Almost two-thirds of children in care in parts of southeast not allocated social workerIn some of the poorest parts of Dublin more than a third of children in care are awaiting allocation of a social worker, Tusla figures showThu Jul 20 2023 - 19:53
‘Very likely’ many of the 796 babies’ remains at Tuam grave will never be identifiedDaniel Mac Sweeney, leading the exhumation, says process will operate at ‘limits of forensic science’Thu Jul 20 2023 - 00:01
Dozens of people take part in anti-asylum seeker protests in south DublinGardaí maintain presence at demonstrations held by groups in Ballybrack village and Dún LaoghaireWed Jul 19 2023 - 20:52
Rock thrown through window of councillor’s family home with warning to ‘stop supporting refugees’Father (78) of councillor, who lives alone in Ballybrack house, shaken by attack but says he won’t ‘give in to those people’Tue Jul 18 2023 - 21:03
‘Matter of time’ before young adults leaving care take legal action against State, advocate warnsRetired District Court judge intervenes in ‘unprecedented crisis’ in services for children most at riskMon Jul 17 2023 - 20:05
Teenage girl with ‘troubled history’ left in hotel after abrupt eviction from care placement, report findsChild law reports highlight vulnerability of at-risk children, with one judge referring to ‘systemic deficiencies and failings’Mon Jul 17 2023 - 00:01
Up to 130 vulnerable children at risk due to ‘unprecedented crisis’ in State care services, says retired judge Former District Court judge warns of likelihood of claims against State due to ‘systemic failures’ across Tusla, Garda, Department of Education, HSE and Prison ServiceMon Jul 17 2023 - 00:01
Stardust inquests break after significant evidence that was confusing and compellingKey questions are where the fire at the 1981 Artane disco started, whether the exits were locked, and whether there was a conspiracy to direct the narrativeSat Jul 15 2023 - 00:01
Stardust emergency exits ‘were locked’ on night of fire, inquests hearInquest hears how nightclub doors were sealed due to suspicions around people being let in for less than full priceFri Jul 14 2023 - 19:00
Stardust inquests: Senior doorman told his junior to leave emergency exits lockedLeo Doyle was giving evidence for a third day on Thursday at the inquests into the deaths of the 48 people on 14th February 1981Thu Jul 13 2023 - 19:06
Stardust fire: Doormen and management ‘conspired’ to tell gardaí ‘untruths’, inquests hearSenior doorman at time of disaster faces second day of robust examination over the 48 deathsWed Jul 12 2023 - 19:05
Stardust fire inquests: Senior doorman’s evidence contradicts 1981 statements to Garda Leo Doyle tells Coroner’s Court he was handed keys to all emergency exits the night before the disaster, and heard exits had been openedTue Jul 11 2023 - 21:05
Stardust assistant manager knew emergency exits were locked and did nothing to stop it, inquests heardEvidence from Jack Walsh, who is dead, was read into the record at Dublin coroner’s court on Friday, where fresh inquests into the deaths of the 48 people are being heardFri Jul 07 2023 - 15:59
Stardust inquests witness stood down after claim he let management ‘off the hook’Former doorman at nightclub at time of February 1981 tragedy was ‘blaming the patrons for not being able to get out’, counsel for some of the families suggestThu Jul 06 2023 - 20:35
Pensioners most likely to feel financially secure, reports finds39% of lone parents feel they are ‘just getting by’, according to a report by theThu Jul 06 2023 - 00:01
Doorman at Stardust agrees statements given to gardaí after fire provided an ‘incomplete’ pictureJohn Furley, who was 23 at the time of the disaster, said his statements describing his efforts to open one of the six emergency exits, did not convey the rising panic at the doorWed Jul 05 2023 - 15:58
Stardust doorman had impression others would be involved in formulation of Garda statements, inquests toldJohn Furley had ‘worked it out’ that emergency exits were being locked until late as midnight on disco nightsTue Jul 04 2023 - 19:23
‘The whole island is in deep shock’: Investigations begin as two Dublin Leaving Cert students die in GreeceFormer St Michael’s College students Max Wall and Andrew O’Donnell were on post-Leaving Cert holiday on IosMon Jul 03 2023 - 07:36
Hospital to homeless: ‘The most important thing for me is my recovery. I have to protect that at all time’Inadequate services are causing ‘preventable harm and suffering’ to homeless people after they are discharged from hospital, health expert warnsMon Jul 03 2023 - 04:30
‘Fear is like paraffin’: How Ballymun became embroiled in angry anti-migrant protests last winterIn the working-class community, where life for many is a ‘daily struggle’, local activists say engaging directly with people with fears has calmed the moodSat Jul 01 2023 - 07:00
No ‘panic, action or control’ when Stardust fire broke out, barman tells inquestsColm O’Toole, who was 22 at the time, said he tried to extinguish flames and urged people to leaveFri Jun 30 2023 - 18:52
‘No plan’ to evacuate 800 people in Stardust nightclub, barman tells inquestsOnly ‘discussion’ of emergencies focused primarily on armed robbery, Cormac Rose saidThu Jun 29 2023 - 18:37
Stardust inquests hear of ‘distressing’ failed efforts to save victims during fire chaosTestimony from two witnesses suggested fire was present in the roof-space before people were aware of it insideWed Jun 28 2023 - 18:16
Stardust waitress knew how to open door but ‘it would not budge’, inquests hearFurther evidence told of unsuccessful efforts to sneak in to nightclub by opening same door wrapped in chainsTue Jun 27 2023 - 18:27
‘It was just the policy’ - Stardust inquests hear first evidence of locked exits in significant week for hearingsCoroner’s court hears testimony of locked doors and a policy of draping chains over doors to make them seem locked at Dublin ballroom where 48 young people lost their lives in a Valentine’s Day discoFri Jun 23 2023 - 16:30
Stardust inquests: Witness says she could hear people screaming after exit doors were shutWoman who escaped blaze that claimed 48 lives describes how doors were closed to prevent people from re-entering to try to reach loved-onesFri Jun 23 2023 - 15:01
Stardust inquests: ‘The smoke started coming in under the door. I could hear the fire crackling outside’Former DJ at north Dublin venue describes events in the early hours of February 14th, 1981Thu Jun 22 2023 - 19:09
Stardust nightclub had ‘policy’ of locking exits, inquests toldVenue’s head of security says doors were locked to stop people entering without payingWed Jun 21 2023 - 21:17
Stardust inquests told that chains draped over emergency exits at discos was ‘common practice’ to ‘fool’ peopleHead of security at the Stardust nightclub Pheilim Kinahan agreed the practice was ‘designed to look as if it was locked’Tue Jun 20 2023 - 19:47
Tánaiste strongly defends neutrality debates following criticism by PresidentIreland in ‘drift’ towards Nato, says Higgins ahead of Government neutrality debatesSun Jun 18 2023 - 13:20
Stardust owner believed premises was ‘fireproof’ and had been ‘deliberately burned’Inquests hear evidence from Patrick Butterly, now dead, that Dublin Corporation should have ‘said what to do’Fri Jun 16 2023 - 18:01
Stardust ‘policy’ to loop chains over emergency exits to make them look locked, inquest hears Doorman Francis Kenny told inquests the practice ‘created catastrophic outcomes’Thu Jun 15 2023 - 17:01
Draughtsman who drew up Stardust renovation plans had not read fire standards, inquests hearHarold Gardner, now dead, gave evidence in 1981 that ‘fire department knew’ what was being recommendedWed Jun 14 2023 - 16:18
Witness of Stardust fire describes speed with which it spread at inquests‘From the time I left the ballroom and got into the foyer, the smoke had taken over and there was panic. That’s as quickly as it happened... You’re talking two or three minutes,’ says Dermot O’NeillTue Jun 13 2023 - 19:14
Stardust inquest: Former salesman takes ‘great offence’ at suggestion fire safety of carpet tiles was low priorityDeclan Conway tells counsel for 10 of the bereaved families that he sourced carpet tiles from UK company Illingsworth to line walls of nightclubFri Jun 09 2023 - 20:03
Stardust inquests: Emergency exits found locked several times before nightclub fireTestimony from electrical inspector read into record at inquests into the deaths of 48 people in 1981 fireThu Jun 08 2023 - 18:41
Stardust ‘melting ceiling’ probably caused by polystyrene insulation, not ceiling tilesInquest into fire in February 1981 heard from sales rep for firm that supplied fire-resistant boards to nightclubWed Jun 07 2023 - 21:09
Local water restrictions put in place around Clonakilty amid drought conditions in many areasUisce Éireann’s staff to continue to monitor water levels over the coming weeks and monthsMon Jun 05 2023 - 16:55
Extra €100 per child will be added to benefit payments on TuesdayAdditional support means €240 per child will be paid this month in respect of more than 1.2m childrenMon Jun 05 2023 - 07:00
‘No justice, no closure’: Widow speaks out on treatment of husband who died of sepsis after head wound not properly addressedMary Bartley-Meehan’s husband had a head wound infested with maggots on arrival at hospital. He died less than three weeks laterMon Jun 05 2023 - 04:00
Census 2022: Number of non-Irish citizens usually resident in Ireland rises to 12 per cent of populationLargest groups were Polish and UK citizens, followed by Indian, Romanian and LithuanianTue May 30 2023 - 15:09
Census 2022: Average cost of rent in private sector increased by 37% between 2016 and 2022New data show 330,632 homes rented from private landlords with proportion of owner-occupied home falling by 4%Tue May 30 2023 - 15:03
Legislating to recognise parental alienation would be ‘ill-advised’, Department of Justice report warnsPolicy paper neither accepts nor rejects parental alienation as a conceptThu May 25 2023 - 18:34
Stardust: over 80 new witnesses found in trawl of documents at Department of Housing, inquest toldDes Fahy, acting for a number of the 45 families bereaved by the 1981 disaster, said his legal team was ‘concerned’ by the volume of previously unknown material, and the time at which it had come to lightThu May 25 2023 - 14:43
Steel plates, bars welded to Stardust club toilet windows ‘for security’ six weeks before fireThere had been seven inspections of the venue between July 1979 and January 1981, by a Dublin Corporation staff memberWed May 24 2023 - 16:39
TD calls for inquiry into use of ‘parental alienation’ in family law casesFine Gael’s Bernard Durkan says he is contacted ‘weekly’ by mothers losing children in family court disputes after being accused of ‘parental alienation’, which he describes as a ‘pseudo condition’Tue May 23 2023 - 19:19
Stardust inquests ‘about to enter into a very different stage of proceedings’ - CoronerDublin coroner Dr Myra Cullinane described the tragic fire as ‘the most serious loss of life in one incident of this type in the history of the State’Tue May 23 2023 - 16:41
Man (61) faces eviction after tenancies board rules in his favour over gas charges dispute John Barry a tenant of Limerick City and County Council, but home owned by private care operatorTue May 23 2023 - 05:02
HSE to run drug-testing service at several summer festivalsSurrender bins to feature along with medical tents where information can be sought about safety firstMon May 22 2023 - 00:01
Inside the many working-class, northside Dublin families whose lives were destroyed by the StardustOver the past month portraits of the 48 young people who died have elicited laughter, smiles and many tears; and descriptions of the impact on parents have been ineffably sadSat May 20 2023 - 05:00
