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REVEALED: Gardaí to be deployed to Border areas as Cabinet approves transfer of asylum seekers to UK

The Cabinet approved emergency legislation on Tuesday to facilitate transfer to the United Kingdom of asylum seekers who have arrived through Northern Ireland. Under the Dublin Regulation, when a migrant applies for international protection they ...

30 Apr 2024 at 14:39

Minister says 32 Georgians deported on charter flight ‘a significant start’

National News

Charter flight used to deport 32 people to Georgia

The deportation of 32 people to Georgia overnight marks a “significant start” towards a “more effective” immigration system, the Justice Minister has said. Twenty-eight men, three women and one child were removed as part of the largest ...

28 Feb 2025 at 10:42

National News

Almost half of those issued deportation orders in 2024 unaccounted for, says Justice Minister

32 people who were unlawfully in Ireland were deported to Georgia on Thursday night, 27 February on a chartered flight. This was the first deportation operation to be carried out by the State under a contract signed last year for the ...

28 Feb 2025 at 08:43

National News

Flight carrying 35 people deported from Ireland makes stop over medical incident

A flight carrying 35 people, including five children, who were being deported from Ireland was forced to make an unscheduled stop over a medical incident on board. The 21 men, nine woman and five children left on a chartered flight ...

05 Jun 2025 at 14:57

National News

O’Callaghan defends deportation of children

It would be “untenable” to have an immigration system in which children could not be deported, the Justice Minister has said. Jim O’Callaghan said it would not be a “good idea” to prevent the deportation of children as it would ...

06 Jun 2025 at 16:45

National News

Irish pensioner ‘facing deportation’ from Israel

An Irish pensioner is facing deportation from Israel, a group has said. The International Solidarity Movement said Deirdre “D” Murphy, 70, was detained along with a Swedish citizen by the Israeli authorities on June 1 in the ...

02 Jun 2025 at 19:27

National News

Five illegal migrants arrested by gardaí after ignoring deportation orders

Five people living illegally in Ireland have been arrested by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB). The arrests were made in Dublin this morning (Thursday July 4) with assistance from local Garda units in the Dublin ...

04 Jul 2024 at 13:15

National News

Government seeks tenders for provision of charter flights to deport people from Ireland

The Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has welcomed the launch of a formal procurement process for the provision of charter flight services for the purpose of deporting and returning individuals who no longer have ...

17 Jun 2024 at 19:52

Independent general election candidate in Donegal favours a deportation unit

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Independent general election candidate in Donegal wants a deportation unit

An independent general election candidate running in the Donegal constituency is claiming that Ireland cannot cope with what he terms is a “deluge of bogus asylum seekers and chancers that live off the generosity ...

29 Jan 2020 at 18:14

National News

Four-fold increase in removal of EU citizens from Ireland in 2025

The number of EU citizens removed from Ireland has more than quadrupled in the last year, a Minister has said. Colm Brophy, Minister of State for Migration, told the Dail 99 Europeans have been removed from ...

05 Nov 2025 at 17:38

National News

Irish-American grandmother ‘overwhelmed’ after release from detention in US

An Irish grandmother has spoken about her relief after US authorities dropped attempts to deport her and released her from prison. Donna Hughes-Brown, 59, was detained by Immigration and Customs ...

22 Dec 2025 at 11:15

National News

Gardai deport 33 EU nationals to Poland and Lithuania

Gardai deported 33 Polish and Lithuanian nationals on a specially chartered flight from Dublin on Sunday. In a statement An Garda Siochana said the 31 men and two women ranged in age from their ...

25 Jan 2026 at 18:41

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