The pair were discovered in the lorry shortly after 8am on Friday

Cliona Ward, 54, a green-card holder, who has been living legally there for around 30 years, first ran into legal trouble in March after arriving back in the US from a trip to Ireland.

Last week, Taoiseach Micheál Martin confirmed that consular assistance is being provided to the Wards.

Co Donegal's biggest town was unusually quiet from early morning as Gardai implemented a crowd control strategy which saw roads blocked off and traffic diverted.

Cliona Ward first ran into legal trouble last month after arriving back in the US from a trip to Ireland to visit her father

The Cabinet is expected to sign off on new proposals on Tuesday which will reform the current system to improve decision times

Thousands of people participated in an anti-immigration protest in Dublin city centre on Saturday.

The latest figures show that 1,040 asylum seekers were returned from the Republic to somewhere outside the EU last year

Here, we have a look at the issues likely to dominate political discourse in the week to come

Offences ranged from working in breach of visa conditions to illegal entry in the UK with no permission to work.

Fellow social media influencers have defended him online, along with some politicians

Garron Noone has deactivated his social media s following backlash over a video in which he discussed immigration.

The policing operation, with a focus on rural crime and human trafficking, was aimed at preventing and detecting criminality along the border and at preventing and disrupting the free movement of criminals based in the Republic and Northern Ireland.

The inspection found 35 per cent of staff across centres were not appropriately vetted by gardaí.

A child was among 32 people deported to Georgia, a designated safe country, on a chartered flight out of Dublin Airport on Thursday night

In 2024, 1,116 people departed from the State under various mechanisms, and this was an increase of 252 per cent on the 2023 total of 317.

Gardaí were alerted to the presence of a number of people inside a shipping container at Rosslare

Here are some of the key details of their policy programme.

The High Court ruled Peter Casey had been defamed in a social media post about his provision of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees

Data from October shows that international protection applications were around half in October compared to May, but only 25 per cent lower than in June

Immigration has emerged as a key issue in the general election campaign ahead of polling day on Friday

The Sinn Fein leader said the agency would ‘ensure cohesion’ around planning, sharing of information, and speedy decision-making.

Here is a breakdown of the latest facts and figures related to migration in Ireland.

Mary Lou McDonald’s comments come after it was reported that the party’s integration spokesperson, Roscommon-Galway candidate Claire Kerrane, had deleted a social media post in which she called for deportation to be considered for any immigrant who commits a crime.

The man (30s) said the Government failed to consider his 'unique skills and integral contribution' to an Irish windows and doors company

Peppard Investments Holdings Ltd show it recorded revenues of €28.1m and operating profits of €9.95m last year.

Bulelani Mfaco became involved in the campaign to end direct provision after arriving in Ireland as an asylum seeker from South Africa in 2017.

Taoiseach Simon Harris 'scapegoated' asylum seekers with his comment linking homelessness and migration, according to migrant charity Nasc

Labour leader Ivana Bacik criticised the comments, saying they were ‘deeply inappropriate and unhelpful’.

Michael D Higgins said it was ‘common sense’ that the health service in Ireland would not run without migrant workers.

The sign carried the message ‘no illegal immigrants for one mile’.

In a briefing, the minister was told so-called voluntary returns offered a “positive experience for both the state and the person being removed” as an alternative to deportation.

NI Education Minister Paul Givan has written to a group of 400 Muslim women after they raised concerns about the safety of their children.

This was the third successive 12-month period where over 100,000 people immigrated to Ireland.

The tent village outside the International Protection Office on Mount Street was eventually removed in May

The head of Immigration at human rights law firm KOD Lyons has spoken of “the logistical nightmare of enforcing deportation orders"

The Minister for Justice has signed an order to increase the maximum fines to €5,000 - which is up from €3,000

Sinn Féin’s immigration stance has previously been unclear. The party’s Cork South Central TD, Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire, speaks about the new policy draft, writes Concubhar Ó Liathain.

Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald attempted to present her party's new immigration policy, but the RTÉ interview raised more questions than answers

Fifteen people appeared before a late-night sitting at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Monday, charged with a range of public order offences

The protesters object to the disused building being redeveloped to house asylum seekers.

The pact will come into effect in two years’ time.

Drew Harris said there was no doubt that anti-immigration sentiment was a "driver" for increases in arson attacks

The judge said the action must be re-issued and the proceedings are unlikely to return before the court in the short term.

The Workplace Relations Commission upheld the worker’s claim for harassment on the grounds of race against his employer.

John Mullins said her track record on Brexit will be a big reason for why he would vote for her.

She said a ‘noisy minority’ on social media had targeted her party for political reasons.

A total of 1,485 non-EU nationals were found to be illegally present in Ireland last year – an annual increase of 20 per cent.

Elon Musk was involved in another bizarre online exchange about Ireland when he called the IRA a "plush toy" in response to a post about Irish immigration from a far-right

The Government has been criticised over immigration policy with 70 asylum seekers staying in tents pitched along Dublin's Grand Canal