Asylum proposals show merit, but have some way to go to solve accommodation issues

Integration Minister Roderic O'Gorman finally brought his accommodation strategy to Cabinet saying it 'will address the immediate accommodation crisis in International Protection, and provide a pathway, over the next five years, to deliver a fair, efficient, and sustainable model of accommodating International Protection applicants'. Picture: Maxwells

Masked men on horseback leading protests, arson attacks, unhoused men creating a tent city at the heart of the capital city.

Immigration and asylum have rarely been far from the headlines in the last 18 months.