ASYLUM SEEKERS who had set up camp in Dublin city centre have been moved to new accommodation, the government has revealed. Around 200 people were moved today from the encampment in the Mount Street area of the city, close to the International Protection Office (IPO), which processes asylum applications. The asylum seekers have been moved to two sites in Co. Dublin provided by … [Read more...] about Asylum seekers moved to IPAS accommodation as Dublin city centre encampment is dismantled
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Migrants will be taught Irish language to help develop a ‘sense of identity’ in Ireland
A NEW initiative will see migrants who have arrived in Ireland being taught the Irish language in a bid to help them settle into their new home towns. Launched by Minister of State for the Gaeltacht, Thomas Byrne in Dublin this week, the Céad Míle Fáilte scheme will provide new arrivals with language classes and workshops to help them learn and use the language. Led by Conradh … [Read more...] about Migrants will be taught Irish language to help develop a ‘sense of identity’ in Ireland
Locations of nine new speed cameras confirmed – with another 100 planned for Ireland
THE intended locations of nine new static speed cameras due to be installed across Ireland have been confirmed. Counties Galway, Waterford, Wicklow, Donegal, Carlow, Dublin, Mayo, Cork and Limerick will each get one of the new cameras, An Garda Síochána has confirmed this week. The specific locations for each camera has been based on fatal and serious injury collision data from … [Read more...] about Locations of nine new speed cameras confirmed – with another 100 planned for Ireland
Appeal over key witness after Co. Down shooting leaves man in critical condition
POLICE investigating a shooting in Co. Down that left a man in a critical condition are trying to a trace a key witness who may be able to assist their investigation. On Friday, April 12, a man in his 40s was shot in the abdomen by a masked man in a carpark in the Rathfriland Road area of Banbridge. The man remains in hospital in a critical but stable condition, while three men … [Read more...] about Appeal over key witness after Co. Down shooting leaves man in critical condition
Police name teenage girl killed in Co. Tyrone collision
POLICE have named a teenage girl who was killed in a road traffic collision in Co. Tyrone as 17-year-old Kamile Vaicikonyte. The schoolgirl and a 19-year-old male named locally as Jamie Moore died at the scene of the single-vehicle collision in the Doogary Road area of Omagh at around 9.50pm on Tuesday. The collision occurred on a stretch of the A5 a day after Miss … [Read more...] about Police name teenage girl killed in Co. Tyrone collision