09-20Mar-Apr2022Ireland: Public webinar series on diversity in politics The Immigrant Council of Ireland and Dublin City University will run a public seminar series entitled ' Promoting democratic participation: an active
03Mar2022Ireland: Debate with Seanad by-election candidates of migrant background On the occasion of the Seanad (Senate) Éireann by-election 2022, the Immigrant Council of Ireland is organising a public panel discussion between
01 March 2022Irish police recruitment campaign targets migrant and ethnic minority candidates A new recruitment campaign for An Garda Síochána (the Irish police) has been announced, which particularly encourages applications from migrant and...
06 September 2021Ireland: Recruiting foster carers for child asylum seekers The Child and Family Agency in Ireland - TUSLA - launched a new campaign to recruit foster carer parents for unaccompanied children who arrive in...
25 August 2021Ireland: Ethnicity issues in national census In 2006 the Irish Central Statistics Office (CSO) included a question about ethnic background on the Irish Census for the very first time. The...
23 June 2021Ireland: New mentoring programme pairs local councillors with migrants The Immigrant Council of Ireland announced the launch of its Migrant - Councillor Internship Scheme for 2021. The scheme is a 12 week programme...
28 April 2021Ireland: Ethnic profiling by Irish police Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, An Garda Síochána (Irish police) patrols on the ground have increased, along with reports that their increased...
23 April 2021Ireland: Migrant women and domestic violence An interim report by Ireland's Independent Anti-Racism Committee called for the removal of all barriers to accessing support for migrant women...
23 April 2021Ireland: Regularisation scheme for undocumented migrants Ireland's Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee TD, has announced a draft proposal for a scheme to regularise undocumented migrants in Ireland. It is...
31 March 2021Ireland: Deliveroo riders campaign for better treatment Deliveroo riders in Ireland, many of whom are migrants, are self organising to campaign for better working conditions, fairer immigration laws and...