WITH reference to your report headlined ‘Immigrants unable to renew permits over admin blunder’ (February 15), I wish to clarify the situation in relation to eligibility to apply for citizenship in Ireland.

YOUR columnist Ivan Yates’s post-budget commentary headlined ‘A move in the right direction’ (December 10) contained a disgraceful slur against migrants in Ireland.

THE resignation of Niall Crowley as chief executive of the Equality Authority is a significant setback in the fight for equality and social inclusion in this country.

THE Immigrant Council of Ireland (ICI) welcomes recent comments by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, Brian Lenihan, that he wishes to address ‘unacceptable delays’ in the process migrants face in becoming Irish citizens.