18 h. ago Government spent €1.8m on deportation flights over four years

The department said expenditure was sometimes necessary for executive seats when a deportation officer was immediately returning to Ireland from a long-haul flight without staying at the destination

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2 w. ago Explainer: What is the purpose of deportation flights out of Ireland?

Videos of people being loaded on to aircraft are much more potent than statistics, writes Conor Gallagher

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2 w. ago Linking housing crisis to immigration used to fuel 'racist' viewpoints, minister says

A child was among 32 people deported to Georgia, a designated safe country, on a chartered flight out of Dublin Airport on Thursday night

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2 w. ago Justice minister says 32 Georgians deported on charter flight ‘a significant start’

Justice minister says 32 Georgians deported on charter flight ‘a significant start’  Irish Examiner

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2 w. ago 32 people deported to Georgia on flight from Dublin as Government says 'further operations' on the way

32 people deported to Georgia on flight from Dublin as Government says 'further operations' on the way  Dublin Live

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2 w. ago 32 people deported to Georgia as special chartered flights from Ireland begin

Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan confirmed this morning that the flight has landed in Georgia.

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3 w. ago Fitzmaurice says "not one red cent" spent on rural sewage scheme announced by previous Government

This article first appeared on Galway Bay FM Not “one red cent” has been spent on a rural sewage scheme announced by Minister Darragh O’ Brien under the previous Government. That’s according to Roscommon/Galway TD Michael Fitzmaurice, who says it was aimed at areas where there was no existing Irish Water infrastructure. But the Independent […] The post Fitzmaurice says "not one red cent" spent on rural sewage scheme announced by previous Government appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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3 w. ago No more Government money will be spent on unused art gallery scanner – Minister

The National Gallery bought an X-ray system valued at €124,805 in November 2017 which has never been used and is being stored in its basement.

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