Former car mechanic says allowances don’t cover expenses: ‘The bills are really squeezing us’On Tuesday, Michael travels to Dublin to protest with other disabled people outside Dáil ÉireannMon Dec 08 2025 - 06:00
‘You can hear the stress in people’s voices’: St Vincent de Paul’s 900 calls for help in a single morningChristmas time is exceptionally busy for the charity and those staffing its phone lines as people find making ends meet ‘really, really tough’Sat Dec 06 2025 - 06:00
Christmas will be ‘miserable’ for children in poverty, Minister toldTD says Government target of reducing child poverty to 3 per cent is disappointingThu Dec 04 2025 - 17:57
Christmas bonus welfare payments of up to €289.30 to be paid to 1.5m people this weekThe bonus is worth 100 per cent of their payment, meaning recipients will get a double-payment of their welfare amountTue Dec 02 2025 - 20:00
Oireachtas committee recommends opting out of ‘majority’ of EU migration and asylum pactBill to give effect to pact is seen as most radical overhaul of migration policy in a generationTue Dec 02 2025 - 13:16
Quite the yarn: From weekly knitting club to Traveller-women-led craft businessSocial enterprise Shuttleknit has Traveller identity at its core, and big ambitionsTue Dec 02 2025 - 12:55
Fifth case of bird flu confirmed at Turkey farm in Co CavanLatest case follows previous outbreaks at farms in Laois, Monaghan, Meath and CarlowTue Dec 02 2025 - 00:17
Asylum seekers sleep rough in freezing temperatures as 3,500 refugee beds lie emptyHanding out tents and sleeping bags, most of which are then destroyed, a ‘huge waste’, says volunteer Thu Nov 27 2025 - 08:56
Average rents at almost €4,000 a month in Ireland’s priciest areaRenting a home in Foxrock in the first quarter of this year would set a household back an average of €3,718 a month, according to the CSOMon Nov 24 2025 - 13:25
Tusla responding to 50 per cent rise in arrivals of unaccompanied Ukrainian minorsVast majority of Ukrainian children referred are boys aged 16 or 17, agency saysFri Nov 21 2025 - 14:47
Total of 500 people died by suicide in the State in 2022, updated figures showAverage annual number of suicides between 2018 and 2022 was 526Fri Nov 21 2025 - 12:58
‘Aggression in the air’: Rising hostility sparks fear in Ireland’s Bangladeshi communityAs gardaí investigate numerous alleged assaults, many of the estimated 25,000 people here with Bangladeshi roots worry as they go about their day-to-day lives Fri Nov 21 2025 - 12:00
Tusla accused of ‘running down clock’ in cases of at-risk children with no secure care bedJudge says it is ‘unacceptable’ no beds are available for two children ‘at risk of death’ whom he ordered to be detained for their own safetyThu Nov 20 2025 - 16:08
Women see safety from violence as a key aspiration for equality Minister launches National Strategy for Women and Girls, with gender pay gap reporting to expandTue Nov 18 2025 - 21:00
Children contacting charity about being ‘forced to watch and make pornography’ISPCC publishes harrowing accounts from children of sexual exploitation by parents as part of its Christmas Childline appealTue Nov 18 2025 - 11:47
‘We are human beings too’: Homeless singles react to Government housing plan prioritising familiesLatest housing strategy involves instructions to council to put long-term homeless families with children at the top of their housing listsMon Nov 17 2025 - 06:00
High Court judge criticises ‘disgraceful’ lack of special care beds for at-risk childrenTusla and government departments are aware of problems yet allow situation to continue, he saysThu Nov 13 2025 - 16:39
‘They surround our car’: Families at Citywest Ipas centre tell of ongoing ‘harassment’‘Intimidation’ includes children being told ‘go home’ and witnessing parents being called derogatory namesThu Nov 13 2025 - 06:00
Drop in number of children before High Court for special care applicationsTusla committee considered risk posed to 30 children flagged by social workers in first nine months of yearWed Nov 12 2025 - 06:00
Alleged street attack on boy (13) leads to fears among Galway’s Bangladeshi communityLocal TD Peter Roche organised town meeting, where gardaí addressed small Bangladeshi communityMon Nov 10 2025 - 17:23
Judge ‘incandescent with rage’ at Tusla failure to provide secure bed for childChild ‘at risk of death’ remains in unregulated, unregistered placementMon Nov 10 2025 - 06:00
Harvey Morrison Sherratt’s mother says report alleging mistaken palliative label is ‘huge shock’Harvey Morrison Sheratt (9), who died in July, waited years for spinal surgerySun Nov 09 2025 - 18:04
Sr Stan remembered as powerhouse of good who offered ‘hope for the hopeless’Funeral Mass faithful hear devotion inspired nun’s advocacy, that ‘work had become her prayer’Fri Nov 07 2025 - 17:10
Tusla’s unregulated accommodation for asylum-seeking children should be reviewed, court hearsPrivately operated placements not subject to inspection by health watchdog HiqaThu Nov 06 2025 - 19:38
Increasing number of women in politics leads to more diverse policies, NWC report findsNational Women’s Council says female leaders advance women friendly policiesTue Nov 04 2025 - 19:05
Drogheda arson attack: ‘The house is on fire. Please answer’One resident of facility was working when she received a text from her child saying house was on fireMon Nov 03 2025 - 06:00
Mother of ‘out of control’ boy suing Tusla over failure to provide secure care placeHigh Court again hears no beds available in any of the State’s three special care units for vulnerable children and adolescentsMon Nov 03 2025 - 06:00
Psychosis patients more likely victims of violence than perpetrators, says research co-ordinatorConor Gavin is the first co-ordinator of a pioneering psychosis research centre at the St John of God Research Foundation in DublinMon Nov 03 2025 - 06:00
Friends protest over arrest of Irish citizen alleged to have damaged Israeli arms plantDaniel Tatlow-Devally (31) and four other pro-Palestinian activists were arrested after they allegedly stormed the offices of Elbit SystemsWed Oct 29 2025 - 19:44
Traveller charity’s funders order review amid board standoff with staff and usersLearners ‘riddled with anxiety’ after being sent home from programmes, one staffer saidTue Oct 28 2025 - 06:00
Unregulated placements for children in care ‘should end’, says judgeLast year 15 companies shared €56 million in payments from Tusla to run ‘special emergency arrangements’Thu Oct 23 2025 - 06:00
‘Grave concerns’ over rights for asylum seekers under EU migration pactOireachtas Bill to adopt agreement goes further than Brussels requires, say rights groupsTue Oct 21 2025 - 20:26
Man held over alleged attack on child (10) in Dublin remains in custody Suspect, believed to be from Africa, was issued with deportation order following failed asylum bid Tue Oct 21 2025 - 09:58
One in Four charity sees more men than women come forward for first timeProportion of male survivors reached ‘historic high’ after Blackrock Boys radio documentary and scoping inquiryMon Oct 20 2025 - 06:00
‘Almost like a tsunami now’: Irish language draws younger voters to Catherine ConnollyIrish Times opinion poll features ‘speaks Irish’ as a choice for ‘most important’ value in presidential candidate for first timeSun Oct 19 2025 - 06:00
Ukrainian community in Ireland urge Tusla review after death of teen Vadym DavydenkoThey want agency to look at how unaccompanied minors seeking international protection are cared forSat Oct 18 2025 - 06:00
Teen arrested over fatal stabbing of Ukrainian boy Vadym Davydenko (17) in DublinIncident at Tusla residential unit in Donaghmede occurred less than a week after the boy had arrived in DublinFri Oct 17 2025 - 15:01
Dublin stabbing: Tusla flat where 17-year-old died was unregulatedDublin apartment that Vadym Davydenko was staying in had been contracted out by agencyFri Oct 17 2025 - 06:00
Ukrainian teen Vadym Davydenko killed in Dublin had only just arrived in IrelandTwo others injured in violent incident at shared accommodation in DonaghmedeThu Oct 16 2025 - 14:43
Women who take HRT after menopause less likely to develop dementia, study indicatesHaving more children and higher blood estrogen levels is associated with reduced risk of dementiaTue Oct 14 2025 - 00:01
Deaths in Carrickmines fire were like a ‘devastating earthquake’, anniversary Mass hears 10 people died at Traveller halting site a decade ago Fri Oct 10 2025 - 17:07
Q&A: How will social welfare changes affect you?Budget 2026: Minister will be hoping children in poverty and disabled people will feel the greatest uplift – but will they?Tue Oct 07 2025 - 20:27
Tackling child poverty and helping people with disabilities priority for Dara CallearyRaising benefit rates, upping thresholds and removing barriers to work among measuresTue Oct 07 2025 - 19:53
‘There’s no way I will be able to buy a house’: What people want from Budget 2026 A renter, a landlord, a teacher, a farmer, a pensioner, a business owner share their viewsMon Oct 06 2025 - 13:57
Fire in Carrickmines, 10 years on: ‘Some don’t want to talk, some are angry’In the early hours of October 10th, 2015, a fire engulfed a mobile home on a Dublin halting site, killing 10 people. A decade on, relatives left behind still struggle with their loss Sun Oct 05 2025 - 06:00
Human remains discovered during excavation of Tuam site Five sets of skeletal remains are believed to predate mother and baby home as operation continues Fri Oct 03 2025 - 15:01
Budget 2026 should raise social welfare payments to cut child poverty, says Dara CallearyMinister for Social Protection says Ireland’s disabled unemployment rate is ‘just not acceptable’Sat Sept 20 2025 - 06:00
Children in need of special school place promised ‘clear roadmaps’ by MinisterAnyone in need of a special school place or a special class in a mainstream school in September 2026 will know where they are going before the end of this yearWed Sept 17 2025 - 16:57
‘We have gone back to basics’: McVerry Trust seeks reset after finance issues and bailoutOrganisation unveils newly refurbished housing complex on Townsend Street in DublinMon Sept 15 2025 - 06:00
Tusla funding boost should be top budget priority, say 150 children’s organisationsChildren’s Rights Alliance says child protection and welfare services must be prioritisedMon Sept 15 2025 - 00:01
