The Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan says he is concerned at a video of conditions in a direct provision centre.
It appears to show 10 beds in one room, where it is claimed 11 asylum seekers sleep.
The centre is being used for emergency accommodation by the Department of Justice.
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US President Donald Trump insists he ordered the killing of Iran's top military commander 'to stop a war, not to start one'.
General Qassem Soleimani was killed in an airstrike on Friday.
Iran is promising revenge, and the US is sending thousands more troops to the region.
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The Australian government has announced 3,000 reserve troops will be deployed to help fight deadly bushfires, which are continuing to burn across the country.
The Prime Minister Scott Morrison says there is a risk they could escalate in three states.
Two more people have died and thousands of others are being evacuated.
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There are concerns major international football matches will not go ahead in Dublin this summer because of the FAI's cash crisis.
It emerged on Friday that the association has failed to pay the Gardaí nearly €360,000 for policing duties at games last year.
The Aviva Stadium is due to stage four matches of Euro 2020 in June.
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The number of new inquiries to Tusla's adoption information and tracing service doubled last year.
It allows adopted children and birth relatives to inquire about finding their families and accessing their personal records.
There were nearly 2,000 new inquiries in the first nine months of last year - compared to less than a thousand in the same period in 2018.