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It comes as one young mother said being kept apart from her husband and children was torture .
The council said it has been dealing with hundreds of cases of immigrant workers in Ireland whose families have not been able to join them here since the state suspended the issuing of visas for non-essential travel in January.
Pamela Chiwara is a lab scientist in a Dublin hospital. The 30-year-old came from Zimbabwe to Ireland in January 2020 on a critical skills work permit.
Her two young children, aged 8 and 9, and her husband were due to follow a few months later but the pandemic delayed those plans.
Minister of State Browne and Minister O’Gorman welcome new Guide to Opening Bank Accounts for international protection applicants and people with status
The recruitment of former GAA stars such as Dublinâs Diarmuid Connolly as âbrand ambassadorsâ for betting companies is regressive and should not happen, a Fianna Fáil Senator has claimed.
Senator Shane Cassells criticised the practice of using GAA stars for online articles that then point consumers to the live betting odds for Gaelic and hurling matches that weekend.
He said he was particularly concerned that the use by betting companies of such role models could draw teenagers and younger people into gambling.
âGambling companies are targeting young people in particular from 13 to 17 years with micro-targeted adverts,â said Mr Cassells.