Leon Diop

May 16, 2024 | thejournal.ie | Leon Diop

POLITICAL ORGANISATIONS AND institutions are in full swing with their engagement campaigns about voting in the European and local elections only a couple of weeks away. Institutions like the European Parliament are running voter drives like #UseYourVote ahead of 7 June. Part of the push is focused on the younger voter, hoping to encourage them to turn out for this election. With the world being connected more than ever. With political crises in everydirection you look.

May 13, 2024 | theguardian.com | Hannah Moore with |Leon Diop |Rudi Zygadlo

Hosted by Hannah Moore with Rory Carroll and Leon Diop; produced by Courtney Yusuf; sound design by Rudi Zygadlo; the executive producer is Nicole Jackson Mon 13 May 2024 22.00 EDT Rory Carroll, the Guardian’s Ireland correspondent, looks at what is fuelling anti-immigrant anger in the Republic of Ireland How to listen to podcasts: everything you need to know Immigration has increasingly become a point of tension in Ireland.

May 1, 2024 | thejournal.ie | Leon Diop

THIS MORNING, WE all watched scores of refugees being taken out of Mount Street in Dublin’s city centre. An encampment has developed there over the last few weeks outside the International Protection Accommodation Services (Ipas) office. A large-scale operation began with organisations and An Garda Síochána descending onthe area to begin relocating the people living there in tents. How did we get here? The government announced in December that Ireland had run out of accommodation.

Apr 14, 2023 | rte.ie | Leon Diop |Oh Caroline

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