Irish government sources tonight dismissing this, er, offer.

One source describes it as “tragic”.

“We have our own immigration policy,” a second source adds.

Fair to say it is not being taken seriously.

#TonightVMTV at 10pm with Claire Brock

🚨Protests at US colleges
🚨No accommodation for 100 asylum seekers today
🚨World Press Freedom Day

#MichaelCullen David N Myers Alex Crawford Hugh O'Connell Barry Ward 🇮🇪 🇪🇺 Keith Mills Colm O'Reilly Lynn Boylan 🍷📖🐾

I’ll be on BBC Radio 5 Live shortly to talk about the ongoing row between 🇮🇪 and 🇬🇧 over asylum seekers

'Hopefully all sides will try to repair relations in the coming weeks.'

The Sunday Times' Hugh O'Connell reflects on the recent 'migrant spat' between the UK and Ireland with Ben Kentish.

Pleased to share that Murder at Lordship will be available from Thursday, May 2.

Co-authored with former DI Pat Marry, the book details the international manhunt for the gang involved in the murder of Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe and robbery at Lordship credit union.

I was on Morning Ireland earlier talking about all this

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Published this long read in today's The Sunday Times Ireland. A combination of Brexit, a UK bill to deport migrants to Rwanda, bureaucratic delays and a lack of enforcement have led to chaos over asylum seekers. #immigration #Newtownmountkennedy #border

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The government is preparing to close Portlaoise prison’s E Block, which holds IRA prisoners set for closure. Not clear if IRA prisoners will be mixed into general prison population. #IRA #republican

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You might see lots of political posturing about returning illegal migrants back and forth on the news but it’s only posturing. Ireland and the UK enjoy a close security relationship. They rely on each other and will agree on a practical solution to resolve their issues #migrants

The The Sunday Times Ireland joined Leo Varadkar while canvassing for Cllr Siobhan Shovlin in Blanch this week.

He said: 'If there’s a solid FG vote here without my name on the ballot paper, that would make the decision easier for me to pass it on to someone new.” thetimes.co.uk/article/f9db23…