Jack Horgan-jones

The Irish Refugee Council has accused the Government of planning to usher in “cruel proposals” and being ”intent on keeping families separated”. Opposition parties have also been critical of the Coalition’s plan to further tighten family reunification rig... See more

The chair of the Oireachtas Foreign Affairs Committee has said he regrets there wasn’t more “political leadership” on the Mercosur trade deal. Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin South West John Lahart said he felt the case was not made for the trade deal before th... See more

People granted refugee status will have to wait for three years before bringing relatives including spouses and children to Ireland under a planned tightening of family reunification rules. On Tuesday, Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan will brief the C... See more

The Government has decided not to back a significant European Union trade deal with a South American bloc in a move that risks damaging relations with Brussels but preserves Coalition stability. Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the decision, which came after... See more

One couldn’t quite call it a U-turn, but if any course correction was under consideration on Ireland’s vote on Mercosur, that has certainly been kiboshed. The intervention of Minister of State for Agriculture Michael Healy-Rae has put paid to any chance t... See more