Gardaí said one third of all accommodation scams take place during August to September each year

Mary Lou McDonald criticised the Government's approach to choosing locations for accommodation centres, describing it as 'ad hoc' and 'driven by private provision'

Violence broke out on Monday at the former Crown Paints factory which has been earmarked to accommodate international protection applicants

The new legislation was passed by the Oireachtas on Thursday

D Hotel owners receive €1.52m for first quarter as IP accommodation bill soars 54 per cent to €214.94m for January to March year-on-year

The operation to dismantle the tents pitched in a cramped space along the Grand Canal began shortly after 7am on Thursday

Male international protection applicants who have been sleeping in tents on the canal banks are being transferred from the site on buses

Five men and four women were arrested for alleged public order offences on Wednesday night

The incident happened in Clonmel on Thursday

International tourists occupied the majority of bedspaces in guesthouses, B&Bs and hostels last year

The Irish residential market has a very high share of under-occupied dwellings relative to other EU countries, according to the report

The protest at a site near Naas ended on Thursday morning, the High Court was told

The Government said changes were needed to its offering in order to meet obligations to future arrivals.

Last week, Total Experience Limited, which is constructing facilities at Newhall, Naas, Co Kildare for families fleeing the war, secured a temporary order restraining protesters from blocking entrances

The 24-hour protests outside two sites in Carlow town are now in their third week

Local councillor Shane Lee said the actions of the Garda public order unit had been 'a step too far'

St Mary's, a former nursing home, is reopening as a 40-bed facility with space for up to 220 people

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said a ‘small minority’ of migrants were abusing the system

The Taoiseach said the Government had to be mindful of the potential for local opposition to repurposing nursing homes and student accommodation

This is the first time the state-funded Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) has invoked its powers, granted by statute, to initiate a legal action concerning the human rights of a person or class of people

The official winter count found there were 118 people sleeping rough in the region in early November

Larysa Gerasko said she would tell Ukrainians that the support Ireland is offering will change from January

Mary Lou McDonald called on a no-fault eviction ban to be introduced until March to prevent people being evicted at Christmas.

The chief commissioner of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission said the State needs to address medium and long-term issues facing asylum seekers

A new report from the ESRI found 141,600 people arrived in the State in the 12 months to April, representing a 31 per cent increase on the previous year