Immigration

Daly Lynch Crowe & Morris LLP has promoted immigration lawyer Leah O'Leary to partner. Ms O'Leary joined the Dublin-based firm in 2019 and works as part of a four-strong solicitor team specialising in immigration and international protection law, supported by four caseworkers.

Human rights campaigners have called on the Irish government to ban ICE deportation flights from refuelling at Shannon Airport. An investigation by The Guardian last week revealed that a private jet owned by a billionaire property developer who funded Trump's election campaign has been used to depor

A new report from The Constitution Society and the Federal Trust tackles the role immigration policy played in causing Brexit, and that Brexit has since played in driving UK immigration policy. In Brexit and Immigration: The Arc of the Pendulum, immigration researcher Jonathan Thomas tracks the arc

The High Court, in the context of a visa refusal case, has refused an application by the State for security for its costs where acceding to the application would have effectively terminated the proceedings. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Barry O’Donnell concluded that &ldqu

A special Garda operation targeting non-Irish nationals convicted of sexual crimes has led to the removal of 25 sex offenders from the State. Operation Moonridge commenced in 2025 and involves identifying and locating convicted sex offenders of interest to the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB

Two men have been sentenced in England in connection with an immigration scam which included instructing people to travel to Dublin to exploit EU treaty rights. Syed Ali Shah Gilani and Risalat Hussain were both sentenced at Birmingham Crown Court on Tuesday.

Sweeping changes to Ireland's migration and asylum system have been set out by the government, including significant new restrictions on family reunification rights and citizenship applications. Most of the changes announced today concern refugees and asylum seekers, though controversial changes to

Plans for reform of the international protection system may fall short of Ireland's legal obligations under the EU Migration and Asylum Pact, the government has been told. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) this week warned the Oireachtas justice committee that it has signif

Landmark legislation transposing the controversial EU Pact on Migration and Asylum into Irish law is to be scrutinised in the Oireachtas this afternoon. The Oireachtas joint committee on justice, home affairs and migration will meet from 3pm to 5.30pm today for pre-legislative scrutiny of the genera

Solicitor Carol Sinnott has been elected as chairperson of the Irish Immigration Lawyers Association (IILA). Ms Sinnott is the principal of Sinnott Solicitors, a firm specialising in asylum and immigration law based in Dublin and Cork.

The UK's opposition Conservative Party has mounted an unprecedented attack on sitting judges, accusing dozens of immigration judges of political bias. Robert Jenrick, the shadow justice secretary, yesterday questioned whether judges who had previously supported or volunteered for charities providing

Plans to transpose the controversial EU Pact on Migration and Asylum into Irish law have major human rights gaps, according to a new analysis. The Coalition on the EU Migration Pact, composed of 10 civil society organisations, has published an in-depth analysis of the general scheme of the Internati

Two dozen people have been deported from Ireland to Pakistan in the fourth deportation charter flight of the year. Last night's flight from Dublin Airport was the fourth charter operation carried out in 2025, following two flights to Georgia and one to Nigeria.

The deputy president of the UK Supreme Court has entered the debate over the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR), suggesting its terms may need to be “reconsidered” to address challenges posed by migration. Lord Hodge said the UK should consider working with other countries to pre

Survivors and victims of domestic abuse are to be exempted from immigration registration fees. Regulations signed into effect by the minister of state for migration, Colm Brophy, will waive the €300 fee in order to remove a financial barrier to leaving an abusive relationship.