Mother successfully challenges plan to cut access to son in careJudge rules boy should see mother weeklyMon Dec 01 2014 - 22:25
Urban beach gets go ahead in Dún LaoghaireThe €2.5 million project will include a heated, sea water swimming poolMon Dec 01 2014 - 08:47
Social welfare Christmas bonus payment begins on WednesdayPartially reinstated bonus of 25 per cent will cost exchequer €65 millionSun Nov 30 2014 - 17:55
Interim care order granted for infant with disabilities whose parents “disengaged”Relative foster carers went “above and beyond” to take ill infant home from hospitalFri Nov 28 2014 - 01:00
Family Court orders ‘curfew’ on mobile phones for boysJudge says children should not have phones at nightWed Nov 26 2014 - 01:00
Sarcoma conference for awareness and strategySpecialists will gather in Dublin for conference on rare cancer that affects up to 200 Irish people each yearTue Nov 25 2014 - 14:00
Teenager missing while in care of StateBoy ‘discharged’ from unit after threatening and frightening elderly neighbourTue Nov 25 2014 - 01:00
Lack of insurance cover leaves Forty Foot exposedSandycove Bathers’ Association proposes ending maintenance of “Ulysses” bathing spotMon Nov 24 2014 - 09:17
Emergency care order granted for infant of parents who refused social worker visitBaby’s clothes wet and nappy ‘bulging’, Dublin District Family Court hearsFri Nov 21 2014 - 01:00
Child to have access to parents six weeks on, six weeks offJudge says psychologist’s report ‘so inexact’ it was impossible to rely on itTue Nov 18 2014 - 01:00
Number of rental properties available lowest since 2007Property website reports rent increase of 11 per cent on averageMon Nov 17 2014 - 01:01
Symphysiotomy survivors reject Government redress schemePatient Focus spokesman says it is a good scheme for women who do not want to go to court and just want to take the money and enjoy itMon Nov 17 2014 - 01:01
Father alleges access reduced after complaints of malpractice at care homeBoy has been in care for almost two yearsFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:00
Sexual Offences Bill to be published next week, says Minister for JusticeLegislation will strengthen laws on grooming, pornography and harassmentThu Nov 13 2014 - 01:00
New Garda commissioner to be appointed next monthMinister for Justice says inspectorate report shows ‘huge need for systematic change’Wed Nov 12 2014 - 15:53
Some 14% ‘insensitively’ treated by gardaí over sexual violence reportMore than one in five sexually abused under-13s had been abused by other childrenWed Nov 12 2014 - 15:24
Gerry Adams comments on holding editor ‘at gunpoint’ criticisedNational Newspapers of Ireland chairman labels remarks ‘wholly insensitive’Tue Nov 11 2014 - 20:07
Aunt says mother has problem with ‘boy children’Child’s parents have signed terms of consent to approve aunt as guardianTue Nov 11 2014 - 01:01
Surrogacy legislation promised after Supreme Court judgmentNew legislation should not punish children for mistakes of adults, says child rapporteurSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Judgment gives clear guidance for legislation on surrogacy‘A memo is a long way from an act of law and a long time in the life of a child’Sat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
Government to address surrogacy law by end of yearMinister for Justice says State ‘had to appeal case as it would have overturned existing law’Fri Nov 07 2014 - 17:57
Family Court: Father who left children in Ireland may be pursuedFather may face prosecution as abandonment an offence in home countryFri Nov 07 2014 - 08:45
Separated mother told to buy mobile phone to maintain family contactJudge orders family to recommence therapy as court hears son is acting as intermediaryMon Nov 03 2014 - 22:12
Top judges claim higher travel ratesDifference in expenses to same destination can be up to 30 per centMon Nov 03 2014 - 11:07
Fr Browne photography exhibition launched at FarmleighPriest was ‘one of the greatest photographers of the first half of the 20th century’Sat Nov 01 2014 - 19:40
Net charge for water will be known by the end of monthIntroduction of new utility company a ‘big undertaking for the State’ - TánaisteSat Nov 01 2014 - 18:17
Court says children should be factor in father's rent allowanceRuling could have significant implications for separated parents’ entitlementsFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:00
Judgment on rent supplement raises issues about parental rightsAnalysis: department should have taken account of father’s joint custodyFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:00
Family agency will not fund private scar appointment for teenGirl anxious to have scar seen to before leaving care of Child and Family AgencyThu Oct 30 2014 - 01:05
Rate reduction of 2 per cent proposed for businesses in Dún Laoghaire-RathdownCouncil expects to hold on to almost €43 million in local property taxWed Oct 29 2014 - 00:44
Timetabling child care legal cases ‘extremely important’Insufficent sitting time leads to difficulties in listing final hearings - District Court presidentTue Oct 28 2014 - 13:24
Judge orders second opinion for teenager detained in mental health unitChildren should be entitled to same ‘checks and balances’ as adult involuntary patientsSat Oct 25 2014 - 15:40
Positive Action former directors defend spending‘These women are so sick and if they got some little joy, aren’t they entitled?’Fri Oct 24 2014 - 01:00
Alcohol, kennels, manicures - Hep C group spending revealedFormer director of Positive Action says HSE knew what money was being spent onThu Oct 23 2014 - 11:26
Mixed race Irish in State care subjected to colour specific abuse, Oireachtas toldGroup says members were deprived of food, clothing and care more than white peersThu Oct 23 2014 - 01:00
Five protection orders granted in Dublin District Family CourtWeekend of unrest results in emergency domestic violence ordersTue Oct 21 2014 - 01:00
Irish Water staff bonuses ‘jarring’, says Alex WhiteSome senior managers at the company can earn a 19 per cent top-upMon Oct 20 2014 - 12:12
Irish Water defends bonus payment planSenior managers can earn 19% top-up on their salariesMon Oct 20 2014 - 06:07
Dental Council says refusal to remove braces is unethicalOrthodontists obliged to leave patients ‘dentally fit’, regulatory body saysFri Oct 17 2014 - 01:01
Release of judges’ names alongside expenses for first time following rulingJudges did not appeal Information Commissioner’s decisionFri Oct 17 2014 - 01:00
€1.67 million in judges’ expenses: who claimed what?Highest individual claim made by District Court judge who travels to different courtsThu Oct 16 2014 - 17:10
Girl in care has not had braces taken off due to unpaid billTeenager in care of the Child and Family Agency should have had braces taken off three months agoThu Oct 16 2014 - 10:26
Teenage boy ‘deeply unhappy’ in care is returned to motherPsychologist recommended swift returnThu Oct 16 2014 - 01:00
Renovation of historic Kilmainham courthouse to go aheadThe 19th-century building will become part of Kilmainham Gaol museumTue Oct 14 2014 - 22:30
Councillors resign from committee chairsAppointments must reflect ‘political representational spread’, councillors toldTue Oct 14 2014 - 01:00
Child moved from foster parents after alleged emotional neglect and abuseBoy was without an allocated social worker for a number of yearsFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:00
Domestic violence courts system ‘falling apart’, says Women’s AidAlmost 19,700 disclosures of domestic violence to charity in 2013Thu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Children taken into care after eldest allegedly beaten with a beltYoung child tells social worker father smacked her face and caused a nose bleedThu Sept 25 2014 - 01:00
Target to end homelessness by 2016 will not be met, says charity‘Hopefully the winter will be mild because if it isn’t, it will be dangerous’Tue Sept 23 2014 - 18:56
Fitzgerald rules out blanket amnesty for those in long-term direct provisionProposed legislation to speed up asylum process will only apply to new applicantsTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:02
