Resources
TIRC is built on interagency cooperation – we work with many agencies and organisations to support the international community in Tralee and surrounding areas.
HSE •Tusla • Kerry CYPSC • NEWKD • Kerry Council Council • Kerry LAIT • Citizens Information Centre • KCYS • KETB • Kerry Volunteer Centre • St. Vincent de Paul • Kerry County Childcare Committee • Adapt Kerry • Listowel FRC • St. Brigids FRC • Shanakill FRC • KASI • Irish Refugee Council • NASC • Doras
TIRC is a proud member of the Kerry Community Integration Forum, which brings together various organisations to coordinate community support.
Useful Publications & Resources
A new integration app to support you. To access, visit Integreat Kerry County.
Pact on Migration and Asylum
Migration is a complex issue that requires a common European response. The safety of people who seek international protection or a better life has to be taken into account, as do the concerns of countries who worry that migratory pressures will exceed their capacities.
Providing this common European response, the European Commission has proposed the Pact on Migration and Asylum, an EU framework to manage migration for the long term. This system, on which the European Parliament voted in April 2024, is designed to support Member States that face important migratory pressures and that protect our external borders. At the same time, it provides certainty and clarity for people arriving in the EU. It also allows Europeans to trust that migration is managed in an effective and humane way, fully in line with our values and international laws.
For full details and more information, click here.
International Protection Act, 2015
The International Protection Act, 2015 was enacted on the 30th of December, 2015. Under the new law, a single application process is designed for obtaining refugee status and subsidiary protection.
Salient features of the 2015 Act
- International Protection to —
- a person who is eligible for refugee protection on the basis of a well founded fear of persecution in the country of origin or habitual residence. ‘Persecution’ means acts constituting a severe violation of human rights perpetrated by reason of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group.
- a person who is eligible for subsidiary protection on the basis or real risk of suffering serious harm in the country of origin. ‘Serious harm’ includes execution, torture or serious threat to a civilians life or person in a situation of armed conflict.
- Temporary Protection in the form of a permission to remain in Ireland for a year in the event of mass influx of displaced persons following a Council decision under Article 5 of the Council Directive. Irish visas or transit visas are also provided free of charge.
- Provision to notify the Child and Family Agency if an unaccompanied child seeks to make an application for international protection and to provide appropriate care and welfare to such children as per the law.
- A new unit under the Minister of Justice and Equality called the Protection Office would replace the ORAC and the Refugee Appeals Tribunal would be replaced by International Protection Appeals Tribunal.
Read the Working Group Report to Government on Improvements to the Protection Process, including Direct Provision and Supports to Asylum Seekers
Integration, Inclusion & Anti-Racism Resource
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Independent Living Guide
Supporting your transition to independent living.
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Behind The Face
This book contains the personal stories of a range of international people living in Kerry.
For whatever reason and—regardless of where they are from, wherever they come—they all share the fact that they have been uprooted and planted in a new place, with new cultures, customs and systems to which they must adjust.
Issues around identity are therefore common to many of these stories; for some it's hard to answer where the come from. Many have children who were born here, and for them identity can also be an issue.
We hope this book will allow you to think twice when you pass someone on the street and wonder what that person's life has been like. We hope this book will help to connect the people of Kerry. We hope to give you a view into the story that lies 'Behind The Face'.
The book is available from TIRC. Phone 066 712 7918, or email reception@tirc.ie.
Cost is €10. All proceeds will go to support the work TIRC does in promoting integration in Tralee and the wider area.
Address
13-14 St. Patrick's Bungalows,
Boherbee, Tralee,
Co. Kerry, V92 Y523
Email Us
Phone
066 712 7918
087 982 2983
Opening Hours
Monday to Friday
10am–4pm