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Around 100 people are said to have gathered at a pro-Palestine encampment set up over the weekend at University College Dublin (UCD).

Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns said: ‘If you wanted to design a worse way to provide social housing, you couldn’t.’

It is “anomalous” to treat Ukrainians differently based on when they arrived in Ireland, Finance Minister Micheal McGrath has said.

Independent TD Michael Lowry said there are 100 special needs schools across Ireland ‘but the reality is that number is failing to meet demand’.

A protest on Wednesday called for a change to the time workers must wait before applying to bring their family to Ireland.

An Irish Times/Ipsos B&A opinion poll showed Fine Gael is on 23 per cent, Sinn Féin is on 23 per cent and Fianna Fáil at 20 per cent.

The Department of Integration has confirmed that it will be using a north Dublin Thornton Hall site to accommodate asylum seekers in tents in the “near future”.

Gavin Robinson has pledged to “continue to fight” against an Irish Sea border after being ratified as DUP leader.

Six people have been charged after Tuesday night's disorder in north Belfast.