Galway native Dónall Ó Cualáin to become acting Garda CommissionerFormerly a sergeant in the Aran Islands, Ó Cualáin rose through the ranksMon Sept 11 2017 - 01:00
Nóirín O’Sullivan timeline: A turbulent time at the topFrom January 23rd, 2014 to her resignation, Garda commissioner faced controversySun Sept 10 2017 - 21:58
Homelessness leading to addiction, rehabilitation service saysMerchant’s Quay charity calls for greater investment in emergency accommodationFri Sept 08 2017 - 05:00
Almost 3,000 children now homeless across StateIn late July there were 2,973 children in 1,429 families using emergency accommodationThu Sept 07 2017 - 18:10
Dart passengers encouraged to play new piano at Pearse StationMusical distraction from stresses of commuting life installed at busy Dublin platformThu Sept 07 2017 - 14:06
Children who have parent in prison ‘unseen and unheard’Conference told it is unknown how many Irish children have a parent in prisonWed Sept 06 2017 - 21:41
‘A Traveller going to university shouldn’t be news’Kathleen Lawrence, who has graduated from Maynooth, was told she was ‘stupid’ at schoolWed Sept 06 2017 - 01:00
Surge in the number of homeless children in DublinFocus Ireland’s head of advocacy says city’s child homelessness figures are ‘shocking’Fri Sept 01 2017 - 01:15
Charity calls for beds to be ‘reopened urgently’ following death of ‘Jack’ Howlett-WatsonHomeless man died after being found unconscious on Dublin city centre streetThu Aug 31 2017 - 18:54
State must act if Ibrahim Halawa not freed on September 18th - familyAction against Egypt at ICJ required if date passes without release, says sister SomaiaThu Aug 31 2017 - 16:46
‘I was a traumatised child’: from Balkan war to homeless in DublinRustin Brdar (30) went through PTSD and addiction before getting his life togetherWed Aug 30 2017 - 01:00
‘I didn’t really expect him to win but Conor has done a lot for Ireland’Fans crowd into Dublin pub to watch local boy fight Floyd Mayweather in Las VegasSun Aug 27 2017 - 09:34
‘You were always in the clutches of the nuns’Former residents describe degrading treatment at church-run Magdalene laundriesFri Aug 25 2017 - 16:31
Carrickmines fire: ‘Memories of the night are like a horror film’The Connors family on the enduring pain of the blaze that killed 10 of their loved onesFri Aug 25 2017 - 01:00
Threshold says landlords doing minimal maintenance to raise rentsHousing charity claims landlords are finding ways to ‘weed out’ poorer familiesThu Aug 24 2017 - 19:10
Fingerprints and eyes scanned: Border crossing at Niagara Falls‘Leaving Canada is no problem. At the other end, a double glass door controls entry’Wed Aug 23 2017 - 01:00
‘I’m out of words for how thankful I am to Citizens Information Services’Jamile Santos Da Silva used it when seeking advice about her son, visa and rentMon Jul 31 2017 - 01:00
Plans to dissolve Mabs companies branded ‘power grab’Money advice and citizens information services due to be replaced with regional boardsMon Jul 31 2017 - 01:00
Treatment in Garda custody raised at UNCommittee Against Torture to examine Ireland’s compliance with conventionThu Jul 27 2017 - 01:00
Brazilian woman worried deportation will remain on recordPaloma Aparezida Silva-Carvalho ‘doesn’t think she will ever want to return to Ireland’Mon Jul 24 2017 - 20:06
Department’s response to Adams’ query ‘incorrect’, says TuslaDepartment of Children denies providing incorrect details to parliamentary questionsMon Jul 24 2017 - 01:00
Tusla chief criticises Hiqa’s refusal to publish reportReport is broadly positive and McBride believes it would bring balance to public discourseMon Jul 24 2017 - 01:00
Brazilians complain of ‘mistreatment’ at Dublin airportEmbassy says 489 Brazilian nationals refused entry to Ireland last year, up from 312Sat Jul 22 2017 - 16:10
Budget to prioritise children and lone-parent families, says MinisterRegina Doherty says social protection focus in October must be on those most at riskFri Jul 21 2017 - 21:10
421 people committed to prison in 2016 on immigration-related issuesIreland criticised for holding immigration detainees alongside sentenced prisonersThu Jul 20 2017 - 21:32
Hiqa report identifies major failings in Cork region’s fostering servicesChild protection allegations about foster carers not consistently responded toThu Jul 20 2017 - 21:28
Former au pair ‘traumatised’ after night in jail and strip searchWoman held in Dochas prison was trying to visit former employers in Galway for holidayThu Jul 20 2017 - 15:45
Galway family left ‘distraught’ by arrest of former au pairBrazilian woman (24) released after she was detained trying to visit ex-employers for holidayThu Jul 20 2017 - 01:00
Men ‘look creepy at you’ - children in direct provision speak outInterviews with 110 minors reveal concerns about poverty, stigma and personal safetyWed Jul 19 2017 - 01:00
Tusla delays led to failure to clear grandfather’s nameCase of man who died before his name was cleared highlighted in Ombudsman’s reportTue Jul 18 2017 - 18:13
Number of Dublin families homeless for over two years doublesTotal of 1,037 families living in emergency accommodation in June, latest figures showMon Jul 17 2017 - 01:00
‘We can’t go on like this’: homeless family of eight’s distressDublin family were forced to split up over weekend after failing to find accommodationMon Jul 17 2017 - 01:00
People reach out to ‘Boxer’ Moran after TV interview on suicide‘People have put a lot of faith in me’: Minister plans event on literacy and mental healthFri Jul 14 2017 - 19:14
Finian McGrath pledges to ratify convention on people with disabilities‘Dumping’ of relatives in institutions a key matter of concern in Government strategyFri Jul 14 2017 - 18:36
Housing emergency must be declared, Right to a Home summit toldCost of housing affecting women and children ‘as gap between costs and income grows’Thu Jul 13 2017 - 17:47
Housing crisis to escalate over next five years, academics warn‘Family hubs’ could be next ‘direct provision’ for State’s poor, says NUI Maynooth reportWed Jul 12 2017 - 07:50
Family Carers Ireland calls for greater investment in homecareCarer says mother ‘will end up in a nursing home when I cannot give her all she needs’Tue Jul 11 2017 - 19:59
Caranua ‘reabuses’ institutional survivors, UN to hearPsychologists report having to counsel abuse survivors after using Caranua’s servicesMon Jul 03 2017 - 19:26
UN to hear about ‘denial’ over Magdalene laundriesGovernment’s refusal to accept liability violates survivors’ dignityMon Jul 03 2017 - 01:00
Mortgage-to-rent: ‘Perfect candidate’ waited for two yearsSingle father Danny O’Connor’s case illustrates problems with government schemeMon Jul 03 2017 - 01:00
Minister aims to expand mortgage-to-rent schemeEoghan Murphy to relax criteria to allow more distressed borrowers to apply for MTRMon Jul 03 2017 - 01:00
Zappone critical of HSE failings on mother and baby homesSenior HSE staff highlighted concerns five years ago but these were not fully investigatedSat Jul 01 2017 - 01:00
Personal records a priority for mother and baby home survivorsKatherine Zappone hosted event in Dublin, with more planned around countryFri Jun 30 2017 - 20:09
Number of homeless children continues to riseGovernment figures show 2,777 children in emergency accommodation at the end of MayFri Jun 30 2017 - 19:22
Traveller families complain over ‘invasion’ of site by armed gardaíActor John Connors who lives at Dublin halting site says residents are ‘traumatised’Thu Jun 29 2017 - 20:31
‘Affordable’ housing means different things in different places, Minister saysPrivate developers must deliver affordable homes on lands benefitting from public fundsWed Jun 28 2017 - 19:30
Ministers to consider rules on older people’s rental incomeEoghan Murphy wants more homes made available for rental marketWed Jun 28 2017 - 16:37
No guarantee publicly-funded ‘affordable’ housing will be affordableHomes in one of State’s biggest private developments may cost €300,000Tue Jun 27 2017 - 19:08
Social workers ‘retrained’ to manage risk instead of remove itNew approach marks ‘paradigm shift’ in how Tusla will approach child protectionMon Jun 26 2017 - 01:00
‘Thank you, friends ... Focus Ireland. Thank you, Ireland’Palestinian refugee Maher Allassar and family overjoyed at heavenly new homeFri Jun 23 2017 - 01:00
