‘Poverty in itself is a trauma’: The Dublin school taking new approach to help pupils from deprived areasRegular meals and an ability to regulate moods gives Darndale pupils a better chanceMon Jun 29 2026 - 06:00
Number of people in emergency accommodation falls for first time since CovidHomeless numbers remain 11% higher than a year agoFri Jun 26 2026 - 14:34
People ‘should not be criminalised’ for having drugs for personal use, WHO lead saysAnja Busse, who was in Dublin this week, says health and social services must be a priority for usersFri Jun 26 2026 - 13:05
Boy with autism detained in windowless hospital room for 12 weeks due to lack of placementMother in ‘chasm of despair’ that there is no prospect of her son’s situation being remedied, court hearsFri Jun 26 2026 - 08:00
Young asylum seekers may face medical tests to determine age ‘as a last resort’ in disputesMove criticised as ‘unreliable, unnecessary, and possibly invasive’ by Children’s Rights AllianceWed Jun 24 2026 - 06:00
‘As an older person, it is very scary’: Rise in homeless people aged 65 or olderFigures show 265 people aged 65 or older, of whom 146 in Dublin, in emergency accommodation during AprilWed Jun 24 2026 - 06:00
Staffing at State’s largest centre for vulnerable children has ‘fallen off a cliff’‘Very high levels’ on sick leave at Crannóg Nua facility in north Co Dublin, High Court hearsTue Jun 23 2026 - 09:00
‘Emergency response’ to homeless crisis, including possible no-fault evictions ban, needed, says committeeMore than 17,500 people, including 5,604 children, were in emergency accommodation in April, latest figures showThu Jun 18 2026 - 16:03
Oberstown child detention campus refused further admissions due to being at capacityDocuments show Minister for Children Norma Foley pushed through an instruction to the facility to take more boysMon Jun 15 2026 - 20:09
Thousands of vulnerable children’s records ‘may be destroyed’ in coming weeksConcerns mounting for contents that could include children’s letters, poems or accounts of personal eventsSun Jun 14 2026 - 06:00
‘I am terrified about the winter coming’: One in seven now behind on electricity billsAlmost 319,000 homes in arrears with electricity bills by the end of March, says energy regulatorSat Jun 13 2026 - 06:00
‘I saw grown men cry’: Charlie O’Leary, kitman in Jack Charlton era, recalls the highs of Irish soccer The 102-year-old Dubliner is being honoured for his services to football at a presentation hosted by the city’s Lord MayorSat Jun 13 2026 - 06:00
Tusla seeks special care orders for teenage boys who suffered sexual exploitationStaffing crisis ‘going backwards’ at largest special care unit in Ireland, court hearsTue Jun 09 2026 - 10:00
Rise in Irish exemptions denies children part of their identity, report saysSpiralling exemptions are being driven by increased diagnosis of learning disabilities such as dyslexia, says reportTue Jun 09 2026 - 06:00
‘It’s devastating’: Families left homeless after fire severely damages Dublin apartment complex Former residents say owner-manager of Castleknock complex has treated them ‘very poorly’ since blaze last monthMon Jun 08 2026 - 06:00
Qayyum Balogun, killed just off Grafton Street: ‘My phone is running down. I am coming soon’‘He died a miserable death. He was quiet, he didn’t like trouble ... The pain and the hurt is very, very deep,’ says motherFri Jun 05 2026 - 15:30
Former monastery should be bought to secure Dublin Gaelcholáiste’s future, say campaignersChristian Brothers building on market for €3.75m next to Synge Street campus where transition to Irish is beginningFri Jun 05 2026 - 06:00
Tusla effort to declare Somali an adult days before 18th birthday ‘farcical’, says judgeBarrister for person accused of murdering Ukrainian teen questions ‘purpose’ of continuing age inquiry Wed Jun 03 2026 - 16:44
New HSE autism assessments may ‘harm children’ and lengthen wait lists, groups say Updated protocol, which will introduce three-tiered approach, likely to come into force mid-2027Tue Jun 02 2026 - 21:22
Psychiatrists’ body ‘cannot endorse’ new State autism protocolApproach will ‘streamline’ access to autism diagnoses, HSE saysTue Jun 02 2026 - 06:00
School holidays ‘highly challenging’ for thousands of homeless children as rates rise againWeekly snapshot does not consider overcrowded housing, refuges, couch-surfing, sleeping rough or IPASFri May 29 2026 - 15:19
‘Absolutely traumatising’: Ireland sees surge in arson attacks on council homes‘New epidemic’ affecting communities while costing local authorities millions of euroFri May 29 2026 - 06:00
Neurodivergence and addiction: ‘I found the clinics could be very stigmatising’Free TCD course aimed at drug support servicesThu May 28 2026 - 06:00
Activists occupy Dublin pub closed since 2010, planning to reopen as community spaceRevolutionary Housing League entered former Ardee House pub in Liberties which is owned by an investment companyMon May 25 2026 - 18:28
‘We were met by force’: Relief, jubilation and sadness as Irish flotilla activists returnTwelve Irish citizens, including President’s sister Margaret Connolly, land at Dublin Airport after spending time in Israeli detentionSat May 23 2026 - 16:29
Global Sumund Flotilla activists return to Dublin AirportLuke McMenamin being welcomed back by parents and friend at Dublin Airport. Video: Kitty HollandSat May 23 2026 - 14:49
Details emerge of journey to Ireland of Somali national accused of killing Ukrainian teenagerCourt conducting age inquiry over young asylum seeker charged with murder of Vadym Davydenko (17)Fri May 22 2026 - 06:00
Murder accused gave at least three different dates of birth to international authoritiesInquiry at Dublin District Court seeks to confirm age of Somali national who applied for asylum in State last JulyThu May 21 2026 - 06:00
Special rapporteur on racism calls for ‘urgent, independent’ investigation into Yves Sakila’s deathCongolese man (30s) died after being tackled by security personnel on Henry Street last FridayThu May 21 2026 - 06:00
Congolese community mourns and calls for justice at vigil after Henry Street deathArnotts conducting security review as it expresses sadness over Yves Sakila’s deathTue May 19 2026 - 17:40
Homelessness is trapping people in sexually abusive situationsSome people ‘feared being made homeless should they speak up or act against housemates or live-in landlords who were sexually abusive’Tue May 19 2026 - 06:00
Security guards should not be deployed in Tusla care units because of staffing problems, says judge‘Unexpected’ number of staff at unit out on stress-related leave, court hearsMon May 18 2026 - 20:47
Pork sausages served on flight deporting 24 men from Ireland to Pakistan Human rights monitor understood halal food would be available, but it was ‘not specified in the flight brief’Mon May 18 2026 - 06:00
Tusla hires security guards at centre for very vulnerable children‘Close protection personnel’ being deployed in addition to existing social care staff as a result of unexpected rise in sick leaveMon May 18 2026 - 06:00
‘Powerful and heartbreaking’: A couch is what Ireland’s homeless children say they want mostFocus Ireland says the desires of children in homelessness accommodation – for more space, better beds and sheets, and that staff don’t shout at them – are ‘very basic’ demandsSun May 17 2026 - 06:00
Delivering new cost of disability payment will be ‘so challenging’, Minister tells summit ‘We still live in a very ableist society’, one wheelchair user tells event, saying employment will not reduce costsWed May 13 2026 - 17:26
Teen ‘doing well’ in secure care, but others at risk still cannot get spaces, court hearsHigh Court hears ‘good news story’ amid ‘utter chaos’ of systemTue May 12 2026 - 11:49
Two Irish passengers from hantavirus-hit cruise ship return home Both expected to isolate in quarantine for about five weeks after returning from Tenerife on Government jetSun May 10 2026 - 22:02
‘A lifetime’s work down the drain’: Businessman’s premises destroyed by Waterford fire Firefighters from several towns descended on industrial estate to battle Saturday evening blazeSun May 10 2026 - 10:38
Decision on whether asylum seeker is an adult or child to be removed from Tusla Those presenting as unaccompanied children to make asylum applications will be appointed an advocate Fri May 08 2026 - 06:00
Gerry Hutch rejects racism accusation: ‘I have friends – Indians, blacks, whites’Veteran criminal and Dublin Central byelection candidate said illegal immigrants should be interned in the CurraghThu May 07 2026 - 20:37
Children ‘regularly’ using illegal drugs in Tusla care home with knowledge of staffHiqa report finds risks to minors ‘significantly escalated’ at separate facility seven months after previous inspectionThu May 07 2026 - 17:54
Hiqa, PAC and legal professionals all voiced concerns around safety of child asylum seekers in Tusla’s careTusla is caught in middle of complex issue without clear legislative guidancThu May 07 2026 - 06:00
Almost 300 asylum seekers claiming to be children were adultsTusla says age assessment of unaccompanied minors has been an issue of significant risk in recent yearsThu May 07 2026 - 06:00
Families of disabled children awaiting needs assessments to raise frustration in Europe Children have a legal right to assessments of need for educational purposes, but many wait years Mon May 04 2026 - 06:00
Thousands told to leave Ipas centres by July as ‘no longer entitled’ to live thereCorrespondence issued to 475 families and more than 1,000 single adults with legal right to remain in IrelandSat May 02 2026 - 06:00
‘It’s absolutely disgraceful what’s going on’: Ballymun locals react after child discharges firearmSchoolchildren sent home with leaflet on how to stay safe as youth woker says ‘only solution’ is lots of youth clubsThu Apr 30 2026 - 17:25
Travellers in plea to Government to save support organisation closed after decadesSouthside Traveller Action Group helped households with education, accommodation and healthcareMon Apr 27 2026 - 06:00
Ipas head questions claims large numbers are going from direct provision to homelessnessJohn Harding said ‘vast majority’ of those leaving Ipas accomodation have not needed homeless servicesMon Apr 27 2026 - 06:00
Sexual corruption identified in gardaí and education services, survey finds DCU Anti-corruption Research Centre examines issue of sex acts requested in exchange for public servicesSat Apr 25 2026 - 06:00
