In 2024, 1,116 people departed from the State under various mechanisms, and this was an increase of 252 per cent on the 2023 total of 317.

Gardaí were alerted to the presence of a number of people inside a shipping container at Rosslare

Here are some of the key details of their policy programme.

The High Court ruled Peter Casey had been defamed in a social media post about his provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees

Data from October shows that international protection applications were around half in October compared to May, but only 25 per cent lower than in June

Immigration has emerged as a key issue in the general election campaign ahead of polling day on Friday

The Sinn Fein leader said the agency would ‘ensure cohesion’ around planning, sharing of information, and speedy decision-making.

Here is a breakdown of the latest facts and figures related to migration in Ireland.

Mary Lou McDonald’s comments come after it was reported that the party’s integration spokesperson, Roscommon-Galway candidate Claire Kerrane, had deleted a social media post in which she called for deportation to be considered for any immigrant who commits a crime.

The man (30s) said the Government failed to consider his 'unique skills and integral contribution' to an Irish windows and doors company

Peppard Investments Holdings Ltd show it recorded revenues of €28.1m and operating profits of €9.95m last year.

Bulelani Mfaco became involved in the campaign to end direct provision after arriving in Ireland as an asylum seeker from South Africa in 2017.

Taoiseach Simon Harris 'scapegoated' asylum seekers with his comment linking homelessness and migration, according to migrant charity Nasc

Labour leader Ivana Bacik criticised the comments, saying they were ‘deeply inappropriate and unhelpful’.

Michael D Higgins said it was ‘common sense’ that the health service in Ireland would not run without migrant workers.

The sign carried the message ‘no illegal immigrants for one mile’.

In a briefing, the minister was told so-called voluntary returns offered a “positive experience for both the state and the person being removed” as an alternative to deportation.

NI Education Minister Paul Givan has written to a group of 400 Muslim women after they raised concerns about the safety of their children.

This was the third successive 12-month period where over 100,000 people immigrated to Ireland.

The tent village outside the International Protection Office on Mount Street was eventually removed in May

The head of Immigration at human rights law firm KOD Lyons has spoken of “the logistical nightmare of enforcing deportation orders"

The Minister for Justice has signed an order to increase the maximum fines to €5,000 - which is up from €3,000

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald attempted to present her party's new immigration policy, but the RTÉ interview raised more questions than answers

Fifteen people appeared before a late-night sitting at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday, charged with a range of public order offences

The protesters object to the disused building being redeveloped to house asylum seekers.

The pact will come into effect in two years’ time.

Drew Harris said there was no doubt that anti-immigration sentiment was a "driver" for increases in arson attacks

The judge said the action must be re-issued and the proceedings are unlikely to return before the court in the short term.

The Workplace Relations Commission upheld the worker’s claim for harassment on the grounds of race against his employer.

John Mullins said her track record on Brexit will be a big reason for why he would vote for her.

She said a ‘noisy minority’ on social media had targeted her party for political reasons.

A total of 1,485 non-EU nationals were found to be illegally present in Ireland last year – an annual increase of 20 per cent.

Elon Musk was involved in another bizarre online exchange about Ireland when he called the IRA a "plush toy" in response to a post about Irish immigration from a far-right account

The Government has been criticised over immigration policy with 70 asylum seekers staying in tents pitched along Dublin's Grand Canal

Counter-protesters gathered at the GPO on O'Connell Street to express support for asylum seekers

Saoirse McHugh, who ran in the 2019 European elections and the 2020 General Election, has called for the EU to stop trading with Israel.

A diplomatic spat with the UK this week over asylum seekers has brought the topic to the centre of political debate.

A man who smuggled two women into the country on the promise of work here has been jailed for two years.

Helen McEntee was told that Britain’s Rwanda policy could make Ireland seem like 'an attractive alternative'

Nick Henderson did acknowledge that there had been an increase in people arriving from the North of Ireland seeking asylum because of the UK’s ‘Rwanda policy.’

The Irish Government said there has been an increase in asylum seekers arriving in Ireland after crossing the NI border.

‘Sinn Fein is not for open borders,’ the party’s leader told reporters on Sunday

Taoiseach Simon Harris has asked Minister for Justice Helen McEntee to develop plans to allow the return of inadmissible international protection applicants back to the UK