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“Hearts are heavy across the country today, for the children, teacher and witnesses involved in yesterday’s horrifying act of violence in Dublin. We’re hoping for their full and quick recovery, and to see their attacker brought to full…

This is a full-time position with a fixed-term (24 months) contract which may be renewed subject to funding. A six-month probation period will apply. The application deadline has been extended to 4pm 18th December. Salary range: €46,000…

Leading not-for-profits from the ‘Stand Together Against Direct Provision’ (STAD) coalition are calling on the government to publish and implement a new White Paper on Direct Provision without delay. They are calling for the new roadmap to…

Cork-based migrant and refugee support centre, Nasc, has welcomed two refugee students to Ireland as part of a pioneering scholarship programme. The students, a Congolese woman and Cameroonian man, who had both previously been living as…

  Olivia Teahan, Policy & Communications Manager of Nasc:  “Following an announcement that a former school in Ballincollig, Cork, would be refurbished for the accommodation of Ukrainian refugees, the building was targeted in an arson…

  Nasc, the Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre has partnered with Cork-born company Zartis, to foster career opportunities for asylum seekers and refugees. A number of scholarships have been made available for a professional diploma in…

  A pioneering local group ‘Pobal na Gaillimhe’, will welcome two refugee students, who are Congolese and Cameroonian, to University of Galway in September 2023 with support from the University of Galway, UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency,…

Webinar - Thursday, 2 March 2023 | 16:00 – 17:30 CET   BACKGROUND The unprecedented wave of solidarity unleashed in the wake of…

Nasc are delighted to announce the launch of research on Community Sponsorship. Equality Matters in Community Sponsorship: Considerations for Obtaining Feedback from Stakeholders was authored by Karen Smith, Carol Ballantine, Angham Younes…

After meeting online, the first in-person meeting of members of the University of Galway Community Sponsorship Group, as part of the EU-Passworld project, took place on November 29th in…