Tanaiste: Refugees will be permitted to work in Ireland

Ireland will allow the 4,000 refugees coming here to work.

The Tainiste and Minister for Social Protection says their applications for asylum will be fast tracked by a new agency to be set up as part of a range of measures announced today.

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The first groups of between 50 and 100 refugees will begin to arrive within weeks. 

And Minister Joan Burton says they will be processed as soon as possible.