Ireland grants one-year extension of Temporary Protection residency to March 2027
Flooding around Dublin Airport snarls road access but flights remain on schedule
Defence Forces propose foreign-national recruitment with citizenship fast-track to plug staffing gaps
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Irish ministers head to Munich Security Conference amid heightened global travel and security demands
Foreign Affairs Minister Helen McEntee and Minister of State Thomas Byrne are in Germany for the Munich Security Conference, where they will discuss migration, border security and Ireland’s visa alignment with EU partners. The visit spotlights the specialised travel logistics around high-level diplomatic missions and may foreshadow policy shifts affecting corporate mobility and export controls.
Ireland extends Temporary Protection permissions to March 2027
The Minister for Justice has automatically prolonged all Temporary Protection certificates by 12 months, keeping beneficiaries lawfully resident and work-eligible until 4 March 2027. No new paperwork is required, easing pressure on employers and immigration offices. The extension aligns Ireland with forthcoming EU decisions and provides critical planning certainty for businesses employing Ukrainian nationals.
Flooding around Dublin Airport disrupts surface access for travellers
Torrential rain forced road closures and bus diversions on 13 February, snarling access to Dublin Airport even though flights operated normally. The disruption underscores how surface-access vulnerabilities—not runway closures—are increasingly the weak link for Irish business travel during severe weather.
New CSO data sheds light on earnings of International Protection Applicants in Ireland
CSO figures reveal that asylum applicants who were working in 2024 earned a median €544 a week—one-quarter less than the average Irish worker. The data will feed into Government decisions on accommodation-cost levies and underscores the wage pressures facing employers who rely on this talent pool.