This paper reports on the implementation and evaluation of the JOBS programme in Ireland. This is a training intervention to promote re‐employment and improve mental health among unemployed people that was implemented on a pilot basis in the border region of the Republic and Northern Ireland. Programme participants were unemployed people recruited from local training and employment offices and health agencies. The evaluation indicated that the programme was implemented successfully and led to improved psychological and re‐employment outcomes for the intervention group, lasting up to 12 months post‐intervention. This paper reflects on the implementation issues that arose in adapting an international evidence‐based programme to the local setting and considers the implications of the evaluation findings for the roll out of the programme on a larger scale.

The purpose of this report is to provide an overview of trends, policy developments and significant debates in the area of asylum and migration during 2018 in Ireland. STATISTICAL OVERVIEW According to end of year figures for 2018, there were 142,924 non-European Economic Area (EEA) nationals with permission to live in Ireland, compared to 127,955 at the end of 2017. The top ten nationalities, accounting for 60 per cent of all persons registered, were Brazil (16%); India (15%); United States of America (9%); China (8%); Pakistan (4%); Nigeria (3%); Philippines (3%); Malaysia (2%); Canada (2%); and Mexico (2%).

Six‐session educational and support groups were held for two sets of parents (32 in all) who had an adolescent schizophrenic child. Results indicate no significant increases in knowledge about the disorder following the group (probably due to the relatively high scores obtained at the outset) but gains seem to have been made in ability to handle the teenage patient at home. All parents commented on how they had benefited from the supportive aspect of the group. Future developments of these groups are discussed.

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The aim of the European Migration Network (EMN) is to provide up-to-date, objective, reliable and comparable information on migration and asylum at Member State and EU levels with a view to supporting policymaking and informing the general public. The Irish National Contact Point of the European Migration Network, EMN Ireland, sits within the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI).