School-leavers with intellectual disabilities face ‘crisis’ due to funding cutsHundreds of young people will not get services to meet their assessed needsSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Tax status removed from 651 charitiesMany charities have ceased activity or failed to fulfil terms of exemption, says RevenueThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Browne trying to ‘settle a score’, says O’BrienJournalist rejects claim that criticism of businessman is linked to not getting Newstalk jobWed Aug 21 2013 - 01:00
Slane sex act photos: a salutary lesson of how social media can exploit and abuseExperts say more awareness needed of consequences of sharing material onlineWed Aug 21 2013 - 01:00
The Dundon legacyLimerick breathed a sigh of relief this week with the sentencing of John Dundon. But a decade of shootings and intimidation – and chronic social problems – have left the city scarredSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
Dundon conviction 'shows people no longer afraid'Ordinary people now given courage ‘to make that phone call, to assist gardaí and to provide evidence’Thu Aug 15 2013 - 01:00
Grin from Dundon as he is led off to begin life sentenceKiller listens to rap music on headphones while judge delivers verdictWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
Limerick is safer, but threats still remainLocals say sustained effort required to tackle ingrained criminality and restore hopeWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
Dundon’s day of reckoningBackground: Criminal gang leader’s conviction secured by evidence of extended family membersWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
John Dundon case: the key playersEvidence of three State witnesses was crucial to securing crime boss’s convictionWed Aug 14 2013 - 01:00
Dundon solicitor says appeal may followLimerick criminal expresses ‘regret’ over death of Shane GeogheganTue Aug 13 2013 - 14:05
Revenue to move on tax research loophole as millions lostExchequer lost €225m in 2010 in forgone taxes due to firms claiming R&D creditsMon Aug 12 2013 - 01:00
HSE ‘managing risks’ to patient safetyInternal register shows understaffing and cuts pose major challenges for health serviceSun Aug 11 2013 - 13:35
HSE managers warned of risks to patients from funding cuts and understaffingConfidential ‘risk register’ shows scale of challenges facing health serviceSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Finance industry won key tax concessions in budgetControversy over influence of Clearing House Group on public policyThu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00
Inside the Clearing House GroupSecretive group of financial executives and public servants has won key tax concessionsThu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00
Defence witness denies role in Geoghegan murderClosing arguments in Dundon case due laterWed Aug 07 2013 - 14:36
Tax authority may halt pension inquiriesCostly investigation into tax affairs of older people has yielded just €11 millionSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Undeclared rental income targeted in Revenue crackdownLandlords responsible for €42 million in upaid tax last year, records showSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Revenue questions whether child benefit can be taxed if children legally own the paymentIT system allows authority to tax payment but officials say legal questions remainSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Tax authorities using social networking to help identify potential tax defaultersSystem uses technology similar to that used by social media companiesSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Revenue inquiry on Irish clients of HSBC with Swiss accountsTax authority has collected €30 million from individuals linked to offshore activitySat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Banks and large corporations can use huge losses to reduce corporation tax paymentsAudits show some multi-nationals cutting tax bills through incorrect use of tax creditsSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Hiqa concern over ‘unsafe’ foster careSome children living with unapproved carers and do not have access to a social workerThu Jul 25 2013 - 14:02
Analysis: Troubling insight into lonely world of crisis pregnancyMoney shortages and lack of expert advice conspired against mother of one, says her husbandTue Jul 23 2013 - 05:00
Abortion couple ‘felt abandoned’ by health systemMinister expresses shock over ‘traumatic and dreadful’ deathTue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
Poorer mothers likely to return to work earlier - reportExtended family playing a greater role in childminding as parents struggle with childcareMon Jul 22 2013 - 01:00
Minister ‘shocked’ at death of woman after UK abortionLondon Metropolitan Police investigating death of 32-year-old from IrelandMon Jul 22 2013 - 01:00
Fixed penalties: a cyclist’s viewMany of us bend the law but rogue cyclists are to blame for new penaltiesFri Jul 19 2013 - 01:00
Appeal for missing Co Tyrone womanLisa McGowan (44) last seen at her home in Drumquin over a week agoThu Jul 18 2013 - 17:02
Law labelling disabled as ‘lunatics’ to be replacedNew legislation on assisted decision-making will affect thousands of people with disabilitiesThu Jul 18 2013 - 01:00
Children’s services face financial penalties for missing targets - MinisterNew legislation will place child and family services under a single new State agencyWed Jul 17 2013 - 20:00
After the Asylum: ‘I like my reality now.'The destructive voices in Michelle Dalton’s head resulted in her being admitted to hospital as a teenager. She now supports others in distressTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
HSE overspending threatens recruitment of promised mental health staff477 posts pledged this year for community mental health and suicide prevention servicesTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
After the Asylum: ‘I loved the severe physical pain. It was better than the mental pain'Rory Doody spent years in and out of psychiatric hospitals and institutions. Today, he helps others in the communityMon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
‘Wellness bus’ becomes vehicle for conversation about positive mental healthA mobile mental health service operates in west Cork as part of an initiative to help people recover outside traditional mental-health servicesMon Jul 15 2013 - 01:00
After the AsylumPeople with mental-health problems were once locked away in asylums. Now most live in the community, like Mags Kelly, whose story is told here. But they can easily fall through the cracks of an underfunded service.Sat Jul 13 2013 - 01:00
Report to recommend criminal offence for cyberbullyingGovernment document proposes schools should be compelled to have strong disciplinary codesThu Jul 11 2013 - 01:00
Government report to recommend legal recognition for same-sex parentsMove would also give guardianship rights to step-parents and unmarried fathersThu Jul 11 2013 - 01:00
Lone parents face income cuts as new welfare changes come into forceGovernment says reforms will bring Ireland into line with other countriesThu Jul 11 2013 - 00:00
New child and family agency will employ up to 4,000 staffLegislation approved by Government, but no agreement over moving key staff to agencyWed Jul 10 2013 - 01:19
Opposition parties criticise Government moves to encourage water charge paymentMoves to cut water pressure will leave poor families with a ‘trickle of water’Tue Jul 09 2013 - 17:48
Water bill defaulters will face reduction in pressureFamilies face fees of €100 to €300 a yearTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
Water charges will be another burden for those struggling to stay afloatPrinciple of charges is progressive, but many will feel it is money down the drainTue Jul 09 2013 - 01:00
Irish clinic says it will offer ‘three-parent’ IVF proceduresNew procedure could prevent genetic disorders, but critics warn of ethical issuesSat Jun 29 2013 - 01:00
Special needs children face cut in support despite Government U-turnParents groups say children will be forced to share access to special needs assistantsFri Jun 28 2013 - 01:00
‘Our ultimate objective was to eliminate homelessness’Peter McVerry is marking three decades of fighting deprivation in DublinThu Jun 27 2013 - 05:00
Quinn reverses planned cuts to supports of special needs pupilsProposals by Minister for Education had provoked public backlashTue Jun 25 2013 - 13:06
Minister pledges to address ‘crisis’ in mental health services in Roscommon areaNurses say understaffing and lack of investment has resulted in serious incidentsMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:02
