Hundreds of local community initiatives to receive €12.5m funding in new Government schemeCommunity centres, parish halls, GAA clubhouses, Men’s Sheds, youth halls and more to benefit from grantsWed Oct 12 2022 - 15:51
Creeslough: Crowds turn out for vigil as people urged to talk about tragedyFirst funerals of Donegal explosion victims to take place tomorrowMon Oct 10 2022 - 20:37
Creeslough: ‘In the class they have a little teddy unicorn on Shauna’s chair’Parents try to explain to their children what happened to their classmate as community remains in shockMon Oct 10 2022 - 19:12
Creeslough grieves for seven adults and three children killed by blastGarda investigation ongoing into cause of blast at petrol station as series of funerals to follow in Co Donegal townMon Oct 10 2022 - 12:23
Creeslough rescue: ‘When you’re there you have a job to do... but, yes, in the car on way home I cried’Locals and emergency responders risked their lives to rescue people from the rubble following petrol station explosionSun Oct 09 2022 - 20:10
Donegal explosion: ‘The strength of our community will carry us,’ service to remember Creeslough victims hears Some of the 10 victims are named as hundreds of people, including emergency workers and politicians, attend service of remembranceSun Oct 09 2022 - 10:23
Irish dancing competitions should be postponed pending alleged results-fixing inquiry, former world champion saysAllegations of ‘several grievous breaches’ of dancing commission’s code of conduct to be examined by independent former judgeThu Oct 06 2022 - 20:37
Anti-abortion protesters outside medical facilities should face prison sentences, rights watchdog saysSafe zones should be ‘legislated for immediately’, says Irish Human Rights and Equality CommissionThu Oct 06 2022 - 05:00
Lifting of Covid restrictions led to rise in rape and assault cases — reportDublin Rape Crisis Centre says over half of 14,000 calls to helpline last year were from first-time contactsWed Oct 05 2022 - 00:00
Number of Ukrainian children in Irish schools rises by 60% over summer monthsMore than 1,000 people arrived from Ukraine during the week to September 25th, with many coming from occupied areasMon Oct 03 2022 - 20:49
Almost 150,000 people can access birth information from MondayThose adopted, boarded out, or whose birth was illegally registered can use service as part of Birth Information and Tracing Legislation ActMon Oct 03 2022 - 05:00
Motorcyclist dies after collision in LouthThe man in his 50s was killed in an incident involving a carSun Oct 02 2022 - 22:22
Gardaí in Sligo appeal for witnesses after cyclist in 70s is seriously injured The incident occurred on the N4 around midday on SundaySun Oct 02 2022 - 21:04
Budget will ‘entrench income inequalities’ between sexes, National Women’s Council warnsBudget 2023: Childcare and contraception investment welcomed but council says one-off payments will not protect women from povertySat Oct 01 2022 - 00:01
Mishandling of 999 calls needs ‘root and branch’ response, support group says‘Hugely upsetting’ that call from child reporting domestic abuse not followed up, Minister saysFri Sept 30 2022 - 18:31
‘Dublin declaration’ on tackling domestic violence gets majority backing from Council of Europe At least 32 member states indicate they will adopt joint declaration on Friday, with more expected to come on boardFri Sept 30 2022 - 00:15
Right to union recognition may be meaningless as ‘good faith’ negotiation cannot be enforced, Tánaiste saysOireachtas committee hears right to representation is important issue for women working in low-paid sectorsThu Sept 29 2022 - 17:51
Low-paid workers concerned minimum-wage hike will lead to job losses, says commission chairmanWorker’s representatives argue 80c raise is too low and amounts to effective pay cutWed Sept 28 2022 - 17:57
Social welfare package will cushion the blow but offer little long-term comfortBudget 2023: While one-off payments will help those in dire need, small increases in core payments will disappointTue Sept 27 2022 - 21:09
Social welfare spending: Extra €12 a week for individuals and €200-€500 lump sumsBudget 2023: Fuel allowance recipients will get a once-off lump sum of €400 and the threshold to qualify for the allowance will increaseTue Sept 27 2022 - 20:24
My budget: ‘I want to work. I hate the feeling that I may not be able to afford to’ Budget 2023: Childcare costsTue Sept 27 2022 - 17:16
Minister for Justice promises long-term strategy to address problems in Cherry Orchard Helen McEntee met community leaders in area where Garda car was rammed by youths in stolen car on MondayFri Sept 23 2022 - 20:39
Despair among the destitute taking toll on mental health, says Simon ‘Homelessness has become a waiting game and these people are running out of time’Thu Sept 22 2022 - 19:23
Majority of people on adoption contact register want to find birth relativesService is key aspect of Birth Information and Tracing Act which provides legal entitlement to information for adopteesThu Sept 22 2022 - 17:21
Ukrainian families ordered to vacate Portlaoise accommodation Group was given less than two days’ notice about relocation to KilkennyThu Sept 22 2022 - 02:07
McEntee to visit Cherry Orchard ‘in coming days’ after Garda car rammedMinister for Justice ‘to hear the community’s concerns’ with arrests expected soonWed Sept 21 2022 - 19:50
‘Flashing’ of stolen cars happens ‘every night’ in Cherry Orchard, say localsGardaí believe ramming of squad car happened in revenge for series of arrests made last monthTue Sept 20 2022 - 21:18
Standoff between Dublin community and local priest over access to parish hallArchdiocese says fire safety experts found the hall a fire-safety risk and that it was unsuitable for childcareMon Sept 19 2022 - 03:00
More than 900 applications submitted for 32 affordable-rental homes in Co CorkRespond spokeswoman says if the cost-rental model could be provided ‘at scale’ across the State it would be ‘a game-changer’Fri Sept 16 2022 - 16:56
Children who died in car fire in Westmeath were deeply loved, funeral hearsThelma and Mikey Dennany, aged five and two, did everything together, mourners toldThu Sept 15 2022 - 16:19
Varadkar defends 80 cent increase to minimum wage amid criticism from unions and business groupsMove, which brings minimum wage to €11.30 an hour, described as an ‘insult to workers’Wed Sept 14 2022 - 17:08
Free contraception from GPs for women aged 17-25 under new schemeExtension of scheme to other age-groups likely, Minister for Health indicatesWed Sept 14 2022 - 10:28
Migrant women from outside EU at greater risk of homelessness, discrimination and violence, report findsESRI study points to a lack of policy to integrate the 89,000 non-EU women and girls living in IrelandWed Sept 14 2022 - 00:15
Income thresholds for social housing to rise in just five of 31 local authority areas next monthDepartment of Housing move described as ‘abandoning modest income families’ by Sinn Féin spokesmanWed Sept 14 2022 - 00:00
‘Sense of what is normal shattered’, mourners told at removal of three Tallaght siblingsLone piper and three white, horse-drawn carriages bore remains of Lisa Cash (18) and Christy and Chelsea Cawley (8) to churchThu Sept 08 2022 - 20:08
Q&A: Employment regulation order and ‘core funding’ explainedEntry-rate pay will increase from €11.57 to €13 an hour, with rates for ‘room leaders’ and managersWed Sept 07 2022 - 18:15
Childcare workers get wage hikes after ‘historic’ minimum pay orderEmployment regulation order for sector seen as first step in tackling decades of low pay, casualisation and staff retention crisesWed Sept 07 2022 - 16:54
Child suicide and destitution in State to be raised with UNOmbudsman for Children will deliver a report on Ireland to the UN Committee on the Rights of the ChildWed Sept 07 2022 - 05:00
Local authorities urged to purchase homes where tenants face evictionDepartment circular says ‘limited scope’ for acquisitions and these should be focused on ‘priority areas’Tue Sept 06 2022 - 19:54
Number of electricity disconnections up on last year, regulator says Regulation commission expands period of time in which more vulnerable customers cannot be disconnectedMon Sept 05 2022 - 19:00
Man held over killing of three siblings knew victims and suspected of prior violence Chief suspect, who is in his 20s, barricaded himself into the house after going there on Saturday nightMon Sept 05 2022 - 06:00
Standoff between church and creche in Carlow leaves more than 30 families without childcareParents may have to give up their jobs due to lack of childcare services in area, says local motherMon Sept 05 2022 - 05:00
Tallaght stabbings: ‘I had to sit my seven-year-old down and tell him two of his friends have gone to heaven’A man in his 20s has been detained in connection with the violent deaths of three siblings in TallaghtSun Sept 04 2022 - 19:41
Three siblings who died in violent stabbing at Tallaght house are namedMan in early 20s arrested over death of twin boy and girl (8) and older sister (18)Sun Sept 04 2022 - 16:33
Smaller nursing home operators fear closure in face of ‘no future’Warning of social value of facilities with fewer than 40 residents as Hiqa concerned about loss of ‘homely’ model of careFri Sept 02 2022 - 00:05
More small nursing homes will close without action from Government, Daly warns Nursing Homes Ireland ceo says rising costs, stringent regulations and no increase in public funding is creating a crisisThu Sept 01 2022 - 11:54
Mother and baby homes testimony decision down to survivor ‘key ask’, says Minister Grievances emerged about the use of evidence in 2021 report, where survivors say testimony was misrepresented or amalgamatedThu Sept 01 2022 - 04:35
Tusla-run residential centre posed ‘significant risk to children’s safety and protection’Staff at Coovagh House unit in Limerick tell Hiqa they ‘no longer had capacity to safely provide a service’Wed Aug 31 2022 - 11:47
Some gardaí sought sexual services from sex workers, study findsAct criminalising purchase of sex has ‘drastically marginalised’ already vulnerable populations, says reportThu Aug 25 2022 - 00:05
Toddler struck by SUV remembered as a ‘gorgeous’ boy who ‘was full of love and gave so much love to everyone he met’Parents of Brandon Thomas Byrne say the death of their 21-month-old son has ‘left a huge void’ in their heartsTue Aug 23 2022 - 17:58
