Hate crimes up by more than 80% in first half of 2021 – Garda figuresForce launches new online portal for people to report hate crimes and other incidentsWed Jul 21 2021 - 20:37
City centre school defends blocking of supervised-injection centreSt Audoen’s says objection to Pleanála decision did not lack ‘compassion or empathy’Fri Jul 16 2021 - 19:29
Department of Health ‘bullying’ Dublin drug task forceActivities of north inner city group ‘suspended’ and appointment of chair rejectedThu Jul 15 2021 - 21:16
High Court decision on supervised injecting centre will cost lives, claims TDPlanning permission for facility on Merchant’s Quay was overturned after challengeThu Jul 15 2021 - 18:18
Rise in number of young people detained in Oberstown for ‘very serious crimes’Higher proportion detained on longer sentences for offences such as murderThu Jul 15 2021 - 16:18
Lack of ‘in-person’ prison visits could affect rehabilitation for parent and childImpact of separation ‘intensified’ for prisoners’ children during Covid, study showsThu Jul 15 2021 - 01:01
Majority of calls to human rights group related to disability discriminationPandemic caused ‘devastating’ rollback of services for people with disabilitiesWed Jul 14 2021 - 20:51
Local authorities failed to spend Traveller budgets, landmark inquiry findsInvestigation finds dearth of transparency in how councils decide on Traveller housingWed Jul 14 2021 - 01:44
‘Lack of transparency’ in council Traveller spending highlightedIHREC chief says too many Traveller families continue to live in ‘appalling conditions’Wed Jul 14 2021 - 00:01
Call for every death of a homeless person to have an ‘adult safeguarding review’Joint Committee on Housing is also calling for an increase in rent supports for homeless people outside Dublin trying to rent a homeMon Jul 12 2021 - 01:00
Psychiatric hospital admissions fall amid coronavirus restrictionsNumber of homeless and of young women with eating disorders admitted increasesSun Jul 11 2021 - 19:17
Sinn Féin TD accused of not condemning killers of Garda Jerry McCabeMartin Browne tells Oireachtas committee he ‘condemns everything about’ the murderThu Jul 08 2021 - 17:23
Government urged to end ‘voluntary’ school contributions and set living wage in budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul says economy should be redesigned as State exits pandemicWed Jul 07 2021 - 18:09
Ireland underestimating ‘tsunmai of mental health issues’ from pandemic - Mike RyanSeminar told Travellers were disproportionately affected during the pandemicWed Jul 07 2021 - 15:56
Housing the reason Dublin Bay South voters not all so satisfied, says DooleyIndependent candidate an outsider but still believes he can give voice to ‘ordinary people’Tue Jul 06 2021 - 16:02
‘No way’ to end cycle of transmission without vaccinating children‘Really good idea’ to inoculate students, says expert, as Covid-19 spreads among teenagersSun Jul 04 2021 - 17:40
Irish inaction creating culture of ‘impunity for traffickers’US State Department document suggests response to issue among worst in EUThu Jul 01 2021 - 20:17
‘Room for improvement’ in Freedom of Information legislation – CommissionerMore difficult to direct public bodies to release records after court ruling says TyndallThu Jul 01 2021 - 18:44
Number of involuntary mental health detention requests from gardaí ‘alarming’Third of applications to have people detained under Mental Health Act came from gardaíThu Jul 01 2021 - 00:01
Gambling ads causing ‘so much damage to families’ – Michael D HigginsPresident says his ‘heart broke’ at seeing gambling ads during sports programmesTue Jun 29 2021 - 18:34
Support group for torture victims appeals for financial aidSpirasi ‘in urgent need’ of specialist therapists to ensure State meets legal obligationsSat Jun 26 2021 - 01:00
People with eating disorders forced to travel to UK for treatment, says judgeFormer High Court president calls for better services for anorexia and other disordersThu Jun 24 2021 - 01:00
Public land in Dublin earmarked for social housing may be sold for use by schoolLocal representatives express concern at proposal for Mount Anville Road siteSat Jun 12 2021 - 02:47
Almost 200 women and girls travelled to Britain for abortions in 2020Majority sought abortions due to risk pregnancy posed to health of womanThu Jun 10 2021 - 14:22
Candidates who use hate speech should be removed from ballot, committee hearsAdvocacy groups call for stronger sanctions for election candidates who use hate speechTue Jun 08 2021 - 20:08
Lack of care places for children with mental health issues ‘very concerning’Cases highlight ‘need for greater focus on the impact of domestic violence on children’Tue Jun 08 2021 - 00:01
Staff ‘bewildered’ by sudden closure of Dublin mental health facilityCall for scrutiny of management following decision to shut Hesed House after 30 yearsThu Jun 03 2021 - 19:37
Children need to be listened with regard to domestic violence, conference toldAdults need to avoid making assumptions about relationships with fathersThu Jun 03 2021 - 17:52
Dublin homeless deaths increased by 60% last year - reportMortality rate eight times that of people who have been homeless less than six monthsWed Jun 02 2021 - 21:26
Councils should be stripped of Traveller housing provision, committee toldState failures underpinned by ‘institutional racism’, Traveller activist claimsTue Jun 01 2021 - 20:09
Fishermen claim to have been frozen out of Greystones harbourWicklow County Council urged to resolve dispute over fishermen’s right to use harbourMon May 31 2021 - 05:00
Part-time work ‘of little benefit’ to families seeking to get out of povertyESRI study says parental job loss an important trigger in families becoming economically vulnerableMon May 31 2021 - 00:01
‘Adams and McGuinness betrayed everyone’: A former IRA prisoner reflects on TroublesThomas Elliott believes futile campaign of violence should have been halted in 1987Sat May 29 2021 - 01:00
Call for evictions ban to be restored after rise in child homelessnessMore than 8,000 in emergency accommodation while half Dublin’s rough sleepers live in tentsFri May 28 2021 - 20:31
H-Block letters: Finder clarifies background to their discoveryRichard Behal ‘regrets’ inference that communications were being ‘dumped’ by partyWed May 26 2021 - 01:00
It is unacceptable Traveller children are abandoned by State and left to feel like 'garbage'State violation of Travellers’ human rights outlined in damning reportWed May 26 2021 - 00:46
Election of Poots: ‘If you are gay or a woman, be worried’ – NI community workerWomen from loyalist community fear new DUP leader’s views will inform governanceTue May 25 2021 - 01:08
Rights of Traveller children violated by Cork City Council, report claimsOmbudsman for Children’s Office details dirty, crowded, rat-infested halting siteMon May 24 2021 - 06:00
Ex-Debenhams workers end 406-day dispute and accept €3m training fundWorkers say they were disappointed but voted for Government offer after months of picketsThu May 20 2021 - 15:53
Stardust fire inquests to proceed after funding row resolvedSome families of the 48 fire victims were told they did not meet criteria for legal aid systemWed May 19 2021 - 20:20
Idea that Travellers ‘don’t want to work’ a myth, Oireachtas toldCall for public service to set target for hiring members of community amid high jobless rateTue May 18 2021 - 19:02
Calls for hot school-meal scheme to be expandedOne school in area designated ‘very disadvantaged’ is only one excluded from programmeMon May 17 2021 - 04:19
‘Do I have to lose her for them to realise?’ says mother of anorexic girl (13) over lack of specialist bedChild has been in a general hospital for more than nine weeks as no place availableThu May 13 2021 - 05:00
Care failures factors in deaths of four children, states reviewLack of residential placements and systemic failing among factors in deathsThu May 13 2021 - 01:03
Brother of girl shot by British soldier ‘devastated’ killer may be granted amnestyWe will oppose plans for soldier amnesty in any way we can, says Michael O’HareFri May 07 2021 - 01:00
Asylum seekers will not be given housing that could go to those on waiting lists – MinisterAsylum applicants to be provided accommodation as part of plan to end direct provisionWed May 05 2021 - 21:03
Unpublished Bobby Sands poem among hundreds of items in new collectionFormer Sinn Féin activist is donating republican prisoners’ letters and poems to UL lecturerWed May 05 2021 - 10:44
Letters from the H-blocks: tiny notes from Bobby Sands and Gerry Adams foundSome of the letters give insights into prisoners’ thinking as hunger strikes loomedWed May 05 2021 - 01:00
Tenants face jail after refusing to leave rented homesPepper Finance to tell court that 12 households have no legal right to remain in situMon May 03 2021 - 21:00
Calls for clarity on whether abortion an ‘urgent’ medical serviceAdvocacy group says confusion over travel rights causing upset at distressing timeMon May 03 2021 - 01:00
