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In a partnership which aims to bring harmony and goodwill across the local community, the Courtown Hotel Direct Provision Centre has teamed up with the Courtown Training Initiative (CTI) to provide lunches for some of the most vulnerable members of society. With inflation impacting families across Wexford the team at the Direct Provision Centre decided to offer their assistance to students in the nearby CTI.

Duduzile Simkhumba of the Movement of Asylum Seekers Ireland looks at the challenges and progress made in the Irish immigration system.

“The Ukrainians aren’t getting treated amazingly… but the fact that they have been given PPS numbers, it means that they could have done this with all asylum seekers from the beginning.”

Rachel Lyons once recalled a family member asking what kind of band Pillow Queens were:

Ireland has not convicted any traffickers in the last year, a US State Department has found.

Demand for the sex trade is on the rise in Ireland, a charity that works with victims has found.

Ruhama, a charity which works with individuals impacted by prostitution and sex trafficking, is calling for more to be done on the issue.

ALMOST 20 organisations across Cork City and County are set to benefit from a combined funding windfall of more than €460,000 through the RTÉ Toy Show appeal.

Issues including concerns about nursing homes, accessibility for disabled people, and public housing lists attracted a record 4,791 complaints last year

Youth leader for the Irish Refugee Council, Marwa Zamir speaks about her experience of direct provision in 2016, versus that of residents nowadays, and why she is glad she went through it at the time she did