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
‘I felt it was all my fault’: Mothers describe homeless experience in new documentaryChildren describe anxiety, shame and fear over living in emergency accommodationThu Jul 26 2018 - 17:47
Woman never got over twin’s death in Carrickmines fire, funeral told‘We will never forget you’: Funeral of mother of two Amanda Gilbert takes place in BrayMon Jul 23 2018 - 14:37
Disability rights group calls for ‘drastic increase’ in supportIrish ratification of UN convention on rights for people with disabilities is ‘ironic’Mon Jul 23 2018 - 01:42
Funeral of twin sister of Carrickmines fire victim to take placeService will be held for Amanda Gilbert in Bray following her death on FridayMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:00
Mother who took her own life was devastated by homelessness, event hearsSister of Danielle Carroll addresses inaugural summer school in her honourSat Jul 21 2018 - 22:16
Call for incentives for people to work until aged 70Minister for Employment suggests people save their pensions towards lump sum at 70Sat Jul 21 2018 - 01:00
Galway Travellers living in rat-infested conditions, report findsCouncils accused of breaching their tenants’ international human rightsFri Jul 20 2018 - 00:29
Almost 5,000 children referred to Tusla had no social worker by DecemberAgency’s annual report shows 48 young adults who had left care were homelessThu Jul 19 2018 - 14:23
‘Ask Facebook to leave Ireland if it won’t control content’Dr Mary Aiken says asking company to self-regulate like asking drink drivers to award themselves penalty pointsThu Jul 19 2018 - 11:54
Government may fine firms over standards of decency onlineVaradkar raises prospect of penalties after revelationsThu Jul 19 2018 - 00:00
Naughten set for Facebook meeting over violent materialMinister for Communications to hold talks with social network over ‘Dispatches’ exposéWed Jul 18 2018 - 16:48
Council to consider construction of log cabin homes in gardensDublin couple have been ordered by Bord Pleanála to take down log cabin they call homeMon Jul 16 2018 - 01:00
Meghan Markle is far from a feminist iconOpinion: 'Suits' actor quit her career to marry into one of the world’s most patriarchal institutionsSat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
Older people cannot find smaller homes to move to, report findsAlone report says over 120,000 homes for older people needed between now and 2031Thu Jul 12 2018 - 20:43
Homeless crisis ‘damaging fabric of society’ – Focus IrelandSr Stan says society invited to see homeless people as ‘other’ and ‘undeserving’Thu Jul 12 2018 - 17:19
Varadkar says tech firms ‘very attuned’ to child safety issuesTaoiseach thought it unnecessary to put legal onus on service providers in online safety planWed Jul 11 2018 - 18:12
Online proposals have no sanctions against service providersChild safety plans set out 25 ‘targets’ around five ‘goals’Wed Jul 11 2018 - 18:11
Traveller halting site gets approval from Fingal councillorsCoolquay village residents ‘very disappointed’ at decision to facilitate new DAA runwayMon Jul 09 2018 - 22:22
Row over proposed Traveller halting site in north DublinCoolquay locals say site is ‘highly unsuitable’ as it is a flood plainMon Jul 09 2018 - 02:00
Private rented sector needs ‘serious reform’ to solve homelessnessReport says families describe getting a rapid-build home like ‘winning the Lotto’Mon Jul 09 2018 - 00:01
Teenager rescued from sea at SuttonHelicopter and lifeboat crew save boy who got into trouble swimming at Burrow BeachSun Jul 08 2018 - 20:43
New housing data map could ‘revolutionise’ public understandingData brings together sales prices, rents, locations, social housing and private rented levelsSat Jul 07 2018 - 05:00
Dublin’s true social divide is revealed by housing mapNew interactive resource shows the city’s social and economic divisions in stark detailSat Jul 07 2018 - 05:00
Lone parents forced into work by policy changes lost incomeAbout 99% of recipients of the One Parent Family payment are womenThu Jul 05 2018 - 00:02
Call for Oireachtas group to consider ‘reparations’ for TravellersNew cross-party Oireachtas group to look at improving life for TravellersTue Jul 03 2018 - 21:38
Homeless families reluctant to accept HAP tenanciesFamilies could later apply for council house, Minister for Housing insistsTue Jul 03 2018 - 19:25
After the Eighth: A fatal foetal diagnosis, but too sick to travel‘It was awful ... I was wanting something bad to happen to me so they’d induce me’Mon Jul 02 2018 - 00:16
Homeless families: ‘Often they have nowhere to go after 5pm’Focus Ireland opens Dublin service for those unsure where they will sleep until late at nightSat Jun 30 2018 - 09:48
Young LGBT people keen on more gender neutrality, strategy states‘No-one in this country should feel isolated, discriminated against or bullied’Fri Jun 29 2018 - 19:03
Three more strike days planned at Lloyd’s pharmacies over payOver 200 of the company’s mainly female staff will strike for three hours on FridayThu Jun 28 2018 - 21:27
15 abortions carried out in Irish hospitals in 2017Number fell markedly compared with the previous three years of the operation of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy ActThu Jun 28 2018 - 18:54
International report highlights use of videos in Jobstown trialInternational Network of Civil Liberties Organisations report published in GenevaWed Jun 27 2018 - 22:02
Residents vow to resist eviction order over fire safety issueHouseholders in Leeside apartments in Cork say repairs could be done with tenants in situTue Jun 26 2018 - 19:53
Ireland’s asylum system: ‘A two-tier system has clearly emerged’State failing commitment to give sanctuary to 4,000 people fleeing war, poverty – reportMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:35
Hundreds with intellectual disabilities still in institutions despite pledgeHSE commitment failing, as just over 650 of 2,370 adults moved from group homesMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:29
Almost 75% of drugs offences last year were ‘possession for personal use’Group says State resources could be used better helping drug-users and tackling serious drug crimeSun Jun 24 2018 - 20:10
Staff strike over pay and conditions at 34 Lloyd’s pharmacy branches‘I’m on €11 an hour and I haven’t had a raise in five years,’ says one strikerFri Jun 22 2018 - 18:12
‘Mistreatment of survivors’ of institutional abuse a ‘greater national shame’‘Caranua failed. As a former board member I can state this with the utmost truth and confidence’Thu Jun 21 2018 - 19:22
Tusla cannot eliminate all risk to children: it needs our supportHelping vulnerable families starts with tackling disadvantage in societyThu Jun 21 2018 - 02:00
Homeless families refuse tenancies in private sector, report findsMany stay in emergency accommodation until they can secure a local authority homeWed Jun 20 2018 - 05:00
