Tributes paid to ‘caring’ Carrickmines teenager who died in SpainSixteen-year-old Allanah Dunn sustained head injuries after fall from wall in GranadaSun Apr 04 2021 - 19:33
IHREC calls for review into dossiers on autistic children to be publishedHuman rights group says concerns raised about State’s approach to disabled peopleWed Mar 31 2021 - 00:01
Covid-19: ‘I don’t understand why it’s so high in Offaly’As walk-in test centre opens locals worry about being ‘left behind’ in any relaxation of restrictionsSat Mar 27 2021 - 02:14
Martin seeks review of department’s gathering of dossiers on childrenIssues raised by whistleblower around use of sensitive information merit examination, says TaoiseachFri Mar 26 2021 - 14:38
Rights of local authority tenants and Travellers violated, European body saysEuropean Committee of Social Rights points to housing and protection breaches of social charterWed Mar 24 2021 - 07:54
Domestic violence rises by third in Dublin’s north inner-cityGarda figures show incidents up 14% on same period in 2020 across city while other crimes fallTue Mar 23 2021 - 19:31
Many schools struggling to help pupils readjust to organised educationSome children spent lockdown without enough food in overcrowded accommodationMon Mar 22 2021 - 01:00
Woman with eating disorder appeals for accessible specialist services‘There should be beds for all people who need them, not just those who have health insurance’Mon Mar 22 2021 - 01:00
South Dublin tenants to be evicted after ‘reaching end of line’Dún Laoghaire case highlights use of sale and refurbishment ‘loopholes’ – Boyd BarrettMon Mar 15 2021 - 00:50
No equality between men and women until gender-based violence is tackled – expertIssue ‘propelled’ on to Citizens’ Assembly’s agenda as it appeared so often in public submissionsSat Mar 13 2021 - 03:15
Poor council housing: ‘It’s like Angela’s Ashes in here sometimes’Tenants in Dublin, Cork and Limerick still face ‘dire conditions’ despite European rulingThu Mar 11 2021 - 03:00
Girls aged 9-13 who fight with mothers at higher risk of depression, study findsReport is latest tranche in ESRI and Trinity College Dublin’s Growing Up in Ireland projectThu Mar 11 2021 - 00:01
Social housing delivery more than a third short of target in 2020Level 5 construction restrictions had ‘adverse effect’ on delivery, department saysTue Mar 09 2021 - 20:04
Taking workplace equality cases ‘out of many people’s reach’Women ‘being held back’ by prohibitive cost of taking discrimination, harassment casesMon Mar 08 2021 - 00:01
More than 40% of those on probation had mental health diagnosis, report showsProviding for people with mental illness within justice system a priority, minister saysThu Mar 04 2021 - 21:46
Local authority housing rules discriminate against minorities – reportTraveller and non-Irish families being ‘unlawfully’ turned away, says MLRCThu Mar 04 2021 - 06:44
Family law system endangers women and children, report warnsNGO coaltion says abusive parents routinely granted unsupervised access to childrenThu Mar 04 2021 - 03:16
Inner city project fears for future despite ‘good value’ reportTargeted Response Youth programme linked to ‘reduction in anti-social behaviour’Thu Mar 04 2021 - 00:01
Suicides have not increased during pandemic, figures indicateMental health experts warn, however, that the fallout post-Covid could be worse than anticipatedTue Mar 02 2021 - 06:01
Dublin’s suburbs are ‘buzzing, thriving’. Well, some of them areNew outdoor facilities have transformed Blackrock and Dalkey. No such luck for BallymunSat Feb 27 2021 - 06:00
Rise in number of homeless single adults drives climb in overall figuresNumber of families without homes has fallen by 40 per cent over the past yearFri Feb 26 2021 - 16:23
Loneliness increasing more among 18-34 year olds than any other age groupImpact of isolation emerging as ‘very serious public health issue’, says Institute of Public HealthThu Feb 25 2021 - 19:43
Homeless struggling with reduced access to toilets and counselling servicesDisruption to services causing rise in drug relapses and suicidal ideation, study findsWed Feb 24 2021 - 00:01
Reduced school timetables are ‘significant children’s rights issue’, CRA warnsChildren’s alliance says measure is imposed on children, often without parents’ consentTue Feb 23 2021 - 19:08
More than 30 workers with disabilities call on Government to save their jobsRehab announces redundancy plans at logistics facility in LimerickMon Feb 22 2021 - 01:09
Ombudsman calls for ‘Covid dividend’ for childrenOpportunity after pandemic to lift children out of poverty, says Niall MuldoonMon Feb 22 2021 - 00:32
Fostering services in Cork are ‘in crisis’, social workers sayHiqa finds ‘significant gaps’ in services for children in care in the regionTue Feb 16 2021 - 20:28
ESRI officer defends comments on housing scheme amid Government pushbackConor O’Toole faces questioning by housing committee over shared-equity plan concernsTue Feb 16 2021 - 18:17
‘I’ll blow your f**king legs off’: Crime and neglect in Dublin city centreCrime in Dublin’s inner city, a result of decades of neglect, has intensified under lockdownSat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
‘Why were our children brought into a fire trap?’: Stardust families seek answersFamilies of 48 people killed in nightclub fire 40 years ago have high hopes for new inquestsSat Feb 13 2021 - 05:12
Stardust fire inquests delayed over legal aid rowDepartment has not released any funding, solicitor for bereaved families saysSat Feb 13 2021 - 01:00
HSE to establish 40 vaccination centres across the countryRevised programme to vaccinate the over-70s to begin next weekMon Feb 08 2021 - 03:40
If Dublin used as ‘back door’ to Britain, it will be ‘sorted’ – CoveneyPassengers from Dubai use Dublin Airport to take advantage of travel exemptionsSun Feb 07 2021 - 16:15
Taoiseach warned control of north-inner city Dublin on verge of being lostPoliticians hold talk with community groups after recent rise in violence and intimidationFri Feb 05 2021 - 19:31
‘I was told I would burn in hell if I wrote with my left hand’A Galway man says he has lasting trauma over alleged abuse by Sisters of Mercy nunsMon Feb 01 2021 - 03:00
The future of homelessness: ‘Dublin has become a city of lost souls’The pandemic has hurt Dublin’s poorest in many ways, but has brought improvements tooSat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00
Homeless hostels take action after spike in suicide attemptsStaff receive extra training in effort to stem increasing tendency towards self-harmFri Jan 29 2021 - 17:58
Resident jumped from upstairs bedroom window at Galway disability centre, Hiqa findsReport also refers to ‘unexplained absences’ of resident from Sylvan Services centreFri Jan 29 2021 - 10:40
Drug-linked intimidation has ‘chilling effect’ on inner city areasStudy finds four out of five would not report antisocial behaviour for fear of retaliationTue Jan 26 2021 - 01:00
Special needs school closures: ‘Our children cannot cope’A mother of two children with autism is ‘resentful’ about trade unions’ positionsMon Jan 25 2021 - 01:00
Hiqa finds significant improvements at two special care unitsCrannóg Nua and Ballydowd facilities cater for children detained by court orderThu Jan 21 2021 - 18:28
‘Outside home, school is all he has’: Mother urges help as special schools remain shutMother urges Government to help families in ‘total crisis’ due to schools not reopeningThu Jan 21 2021 - 01:00
Cases of ‘severe’ child neglect discovered during lockdown‘Prolonged closure of schools’ meant teachers were cut off from vulnerable children, report saysMon Jan 18 2021 - 01:11
Women in homes after 1973 must be eligible for mother and baby redress, ex-residents sayNational Women’s Council director says there is ‘no rationale’ for such exclusionFri Jan 15 2021 - 03:33
Survivors insist religious orders must contribute to any redress schemeGovernment has to immediately ensure all survivors have access to their recordsWed Jan 13 2021 - 20:46
Helplines ‘extremely busy’ with calls from ‘devastated’ survivorsDepartment not providing hard copies of mother and baby homes report ‘at this stage’Wed Jan 13 2021 - 19:02
Daily Covid-19 deaths will inevitably increase, says McConkeyOutbreaks of infection in nursing homes increases steadily over past monthMon Jan 11 2021 - 08:31
Deaths from Covid-19 in the State could soon surpass 100 per day, experts warnHospital system under severe pressure as patients in Donegal treated in ambulancesMon Jan 11 2021 - 03:00
PSNI investigate after lorry driver injured by rock thrown from Antrim overpassMan suffered serious facial injuries after rock broke windscreen in Friday night incidentSun Jan 10 2021 - 20:15
Travellers ‘devastated’ as redevelopment of site in doubt againCouncil declares Labre Park in Ballyfermot a flood-zone and unsafe for housingWed Jan 06 2021 - 01:00
