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A Donegal TD has urged the Minister for Justice Helen McEntee and the Department of justice to play their part in the winding down of direct provision.   Independent TD Thomas Pringle, says greater staffing and resources for the Department of Justice will be key to ending the system of…

A local TD says questions need to be answered over the Department of Justice monitoring and collecting comments that are critical of Direct Provision. According to the Sunday Independent, department officials have been compiling daily reports of social media posts from people discussing the system. Sligo Leitrim Sinn Fein TD,…

Two North West TD’s have been appointed as Junior Ministers.   Sligo/ Leitrim Fine Gael TD Frank Feighan has been as a Minster for state at the Department of Health and will have special responsibility for the National Drugs strategy and Well being.   Speaking earlier to Ocean FM, minister…

The Department of Justice is not the right place to support or deal with Asylum Seekers.   That’s according to the Donegal Independent TD Thomas Pringle.     Deputy Pringle says the Department does not have the mindset to allow it to deal with the needs of communities or residents…

A Nigerian woman faces deportation today after living in a direct-provision centre in Sligo for four years. Loveth Oyiboka, whose parents were murdered, studies in Sligo and has volunteered with the Tidy Towns. About 5,000 people have signed petitions that urge the Department of Justice to scrap the 29-year-old’s deportation…

The government plans to house a number of asylum seekers across the north west. They aim to house over 5,500 asylum seekers nationally. The Department of Justice is looking for providers to operate centres in 8 regions around the country. One of these regions includes counties Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal, Cavan…

Garda overtime in the Donegal and Sligo Leitrim Garda division cost over €2m last year. However, Donegal had double the overtime hours and expenditure than its Sligo Leitrim counterparts.   The new figures from the Department of Justice show that there is a heavy reliance on Garda overtime in order…