detention

BREAKING |  Seamus Culleton. Photo: GoFundMe Amy Molloy and John Mulligan Yesterday at 21:15 A court in the US has issued a further order preventing the deportation of Irish man Séamus Culleton, but has denied his request to be released from a detention facility. Mr Culleton, from Glenmore, Co Kil­kenny, entered the US on a tourism … 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