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The Home Office may have to recruit workers from the European Union to help with Brexit preparations as reported staffing problems cast doubt on its ability to cope with plans to register EU nationals.more

Poland issued the biggest number of residence permits for non-EU citizens in connection to work, Eurostat said.more

A 22-year-old Norwegian student has been handed a 250,000-kroner (£23,000) fine for drunken driving - but can still count herself lucky.more

Single use plastics such as water bottles and takeaway cartons could be hit with an extra tax in an effort to cut waste and protect the environment.more

Motorists should face compulsory sight tests every 10 years to stay on the road, leading eye experts have said. More than a third (35%) of optometrists have seen patients in the last month who continue to drive despite being told their vision is below the legal standard, according to the Association of Optometrists (AOP).more

Polish justice system laws should be in line with European Union standards, European Commissioner Frans Timmermans has said amid an ongoing row between Brussels and Warsaw over the rule of law in Poland.more

Dublin City Council needs 100 more health inspectors to deal with the overcrowding issue in rental properties, its deputy chief executive has said. Brendan Kenny was speaking after an RTÉ Investigates programme exposed substandard, severely overcrowded and dangerous rental accommodation across the State.more

Ministers confirm plans to introduce tougher sentences for those who drive irresponsibly and devastate lives.The move comes after an overwhelming response to to a government consultation which revealed substantial backing for the plans from a wide range of people including victims, bereaved families and road safety experts.more

Photos of debtors showing their new motorcycle, exotic holidays or lake house, are enough for Polish tax officers to start a prosecution - Money.pl reports.more

Germany's top court ruled Wednesday that lawmakers must legally recognize a "third gender" from birth. Once a law is passed, Germany would become the first European country to offer intersex people the option of identifying as a designation other than male or female.more

Slum landlords will be prosecuted under tough new reforms of the rental sector, Housing Minister Eoghan Murphy has promised. The Fine Gael representative has revealed that the owners of unsafe rental accommodation will face stricter penalties.more

The UK government yesterday published a detailed technical of the future process of obtaining citizenship status by citizens of the European Union, which will be necessary to remain in the country after leaving the Community by the United Kingdom.more

A SOUTHAMPTON woman who arranged a series of sham weddings in a conspiracy to flout UK immigration laws has been jailed for seven years. Justyna Sobieraj masterminded marriage ceremonies in Southampton and Winchester to ensure non-EU nationals could remain in this country after their visas expired.more

A huge new leak of financial documents has revealed how the powerful and ultra-wealthy, including the Queen's private estate, secretly invest vast amounts of cash in offshore tax havens.more

Irish companies should offer six extra days in holidays for non-smokers according to a leading psychologist. Jason O'Callaghan from The D4 Clinic in Dublin claims non-smokers should be entitled to the benefit, to make up for time they work when people take smoke breaks.more

Shoppers at fashion retailer Zara have found unusual notes in their clothes from workers claiming they have not been paid for making the merchandise. more

Naby Keita is being forced to pay a fine of €100,000 after a submitting a fake Guinean driving license in order to receive a European equivalent.more

As many as 60 people were crammed into one Dublin house, an undercover investigation has found. One building in the city contained over 60 tenants while another in the capital had over 40 tenants.more

A 16-month-old child who allegedly developed acute bronchitis because of damp and mouldy conditions at his mother's rented home has been awarded €20,000 against her former landlords.more

Draft legislation being published on Wednesday will ban letting fees for tenants in the private rented sector in England, with a fine of up to £5,000 for landlords who try to charge them. Landlords who breach the ban twice in five years could face criminal prosecution or a civil penalty of as much as £30,000.more

The family of a mechanic who died after the truck tyre he was inflating exploded has settled its High Court action for 500,000 euro. Father of three Mariusz Cwenar (39) suffered a very tragic death in the workplace accident, the court was told.more

Three stadiums will be set up to allow women into a domain that has been male-only up to this point.more

The 10-year-old daughter of a jailed Vietnamese blogger is begging First Lady Melania Trump to help free her mother.more

Under the new law, Border Guard in Poland will be able to retain a vehicle registration certificate.more

More than 17,000 people have now signed a petition to ban fireworks in public.more