Housing crisis ‘forcing families to choose between food and rent’Children’s Rights Alliance warns of impact of homelessness on education and healthWed Jan 30 2019 - 14:55
Families of women who died in childbirth left in the dark, says midwifePartner of Karen McEvoy, who died on Christmas Day, not given ‘any information’Wed Jan 30 2019 - 00:16
Man calls for independent investigation into partner’s deathKaren McEvoy (24) died a week after giving birth at Coombe hospitalTue Jan 29 2019 - 03:00
Woman (24) died on Christmas Day one week after giving birthPartner says he has 'to be mammy and daddy now' to their three childrenTue Jan 29 2019 - 03:00
Donegal ‘plunged into grief’ after four die in crashYoung friends who died in ‘devastating’ incident near Gortahork described as ‘lovely lads’Mon Jan 28 2019 - 18:50
Traveller accommodation remains inadequate, says Council of EuropeSocial rights committee also notes continued violations on trade union rules for gardaíThu Jan 24 2019 - 00:01
The inquest is over but is anything going to change for Travellers?Number of Traveller families living in unsafe conditions has risen since Carrickmines fireTue Jan 22 2019 - 20:05
What is child poverty and why must we try to solve it?No Child 2020: Not everyone has enough to eat in Ireland. But poverty is more complex than thatSat Jan 19 2019 - 06:01
Coombe letter refusing abortion ‘suggests chilling effect’ of lawCouple say they were told anomaly was fatal before hospital dubbed it ‘complex anomaly’Sat Jan 19 2019 - 03:00
Woman refused abortion says she was told of fatal abnormalityCoombe says medics not of opinion foetus would die before or within 28 days of birthSat Jan 19 2019 - 03:00
Free meals every day for the Finnish kids. A packet of noodles for the Irish kidsNo Child 2020: Ireland and Finland take different approaches to single working mothersSat Jan 19 2019 - 01:00
Woman ‘refused’ abortion will travel to United Kingdom‘This is not what the people of Ireland voted for. This is not what I voted for’Fri Jan 18 2019 - 01:10
Parents who regularly take three or more drinks a day may be abusing childrenAddiction specialist warns parents on impact of their drinking on familyThu Jan 17 2019 - 16:38
Homeless family drive 160km to and from school every dayPatricia and William Maguire are living with their five children in emergency accommodation in WicklowWed Jan 16 2019 - 02:00
Stand-off over Traveller families occupying site reaches stalemateSouth Dublin County Council says it has no duty of care for families, who have 28 childrenFri Jan 11 2019 - 19:29
Traveller family with 28 children to be evicted from west Dublin siteSouth Dublin County Council says it has no ‘duty of care’ as family are not from the areaThu Jan 10 2019 - 17:28
Minister vows to improve living conditions on Traveller sitesLocal councils failing to deliver on agreed targets may be subject to financial sanctionFri Jan 04 2019 - 01:58
Education system fails Travellers, report findsTravellers in Wexford ‘severely disadvantaged’ when compared with settled populationFri Jan 04 2019 - 00:39
Call for clarity on homeless family housing entitlementsThird of families presenting as homeless are foreign nationals whose rights are ‘unclear’Wed Jan 02 2019 - 00:43
Homeless people like ‘puppy at Christmas’, says director of homeless servicesEileen Gleeson says some fundraising ‘stigmatises’ homeless peopleSun Dec 30 2018 - 16:19
Man dies in single vehicle crash in Co CorkGardaí appeal for witnesses to collision near GlanmireSun Dec 30 2018 - 15:30
Deloitte doing ‘all it can’ for tenants bereft of power or waterTrio in unfit Coombe flat say alternatives on offer are ‘humiliating’Thu Dec 27 2018 - 01:50
Invitation to Mass a ‘silly mistake’, says National Maternity HospitalHospital claims interfaith ceremony will mark inauguration of MasterSun Dec 23 2018 - 14:36
Thousands of Dublin’s poorest collect food parcels before ChristmasBasics like tea, cheese, cold meats and biscuits provided at Capuchin centreFri Dec 21 2018 - 13:58
Louth woman appeals to Minister after partner deportedSouth African national Mark Morris is the father and primary carer of their five childrenMon Dec 17 2018 - 01:00
Homeless children with mental health issues not receiving support, says charityImpact of homelessness ‘a child welfare issue’, says Focus Ireland reportFri Dec 14 2018 - 01:46
Homeless families headed by young adults particularly vulnerableReport says some professionals use ‘very strong terms’ about young parentsThu Dec 13 2018 - 00:21
Feeding the homeless: ‘It is upsetting how many children come now’A day spent between Dublin’s homeless charities shows a system under severe strainTue Dec 11 2018 - 00:23
Homeless lives ‘changed’ by Mater Hospital’s new liaison nurseAppointment of Jess Kenny is in response to increasing number of homeless patientsMon Dec 10 2018 - 01:00
Former heroin addicts feel badly served by methadone regimeMany feel their recovery is being thwarted by narrow approach to managing addictionMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:04
Families in transitional housing welcome commitment they will not be evictedMinister for Housing Eoghan Murphy tells Dáil families will not be evictedThu Dec 06 2018 - 19:42
That’s a wrap: Fill a Luas initiative a gift to the homelessThe event invites people to fill wrapped shoeboxes to be given to homeless peopleThu Dec 06 2018 - 17:50
Families in transitional housing face possibility of evictionTenants in Tallaght scheme told they must leave at end of 18-month tenancyWed Dec 05 2018 - 00:55
Arson in Moville: ‘People won’t tell you what they really think’The town is ‘coming around to the idea’ of asylum seekers after last week’s hotel fireSat Dec 01 2018 - 05:00
Protest over restrictions on disadvantaged and Traveller childrenPupils ‘being denied education’ by policy of separating them due to behavioural issuesFri Nov 30 2018 - 18:00
Two-thirds of people in parts of west Dublin report mental health issues‘The economic recovery has done little to improve mental health here’Fri Nov 30 2018 - 16:00
Hundreds of families queue for nappies and infant milkCapuchin Day Centre: ‘We have this every week. People come from all over Dublin’Tue Nov 27 2018 - 01:00
‘Flawed’ justice system fails sex crime survivors, says Lavinia KerwickRape survivor urges authorities to show bravery in treatment of victims of sex crimesMon Nov 26 2018 - 18:57
Rapes at house parties increasing, says crisis centre‘A number of clients have reported being raped by people they had met on a dating platform’Mon Nov 26 2018 - 01:00
Rally on homelessness to take place on December 1stNational Homeless and Housing Coalition call on ‘as many people as possible’ to joinFri Nov 23 2018 - 19:15
Landlords to be criminalised for breaching rent caps, AG warnsSéamus Woulfe addresses Lawyers Against Homelessness event in DublinFri Nov 23 2018 - 01:00
Concerns raised that report on sexual violence in Ireland will take five yearsInformation on the prevalence of sexual violence not available until 2024Wed Nov 21 2018 - 18:50
Failure to solve rental crisis will ‘disable’ economy, warns property expertPrivate sector ‘will not provide’ necessary number of affordable properties for rentWed Nov 21 2018 - 18:37
Housing crisis looming for older people, two Ministers warnDamien English and Jim Daly say in future far greater proportion will be in private rented sectorTue Nov 20 2018 - 19:56
Shankill family service to close unless it secures Government fundingCottage Home service has worked with more than 100 vulnerable families since opening 7 years agoMon Nov 19 2018 - 01:00
Coombe hospital’s premature ‘graduates’ reuniteJoyous occasion for 200 who spent first weeks struggling for life in venerable alma materSun Nov 18 2018 - 19:39
Homeless figures show families ‘not gaming system’, says charityFamily homelessness continues to rise in Dublin, new data showsFri Nov 16 2018 - 19:03
Children on reduced timetables ‘denied education’Barnardos, Inclusion Ireland and Irish Traveller Movement slate State-wide trendFri Nov 16 2018 - 06:00
Schools imposing reduced hours on disadvantaged childrenPlacing pupils on reduced timetable without consent considered ‘a form of suspension’Fri Nov 16 2018 - 01:00
More than 300 extra beds for homeless will open in DublinCold weather strategy includes 203 permanent and 130 ‘temporary contingency’ bedsWed Nov 14 2018 - 19:30
