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January 31, 2022 No Responses

Long-Term Undocumented In Ireland To Be Given Opportunity To Regularize Status

Thousands of undocumented migrants may have official permission to live in Ireland by the end of the year, as a scheme to regularize their status opens on Monday. The scheme allows long-term undocumented people the opportunity to regularize their status,...

January 30, 2022 No Responses

Higgins: Derry At Peace Today Stands As ‘A Beacon Of Hope And Justice’

President Michael D Higgins has led tributes to the men who were killed on Bloody Sunday 50 years ago, saying Derry at peace today stands as “a beacon of hope and justice”. The victims continue to be honored through commitment...

January 30, 2022 No Responses

Derry Marks 50th Anniversary Of Bloody Sunday

Hundreds of people have attended a commemoration event in Derry to mark the 50th anniversary of Bloody Sunday. Thirteen civil rights protesters were shot dead by British soldiers on January 30th, 1972 in the city. Another man shot by paratroopers...

January 29, 2022 No Responses

Russia Moves Naval Exercises Further Away From Ireland’s Coast

Russia says it will relocate naval exercises off the coast of Ireland after Dublin raised concerns about them amid a tense dispute with the West over expansion of the NATO alliance and fears that Russia is preparing to invade Ukraine....

January 28, 2022 No Responses

Poots Fails In Bid To Switch Constituencies Before Assembly Elections

Former DUP leader Edwin Poots has failed in a bid to switch constituencies in the forthcoming Northern Ireland Assembly elections. Mr Poots, a current Lagan Valley MLA, had tried to secure a seat in the South Down constituency and was...

January 26, 2022 No Responses

Taoiseach Accuses Sinn Féin Of ‘Serial Opposition’ To Housing Developments

The Taoiseach has accused Sinn Féin of exploiting the housing crisis for electoral gain with “serial” opposition to housing developments across the country. In heated exchanges in the Dáil, Micheál Martin rejected Mary Lou McDonald’s assertion that hi...

January 25, 2022 No Responses

Irish Citizens Urged To Avoid Travel To Ukraine

Irish citizens are being advised to avoid non-essential travel to Ukraine. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said on Tuesday the advice comes in light of ongoing tensions at the Eastern European country’s border with Russia. He also said planned Russian navy exercis...