School-age childcare places inadequate, survey findsTHE LACK of childcare for school-going children in Dublin city has been highlighted in a new report from the Dublin City Childcare…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Public dentists to vote on protest action over cutsPUBLIC DENTISTS are to be balloted in the coming weeks on taking protest action if the Health Service Executive (HSE) makes further…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Christmas aid group rejects criticismTHE ORGANISERS of the Operation Christmas Child campaign have rejected criticism of the project by a teacher writing in the latest…Thu Oct 08 2009 - 01:00
Report highlights childcare deficitA new report on the provision of childcare for school-going children has found that there are waiting lists for more than half…Wed Oct 07 2009 - 01:00
PDforra meets to elect presidentMore than 100 members of PDforra, the association representing soldiers, sailors and aircrew have gathered in Tullow, Co Carlow…Tue Oct 06 2009 - 01:00
Group of parents to oppose Angels' Plot refurbishmentA GROUP of parents whose babies are buried in the Angels’ Plot in Glasnevin Cemetery have come together in a bid to halt refurbishment…Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
Rosleague Manor named best in Ireland by the Good Hotel GuideHOTEL AWARDS: ROSLEAGUE MANOR will be named Irish hotel of the year when The Good Hotel Guide 2010 is published, on Monday.Sat Oct 03 2009 - 01:00
Dublin agency pins hopes for visitor rise on cultural tourismDUBLIN TOURISM aims to attract an extra one million visitors to the city by 2015, with the help of a new cultural tourism strategy…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Concern at reporting of murder-suicidesGUIDELINES TO encourage the responsible reporting of suicide by the media have been updated to include advice on the reporting…Fri Oct 02 2009 - 01:00
Restaurants and hotels to reduce prices for 'Dine in Dublin' weekMORE THAN 60 Dublin restaurants will offer three-course dinner menus for €25 or €30 to mark ‘‘Dine in Dublin Restaurant Week”, …Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Community workers protest over cuts plansTHOUSANDS OF workers in family resource centres, youth programmes and drugs projects took to the streets of Dublin yesterday …Thu Oct 01 2009 - 01:00
Thousands march over cuts in DublinThousands of community workers, employers and activists took to the streets of DublWed Sept 30 2009 - 01:00
Initiative offers cheap eats in DublinMore than 60 Dublin restaurants will offer three course dinner menus for €25 or €30 to mark ‘Dine in Dublin Restaurant Week…Wed Sept 30 2009 - 01:00
Vehicle emissions and smoky coal are main threats to air qualityTRAFFIC AND smoky fuel are the two main factors adversely affecting air quality in Ireland, a survey by the Environmental Protection…Wed Sept 30 2009 - 01:00
Support project launchedA NEW project offering information and advice to families was opened by Ombudsman for Children Emily Logan yesterday.Wed Sept 30 2009 - 01:00
Coughlan criticises chairman's 'solo runs'REFERENDUM COMMISSION: PROMINENT ANTI-Lisbon Treaty campaigner Anthony Coughlan has written to the Referendum Commission chairman…Tue Sept 29 2009 - 01:00
650 events lined up to celebrate sixth Positive Ageing WeekTRIBAL DRUMMING, pilates, canoeing and line dancing are just some of the 650 events under way this week to mark the sixth Positive…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
Details of Simon Week announcedA GOVERNMENT commitment to end long-term homelessness by 2010 can still be achieved despite the recession, the Simon Communities…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
US multinational chiefs say No vote will cost jobs and investment - surveyBUSINESS: MOST CHIEF executives of US multinational companies operating here believe investment and jobs will be lost if the…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
Community protest against proposed cutsHUNDREDS OF people who work in community projects such as family resource centres and drugs task forces will march on the Dáil…Mon Sept 28 2009 - 01:00
FG publishes Bill that would protect good SamaritansFINE GAEL has published a Good Samaritan Bill which would protect those who go to the assistance of an ill or injured person …Fri Sept 25 2009 - 01:00
Low profit margins in restaurant sector - surveyA STUDY by Fáilte Ireland has found no evidence that excessive profits are being generated in the restaurant sector and says …Fri Sept 25 2009 - 01:00
Restaurant profits 'not excessive' - studyA study by Fáilte Ireland has found no evidence that excessive profits are being generated in the restaurant sector.Thu Sept 24 2009 - 01:00
Party leaders at ploughing championshipsThe leaders of the Fine Gael and Labour parties and the Minister for Agriculture, Brendan Smith, visited the Ploughing Championships…Wed Sept 23 2009 - 01:00
Championships return to rootsThe National Ploughing Championships returned to its roots today when President Mary McAleese opened the event in Athy, the scene…Tue Sept 22 2009 - 01:00
20th travel failure may not be recession's lastSLATTERYS CLOSURE: THE Irish Travel Agents Association has said it is impossible to judge whether the sector is over the worst…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Student's killer 'had it all' says motherTHE YOUNG man who killed student Sebastian Creane and injured two others before taking his own life “had it all”, his mother …Thu Sept 17 2009 - 01:00
Drive to inspire acts of kindness floundersIT APPEARS that we don’t want to love our neighbours after all. Or even put away their wheelie bins.Thu Sept 17 2009 - 01:00
Former taoiseach confident of success this timeTHERE MAY be 60 years between them but that didn’t stop Dr Garret FitzGerald and his granddaughter Réachbha from campaigning …Wed Sept 16 2009 - 01:00
Co-operative calls for Yes voteFARM GROUP: THE AGRICULTURAL co-operative movement Icos has called for a Yes vote in the Lisbon Treaty referendum.Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Hotel room prices down 26% in first half of 2009IRELAND’S HOTEL room prices came down by 26 per cent in the first six months of this year, the steepest fall in prices in any…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Students camp outside Dáil in protest at third-level feesSOME 30 students camped outside Leinster House last night to protest against the reintroduction of third-level fees.Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Drawing the line on drugsCan the new National Drugs Strategy, announced last Thursday, work within the current financial restraints?Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Conservationists look to online toolsThe use of technologies such as Twitter and Facebook offers major opportunities to people campaigning to save heritage sites, …Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Corrigan Brothers tune into NamaThey found fame with their song There's No-One As Irish As Barack Obama but now the Corrigan Brothers have turned their thoughts…Tue Sept 15 2009 - 01:00
Grandads gather with grannies at Knock shrineGRANDPARENTS HAVE finally found their voice, the founder of the new Catholic Grandparents Association said yesterday as an estimated…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Mix of stigma and concern 'affects suicide reporting'MEDIA COVERAGE of deaths by suicide is impossible to predict and frequently highly controversial, press ombudsman John Horgan…Mon Sept 14 2009 - 01:00
Africa Centre to show different side of continentA NEW campaign by the Africa Centre in Dublin aims to portray a different side of the continent.Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Candlelight vigil marks suicide prevention dayA CANDLELIGHT vigil was held in Dublin last night to mark World Suicide Prevention DayFri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Call for out-of-hours social worker serviceA SOCIAL work service available for emergencies on a 24-hour, seven-day a week basis has been called for in a new report commissioned…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Parents advised on helping depressed childDEPRESSIVE DISORDERS affect 2 per cent of children and up to 5 per cent of adolescents, parents were told at a talk organised…Fri Sept 11 2009 - 01:00
Michelin guide includes 17 Irish pubsSEVENTEEN Irish pubs are included in the 2010 Michelin Eating Out in Pubs Guide, which was published yesterdayThu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
'Worrying' alcohol use in pregnanciesPREGNANT IRISH and British women drink more heavily than women in other EU states, an alcohol and pregnancy conference at the…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Africa Centre unveils new campaignA new campaign by the Africa Centre in Dublin aims to show a different side to the continent.Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Parents warned about giving teenagers alcohol at homeINTRODUCING TEENAGERS to alcohol in the home in the hope that it might encourage responsible drinking is “very naive” and does…Thu Sept 10 2009 - 01:00
Commission recommends taxing payment but credit also proposedCHILD BENEFIT: THE COMMISSION on Taxation has recommended taxing child benefitTue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
Siptu vice-president had 'severe reservations'DISSENT: A SENIOR trade unionist who was a member of the Commission on Taxation said he did not sign the report because he had…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
Groups criticise plan to tax child benefitTHE PROPOSAL to tax child benefit has been criticised by children’s groups, which are already planning to stage protests against…Tue Sept 08 2009 - 01:00
Report suggests tax on child benefitThe taxing of child benefit has been recommended by the Commission on TaxationMon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00
Civil servants warned on access to recordsSOME 70 staff in the Department of Social and Family Affairs have been disciplined for inappropriately accessing personal records…Mon Sept 07 2009 - 01:00