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
Number of homeless single adults increases as overall figures fallThis Christmas likely to be ‘the most challenging’ in 50 years, says Simon CommunityWed Dec 23 2020 - 14:15
Almost €15m spent on Traveller housing, the largest annual spend in decadesEntire budget drawn down for the first time since 2014, but housing need still ‘dire’Wed Dec 23 2020 - 01:00
‘We don’t put mothers in laundries any more, but we are locking them into a bureaucracy’Mothers who asked Tusla to protect their families have ended up losing their childrenSat Dec 19 2020 - 06:00
Almost 3,000 grocery vouchers handed out at Capuchin CentreDecision taken to provide €40 Supervalu vouchers instead of hampers this yearFri Dec 18 2020 - 14:11
Gardaí presence in rape crisis centres may encourage reportingLow levels of crime reporting a cause of ongoing concern, RCNI event hearsWed Dec 16 2020 - 18:57
Legislation for investigations into child sex abuse ‘unfit for purpose’Tusla at risk of conducting ‘ineffective investigations’, warns Government rapporteurWed Dec 16 2020 - 18:01
Self-harm rates among Irish young people ‘strikingly’ highGirls aged 15-19 have highest numbers presenting at hospital with self-harm injuriesFri Dec 11 2020 - 01:00
Many tenants unhappy with how landlords deal with anti-social behaviourSurvey shows 20 per cent of housing association tenants cannot afford to heat homesThu Dec 10 2020 - 10:01
Rights agency head calls for greater appreciation of Traveller cultureProf Michael O’Flaherty urges better gathering of quality data on Travellers’ livesMon Dec 07 2020 - 15:21
Keep up momentum to support older people in their homes, urges Alone‘We don’t want to go back to business as normal,’ says head of charityFri Dec 04 2020 - 19:13
Disabled women call for ‘level-playing field’ in workplacesSpeed of shift to remote working ‘deeply frustrating’ for those seeking change for yearsThu Dec 03 2020 - 18:26
New group forms to counter ‘rise of hate during the pandemic’Coalition aims to provide ‘concerted response to the far right’, says trade unionistThu Dec 03 2020 - 16:13
Track records: Musicians use their platform to raise money for Focus IrelandEleanor McEvoy and Brian Kennedy among artists who will perform at railway stationsTue Dec 01 2020 - 00:09
Restrictions on nursing home visits will ease from next weekOne person allowed see one resident once a week at Levels 3 and 4 under new rulesMon Nov 30 2020 - 19:52
Poultry farmers urged to be on high alert for signs of bird fluVirus highly contagious between birds and can cause death, and so threatens Irish flocksMon Nov 30 2020 - 19:28
Expert warns of impact of domestic violence on childrenDamage to children can last beyond parental separation, Tusla webinar hearsSun Nov 29 2020 - 14:46
Number of homeless single adults in Dublin exceeds 3,000Minister for Housing acknowledges number of homeless people is ‘simply too high’Fri Nov 27 2020 - 18:24
Changes in services needed to encourage homeless women to avail of them – reportMerchants Quay Ireland report says it is easier for homeless fathers to access addiction services than homeless mothersThu Nov 26 2020 - 19:26
Boy (4) left in hospital for over two years due to Tusla and HSE failings, report says‘Distressed’ child was medically fit for discharge, children’s ombudsman saysThu Nov 26 2020 - 00:01
Two men found dead in Dublin city centreGardaí say deaths of men not believed to be linkedWed Nov 25 2020 - 18:01
Co-living in the Liberties: Rapidly changing urban fabric proves divisiveSchemes with permission likely to go ahead but area’s new direction is hotly contestedTue Nov 24 2020 - 01:00
Social tenants in Rathgar complex excluded from certain facilitiesGym, meeting rooms and roof terrace restricted to non-council residentsSat Nov 21 2020 - 01:00
Concern over low level of Garda referrals to Tusla deemed to need ‘urgent action’Over 80% of referrals ‘get little more response than a phone call to the parents’Fri Nov 20 2020 - 01:00
Father wins case against agent that reneged on deal over Hap paymentMan awarded €8,500 after property he agreed to rent was given to someone elseThu Nov 19 2020 - 21:36
We are Solitary exhibition: The art of enforced lonelinessFinal-year masters in fine arts students display stimulating works online at ruared.ieThu Nov 19 2020 - 21:09
Eileen Flynn to chair committee on issues affecting TravellersIndependent Senator becomes first from her community to lead Oireachtas groupThu Nov 19 2020 - 20:30
Women in prostitution in Ireland experience ‘endemic violence’Report says 2017 law has made a ‘very promising’ start in interrupting sex tradeThu Nov 19 2020 - 05:05
One of the ‘most difficult’ Christmases in years in store for many families – SVPCharity said expected requests for help to exceed numbers in any year in recent pastWed Nov 18 2020 - 20:31
Unpaid carers should receive ‘participation income’, NESC saysReport includes number of suggestions to modernise the State’s social welfare systemWed Nov 18 2020 - 00:01
Family forced to split due to overcrowded accommodation‘The children are really suffering. They are saying they don’t want to go to school’Mon Nov 16 2020 - 01:45
Jobpath scheme costs €11,000 per successful participant, TD saysFlagship programme for long term unemployed costs €244m since 2015Thu Nov 12 2020 - 19:34
Co-living developments may be the slums of the next decade, housing seminar toldSurvey finds 85 per cent of tenants do not want to be in pivate rented sectorWed Nov 11 2020 - 19:31
Domestic violence linked to suicides of young women in west Dublin – HSE reportInvestigation into Ballyfermot cluster finds housing, drugs and social media also factorsWed Nov 11 2020 - 01:00
Murdered children and their mother laid to rest in single plotFather and husband of victims strokes their faces and weeps at funeralFri Nov 06 2020 - 19:01
Paid parent’s leave not meeting policy objective, report statesScheme entitles parents to two weeks’ paid leave in child’s first year – at €245 per weekThu Nov 05 2020 - 18:09
Mental health crisis among drug addicts ‘deepening’Merchants Quay Ireland reports surge in demand for services driven by pandemicThu Nov 05 2020 - 00:01
Irish citizen unable to renew passport left ‘trapped’ in LibyaMan with serious health problems is ‘desperate’ to see his children before he diesMon Nov 02 2020 - 01:38
