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
Over 20,000 register to access free period products from LidlRetailer providing monthly coupons for tampons and sanitary towels through app to combat period povertySun May 02 2021 - 21:59
Stardust families’ rights breached by ‘unlawful’ failure to provide legal aidSolicitor will seek judicial review if inquest delays over funding not resolved in coming weeksMon Apr 26 2021 - 08:16
Former Debenhams workers ‘in shock’ after removal from picketGardaí arrest four protesters as liquidators KPMG remove stock from Henry Street shopFri Apr 23 2021 - 20:28
St Helen’s tenants vow to stay on as ban on evictions liftedRemaining residents not optimistic about finding new homes during pandemicFri Apr 23 2021 - 12:10
Hard-hitting report scathing about need to reform Coroners’ Courts systemSystem ‘decreasingly fit for purpose’ and creating ‘human rights violations’, says studyWed Apr 21 2021 - 00:19
Prison university project to ‘bring third-level to those furthest away from it’‘Every person should be offered the chance of an education, the right to a chance for change’Mon Apr 19 2021 - 07:06
Lack of papers for fishermen rescued off Cork coast under investigation‘State has failed’ two Egyptian workers hired without work permits, says advocate bodyMon Apr 19 2021 - 04:45
More than a third of homeless people have been sexually assaultedInterviews with 100 homeless people provide harrowing insights into perilous livesMon Apr 19 2021 - 00:01
Dublin school criticised over refusal to let three pupils with disabilities sit LCAJunior minister accuses Clonturk college of ‘failing to be inclusive’ over the issueThu Apr 15 2021 - 01:00
Remains of 19 women who died at mother and baby home remain missingUrgent calls to halt housing development until Bessborough lands are examinedWed Apr 14 2021 - 21:00
Mother and baby homes: Bill on burials ‘far short’ of what was promised, committee toldCoroners must be involved in excavation process, Oireachtas committee hearsWed Apr 14 2021 - 14:37
Remains of mothers and babies should be ‘returned’ to familiesMass graves should be protected and preserved, Oireachtas committee to be toldWed Apr 14 2021 - 04:01
Former Debenhams workers protest a year on from closure‘We were devastated,’ says former shop steward at march outside Henry Street branchFri Apr 09 2021 - 20:48
St Vincent de Paul calls for charity shops to be classed as ‘essential service’Poorest households cannot afford high-street or online shops for clothes or homewareWed Apr 07 2021 - 19:44
Circus owners fear the big top might fold for goodCircus families say they are being unfairly treated when it comes to Covid-19 supportsWed Apr 07 2021 - 18:00
Debenhams workers live with the trauma of liquidation one year onBitter dispute appears near resolution after a year of protests and picketsWed Apr 07 2021 - 01:00
Irish opera singer Veronica Dunne dies aged 93Operatic community loses highly respected figure and ever-present artist for over 60 yearsMon Apr 05 2021 - 22:21
Seriously injured woman in Limerick road crash diesGardaí investigating and appealing for any witnesses to come forward to Adare collisionMon Apr 05 2021 - 21:10
