More than a quarter of this number are still in the direct-provision system despite securing their status to remain in the country

A State-run reception agency for asylum seekers could help to solve current issues and plan for the long-term, according to the Irish Refugee Council and a policy officer for the ESRI

New figures show that almost 450 Ukrainians have entered the Direct Provision system since the start of last year

Issues around accommodating refugees are the result of years of the State failing to take international protection responsibilities seriously, according to a professor who specialises in migrant integration

It comes as Ireland struggles with providing accommodation and clear communication on housing refugees and asylum seekers.

International protection applicants currently being accommodated at Hotel Killarney were informed of the decision earlier this week

A look across the front pages of the regional papers

More than 9,300 adult asylum seekers get only €5.50 a day in social welfare from the State

The Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) ordered the firm to pay €16,692 in compensation to Krzysztof Cender for the company's long-running breach of the Organisation of Working Time Act

Anti-refugee protests in Dublin's East Wall have been widespread since the old ESB building in the area was turned into a Direct Provision centre, however, one group of locals has formed a support group for refugees to spread a message of "solidarity and allyship"

Eight accused – four Algerians and four Georgian men – appeared before the court all charged with violent disorder

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The incident occurred at Hotel Killarney on Sunday

Kerry County Councillor Niall O'Callaghan has said the Direct Provision Centre in Killarney where a number of stabbing incidents occurred on Sunday had been a "recipe for disaster"

Four people were taken to hospital for treatment following the incident on Sunday night

The Children’s Rights Alliance has said that a child-benefit like payment should be provided for Direct Provision residents.

The family came to Ireland in July due to “extreme violence” being levelled against them in their home country

The chief executive of human rights group Doras has said there appears to "still be an over-reliance on hotels" in the Government's plan to accommodate refugees

A new report, launched today by the Irish Refugee Council, gives the Government recommendations about how to respond to the current crisis in accommodation for people seeking protection

The International Garden project hopes to create a ‘safe space’ for families to grow food from their own countries in solidarity with others living in the local community.

After converting an old donkey box into a camper that doubles up as a stage, called the Duffbox, she travelled the county performing various outdoor gigs.

The Regularisation of Long Term Undocumented Migrants Scheme has received approximately 7,000 applications since it opened in January.

A group of 150 refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine are set to move to tents at Gormanston military camp in Co Meath on Tuesday

Raminder, his wife Harinder, and their three adult children, Sandeep, 23, Gursewak, 21, and Gurcharan, 19, were surprised, relieved, and very happy to be told they could stay in Ireland.

Women living in Direct Provision have launched a campaign called My Rights, My Privacy, Colette Sheridan reports

The scheme means long-term undocumented people can have official access to the workforce

The Minister was speaking on RTÉ’s Morning Ireland today.

COMMUNITY Finance Ireland (CFI) has announced that it is to support a Cork-based NGO, Recruit Refugees Ireland (RRI).

Mr Hussain has now been granted permission to remain in Ireland

His surgical team at CUH recommended that he eat better and look after his health and that, as per his circumstances, he needs a better living environment.

"We believe the first step to successful inclusion is integration into the Irish jobs market for the refugee and asylum seeker community."

The Government is being urged to intervene in the case of an Indian asylum seeker living in direct provision in the city. On Thursday, Nadim Hussain entered day eight of his hunger strike campaign to achieve permission to remain status in Ireland.

A GROUP of asylum seekers is starting a hunger strike today at the entrance to Leinster House in support of a man living in the Kinsale Rd direct provision centre in Cork.

ASYLUM seekers living in Macroom's Riverside Park Hotel for the past two years have been given a weeks’ notice advising them that they are to be moved to the other end of the country, according to a support organisation.

Maeve Lee speaks with Toufik Messabih, founder of Lib Counselling, about their work in providing free counselling services to asylum seekers and refugees

FIVE Cork Educate Together Secondary School (CETSS) students have installed a three-metre-long billboard on the Lower Glanmire Road, calling on the Government to accelerate its plan to end direct provision.

ARRANGEMENTS are being made for a clinic to be held next week to give residents of the direct provision centre in Glounthaune the chance to highlight concerns they have about food at the centre.

NINE residents of Kinsale Road direct provision centre have tested positive for Covid-19, according to a letter from HSE to residents seen by The Echo.

Ten children from Direct Provision have begun rugby training with Clonakilty RFC following a visit by the club to the centre in the town. Each child was given a rugby ball and heard about the history of the club and the sport.

A family living in direct provision in Cork took to the streets of the city on Sunday to give out 500 free face masks bringing to 2,000 the number of coverings they have donated to the public during the pandemic.

SOME people living in a direct provision centre in Cork have said that they are “afraid and anxious” after an outbreak of Covid-19 was identified there.

Lecturers at University College Cork have accused the Irish government of putting the health and lives of Direct Provision residents at risk, following reports of a Covid-19 outbreak at a centre in Cork.

An outbreak of Covid-19 has reportedly been identified in the Kinsale Roundabout Direct Provision centre. In a letter on HSE headed paper, seen by The Echo, residents were informed of four positive cases.

A family living in Cork who recently gained attention online for their distribution of hand-made face masks are facing deportation after three years of living in Ireland.

"To many people, one special day might not seem like a big change but giving these people something to look forward to, a memory to look back to and also showing them that someone in society cares about them does make a big difference.

FOR Pakistani refugee Tauseef Muhammad Khan, living in the direct provision centre at the Kinsale Road roundabout represents the darkest, most tragic part of his life, but he says he will keep fighting for a better life.

'No justice, no peace' – that was the roar of hundreds of people on Grand Parade earlier today at a peaceful protest in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and those in Direct Provision in Ireland.

RESIDENTS of a controversial direct provision centre in Kerry have been moved to hotel accommodation in Cork to self-isolate after testing positive for Covid-19.

‘HEAVEN on Earth’ is how Nigerian Cordelia Oseh Nwaokolo, 49, describes her second home after moving to Cork 21 years ago. Cordelia, who spent two years in a wheelchair after breaking her pelvis while living here, said Cork was her promised land.

Irish Olympians are helping asylum seekers in direct provision to get weekly exercise during the Covid-19 pandemic.