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Refugees having to sleep on chairs with no blankets, campaigners claim

Refugees have been forced to sleep on chairs with no blankets at the Citywest transit hub, it has been claimed. Concerns have been raised by campaigners about asylum seekers being subjected to conditions that fail to provide a suitable standard of ...

19 Aug 2022 at 17:52

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Kildare court: Man accused of biting female garda

A female member of An Garda Síochána was allegedly bitten by a Russian national. Ivan Matuashvili, with an address given as the Citywest Hotel in Citywest, County Dublin, was brought before Naas District Court on Thursday, April 27, by gardaí. It ...

02 May 2023 at 08:32

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Man living near Kildare-Dublin border who illegally accessed personal information given a two year suspended sentence

A man who illegally accessed personal information stored in three people's iCloud accounts has been given a two year suspended sentence. Matthew Johnstone (33) has a previous conviction for possession of child pornography (otherwise known as ...

21 Mar 2023 at 17:30

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LATEST: Bail refused for Kildare court defendant

An application for bail was refused for a foreign national accused of trying to hit security men with his car, and also for allegedly biting a female garda. Ivan Matuashvili, with an address given as the Citywest Hotel in Citywest County ...

08 May 2023 at 19:00

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BREAKING: Gardaí arrest four people in relation to dog seizure operation which occurred near Kildare-Dublin border

Arrests have been made by An Garda Síochána in relation to an investigation which has been ongoing since 2021. Gardaí in Tallaght, along with the Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (also known simply as the DSPCA), ...

30 Mar 2023 at 10:50

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WATCH: Clean-up underway on Dublin street after makeshift asylum seeker encampment removed

Authorities have commenced an operation to move asylum seekers who have been sleeping in tents on Mount Street in central Dublin, beside the city's International Protection Office. The Government said the asylum seekers had been moved ...

01 May 2024 at 12:39

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Minister cannot rule out Ukrainian refugees having to sleep on the streets

An Irish government minister has said he cannot guarantee that some Ukrainian refugees will not have to sleep on the streets. He was speaking after his department said on Thursday night that the Citywest transit centre had reached ...

21 Oct 2022 at 17:43

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Refugees may have to stay at Dublin airport as Citywest reaches capacity

Refugees arriving in Ireland may have to stay at Dublin Airport overnight as the Citywest welcome hub has reached capacity. In a statement on Thursday afternoon, the Department of Children, Equality and Integration said there had ...

20 Oct 2022 at 18:56

Ukraine forum calls on Taoiseach to step in on refugee accommodation crisis

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Ukraine forum calls for Taoiseach to step in on refugee accommodation crisis

The Taoiseach has been called on to intervene in the accommodation crisis for Ukrainian refugees with no beds available and many expected to have to sleep in airports. The Ukraine Civil Society Forum (UCSF) that includes 65 ...

14 Jul 2022 at 11:52

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Judge suggests man from Kildare-Dublin border take out a loan in order to offer appropriate financial token of remorse to victim

A judge has suggested a young man take out a loan in order to offer a 'appropriate' financial token of remorse to a LUAS ticket inspector he assaulted. Judge Elma Sheahan made the comment at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court ...

09 Nov 2022 at 18:15

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Youth jailed for robbing man at Citywest Luas stop has sentence increased

A youth jailed for robbery at a Luas stop, of a man who had come to Ireland from Liberia having spent “22 days in a boat to get here”, has had his jail term increased by the Court of Appeal. The teenager, who cannot be ...

29 Mar 2017 at 07:20

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Teenager killed in Dublin scrambler crash named

A teenager who died in a collision involving a car and a scrambler in Dublin has been named locally as Jason Monks. Family and friends have paid tribute to the young father of one on social media. The crash took place ...

21 Apr 2025 at 20:15

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