Direct Provision Tensions: "The Lack of Consultation Isn't Working"

Direct Provision Tensions: "The Lack of Consultation Isn't Working"

Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny's car was torched a few days after he spoke out against rising anti-immigrant sentiment in the Dáil. Kenny, who has supported the provision of accommodation for asylum seekers in the town of Ballinamore in his constituency, talks to Fiach Kelly and Harry McGee about his fears that real issues are being twisted to win support for extreme views. And Irish Times journalist Jennifer O'Connell talks about why two towns, Borrisokane and Ballinamore, have reacted differently to the arrival of direct provision centres. How can the government better engage with communities?But first, London editor Denis Staunton on the forthcoming UK general election. Could this election throw up a worse Brexit than Boris Johnson's deal from an Irish point of view? And can Jeremy Corbyn repeat the trick of 2017 and outperform expectations?

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Blood-Red Lines, Brexit Crunch Time, Money in Presidential Politics

Blood-Red Lines, Brexit Crunch Time, Money in Presidential Politics

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Senator Lynn Ruane on 'People Like Me', Housing Wars & 'Reverse Snobbery'

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26 Syys 201844min

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FF and FG Stand-Off, Leo Defends Eoghan, Blimp Incoming

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5 Syys 201843min

Paschal Donohoe on Social Change, Conservatism & 'The Radical Centre'

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Last week, Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe gave a talk at the Collins Institute, a Fine Gael-associated think tank in Dublin. The talk was about the political centre, how it is weakening in other...

3 Syys 201839min

"Unless we set priorities, nothing is a priority" - The State & Social Housing

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Ireland's housing crisis is complex and multifaceted, but one key element that the government must address in seeking a solution to it is the social housing sector. Two-thirds of all social housing in...

29 Elo 201852min

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Craig Unger's new book, House of Trump, House of Putin: The Untold Story of Donald Trump and the Russian Mafia, analyses links between the Russian mafia, Vladimir Putin and the Trump Organisation. On ...

25 Elo 201823min

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