Dr Colletta Dalikeni: ‘Direct Provision is a ticking time bomb waiting to happen’

“Social work is about social justice. There cannot be social justice when there is racism and when social workers are not learning how to dismantle it.” 50 years after its founding, the Irish Association of Social Workers (IASW) now has its first anti-racist strategy. The development, unveiled this February with the help of Senator Eileen Flynn, endeavours to tackle racism within Irish social work. “It’s the first time we’re naming racism and saying we want...