Tyndall National Institute is to shift its focus over the next five years to carry out research to address the world’s major societal challenges including energy and climate change.

26,000 migrants here ‘have no papers’ and they work for much less than the minimum wage, with no access to social welfare or health care. They are filling labour market gaps and so the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland wants their status regularised. Joyce Fegan reports.

Dozens of key construction jobs are currently ineligible to non-nationals — despite thousands being needed to meet building demands.