Care homes: ‘We’re well looked after – it would be terrible if it was to close’Residents of low-dependency ‘care homes’ in the southeast face an uncertain futureWed Oct 10 2018 - 00:05
Child poverty targeting by Regina Doherty not enoughAnalysis: Despite welcome measures, more must be done to help worst-off childrenTue Oct 09 2018 - 21:41
Budget contains ‘no reference to need to improve pay for childcare workers’Unions warn of staffing crisis in sector and say Budget 2019 a ‘missed opportunity’ to improve conditionsTue Oct 09 2018 - 17:38
Budget 2019: Social welfare rates to rise by €5 a weekMinister for Finance Paschal Donohoe also announces new paid parental leave schemeTue Oct 09 2018 - 14:39
Asylum seekers ‘shocked’ at decision to close Clondalkin centreThe capital’s largest direct provision centre, in west Dublin, has 225 residentsTue Oct 09 2018 - 05:00
Council to vote on sale of Mount Anville site set aside for TravellersSite earmarked for Traveller accommodation has lain idle due to residents’ objectionsMon Oct 08 2018 - 00:47
Drug decriminalisation ‘would benefit wide range of users’Potential change in law being considered by working group expected to report in 2019Mon Oct 08 2018 - 00:22
Family who lost seven members to suicide plead for mental health servicesFamily in Co Wexford grieving for lost siblings suffering due to ‘lack of compassion’Mon Oct 08 2018 - 00:20
Number of under-26s in long-term unemployment nears 8,000Youth council seeks €22m State investment as it aims to halve figure in coming yearMon Oct 08 2018 - 00:02
More than 200 asylum seekers may lose homes before ChristmasClondalkin Towers Hotel to close December 3rd when management company pulls outFri Oct 05 2018 - 21:55
Up to 10,000 attend rally demanding end to housing crisis‘At least half a million people...whose housing situation is causing them serious distress’ - Fr Peter McVerryWed Oct 03 2018 - 19:01
Beaten: The Irish childhoods ruined by corporal punishment‘It’s time to talk about what these teachers did ... My childhood was stolen’Sat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00
Rise in number of people becoming homeless after leaving State careFocus Ireland: 15% of the care-leavers it works with in Dublin are homelessSat Sept 29 2018 - 01:00
March demanding abortion legislation planned in DublinEvent to act as ‘reminder’ to Government that ‘nothing on the ground has changed’Fri Sept 28 2018 - 20:21
Over 1,600 removed from homeless figures in ‘recategorisation’ exerciseDepartment of Housing accused of manipulating figures to stay below 10,000 thresholdThu Sept 27 2018 - 19:16
Only 4% of new social houses built by local authoritiesFigures show the heavy reliance on the private sector has increasedThu Sept 27 2018 - 14:41
Eoghan Murphy’s claim of social housing list drop ‘misleading’Eoin Ó Broin of Sinn Féin disputes claim number of households in need fell 14,000Thu Sept 27 2018 - 01:00
Parents struggling to make ends meet regularly go without foodStudy paints a stark picture of the reality of living long-term without an adequate incomeWed Sept 26 2018 - 19:52
Homeless crisis: ‘When I first came in here I couldn’t believe it was for me’Joe Shannon was destitute when the Housing First scheme was deployed by the McVerry trustWed Sept 26 2018 - 16:52
Minister targets 600 long-term homeless for housing‘We will work with local Simon communities, NGOs and the local authorities,’ says MurphyWed Sept 26 2018 - 16:07
Minister keen to reverse Joan Burton’s social protection ‘cuts’Regina Doherty says misogyny towards single mothers is ‘not diminishing fast enough’Tue Sept 25 2018 - 19:26
‘Working-class people have become so dehumanised by this drug’Grace Dyas’s ‘Heroin’ explores addiction and demonisation of addicts as ‘class genocide’Mon Sept 24 2018 - 00:01
Housing crisis: Dublin’s O’Connell Bridge scene of mass protestTake Back the City campaign rallies thousands in support of peaceful demonstrationSat Sept 22 2018 - 19:27
Vacant Glebe House in Crumlin occupied by activists‘This is our land . . . It doesn’t belong to vulture funds or millionaires who sit on property ’Sat Sept 22 2018 - 18:54
Budget the acid test for how ‘lone parents treated’‘Lone parents are in crisis . . . a rental and housing crisis,’ claim advocacy groupsThu Sept 20 2018 - 19:52
Inequality in the home the ‘root’ of domestic violence, says expertFamily home a place of coercion for some women, according to Safe Ireland chief executiveThu Sept 20 2018 - 16:34
‘Irish Passport’ among most popular searches on Citizens Information websiteThousands of hits came from UK-based visitorsWed Sept 19 2018 - 20:17
Childcare system ‘car crash’ ‘inevitable’, High Court hearsCase reports highlight difficulties of finding suitable placements for children in careMon Sept 17 2018 - 00:30
Council seeks to remove mother and children from vacant house‘Don’t mess my three babies about. I just want to keep them safe and secure’Sat Sept 15 2018 - 01:00
Political leaders urged to show ‘bravery’ to tackle drugs, homelessnessHomeless single adults being ‘left behind’, Merchants Quay Ireland co-founder saysFri Sept 14 2018 - 01:00
Publishing, for John Mulcahy, was ‘a passion, not just a job,’ mourners toldPresident Michael D Higgins among those at Mass for founder of ‘Sunday Tribune’ and ‘Phoenix’Thu Sept 13 2018 - 17:22
Six children had to sleep at hospital due to lack of housingGardaí took family to Portiuncula Hospital after they presented as homeless last weekWed Sept 12 2018 - 20:28
Gardaí accused of using speaker to shout ‘good evening scumbags’ at drug usersFamilies report feelings that their grief was ‘disenfranchised’ after drug-related deathsWed Sept 12 2018 - 00:15
Irexit Freedom to Prosper to field candidates in European electionsRepublic is contributor of ‘€400m to old drunk men who make our laws’, agm hearsSat Sept 08 2018 - 18:15
Analysis: Minister’s critique of councils is latest shifting of housing blameMurphy’s comments are first policy statement since family slept in Garda station last monthSat Sept 08 2018 - 01:00
Common painkiller linked to higher risk of heart attack and strokeDifene use increases the likelihood of major cardiovascular events, study findsWed Sept 05 2018 - 00:46
Sheriff Street gets luxury student complex, but no extra housesDevelopers chasing profits as locals forced to move out of area, say community groupsSat Sept 01 2018 - 01:00
Hundreds of autistic teenagers in ‘inappropriate’ schools‘Urgent need’ to invest in secondary school places for such children, warns campaignerFri Aug 31 2018 - 01:00
Tusla chief Fred McBride to step down next monthTributes paid to Child and Family Agency boss after announcement of his departureThu Aug 30 2018 - 17:19
Number of homeless children almost doubled in some parts of countryHomeless children numbers in Clare and Limerick up 120% since July 2017Wed Aug 29 2018 - 18:15
Family homeless over ‘tardiness’ of RTB and Garda failingsTenants were given just 32 days’ notice to leave despite being entitled to 112 daysWed Aug 29 2018 - 00:08
Minister says homelessness ‘policies working’ as total nears 10,000Eoghan Murphy says ‘incredibly deep’ housing crisis could not be solved in two yearsTue Aug 28 2018 - 12:06
Thousands turn out for protest over clerical abuseStand For Truth rally at Garden of Remembrance began at same time as the papal MassSun Aug 26 2018 - 19:56
Welcome to the Liberties: New students get a taste of inner city Dublin lifeShopkeepers show the best of local hospitality to the latest arrivals to the areaFri Aug 24 2018 - 01:00
Survivors' group calls on pope to give assets of abusive orders to the StateSurvivors of Child Abuse group had hoped to meet with pontiff ahead of SaturdayThu Aug 23 2018 - 21:59
Staff in disability centre told to leave resident behind during fire drillsHiqa found Drombanna Centre in Limerick had fire safety failingsWed Aug 22 2018 - 16:24
FF TD accuses party leaders of having ‘no backbone’ on vulture fund BillFianna Fáil’s John McGuinness calls for recall of the Dáil over mortgage arrears issueWed Aug 22 2018 - 00:54
No discharge for 76-year-old until home-help hours approvedPatrick Menton ready to go home since February, but cannot until hours securedMon Jul 30 2018 - 01:00
Make greater use of compulsory purchase powers, local authorities toldDepartment of Housing urges councils to acquire vacant properties for social housingSat Jul 28 2018 - 05:00
Travellers on roadside or in overcrowded homes increased 66 per cent in 5 yearsDepartment of Housing figures show 585 families living by the side of the roadFri Jul 27 2018 - 19:48
