Care Law Report Project case studies: Teenagers in crisisSuccessful outcome for teen with ‘psychosis’, and no aftercare plan for 18-year-old girlMon Jan 29 2018 - 00:00
Boy who is ‘too dangerous’ for care left in a non-secure unitThe teenager is one of 16 cases in latest work from the Child Care Law Reporting ProjectMon Jan 29 2018 - 00:00
School board seeks Minister’s backing in row with Christian BrothersBoard of Clonkeen College facing dissolution in dispute over €18m sale of playing fieldsMon Jan 29 2018 - 00:00
Dublin landlord may be arrested after forced evictionTenants allege they were assaulted as a group of men removed them from an apartmentSun Jan 28 2018 - 22:51
Life on rent allowance: ‘Mould gets into the toothbrushes’Mother-of-three living in damp house with son who has severe respiratory problemsSat Jan 27 2018 - 01:45
New human rights appointments face legal challengeFormer RTÉ producer says she has been ‘pushed out’ of equality commissionSat Jan 27 2018 - 01:00
Number of vacant homes in Dublin said to be between 900 and 1,000Local authorities found average actual vacancy rate about 3% of that indicated by CSOFri Jan 26 2018 - 01:00
Call for full State pension for those not working past 66NUIG team find people want choice about working beyond State retirement age of 66Thu Jan 25 2018 - 01:00
Down syndrome group calls for respect during abortion referendum‘People with Down syndrome listen to the news and read media articles, including social media content’Wed Jan 24 2018 - 13:41
Housing movement like anti-water charges campaign urgedPolicy appears to be ‘solutions’ that are most profitable for private sector, conference toldTue Jan 23 2018 - 19:19
Homelessness decrease was ‘seasonal’ and will likely reverse, charities warnSimon Communities says figures fell as people stayed with family over ChristmasFri Jan 19 2018 - 18:45
Protesters call for end to ‘injustice’ of pensions anomalyChanges in 2012 ‘discriminating against’ 40,000 who took time out of workforceThu Jan 18 2018 - 21:41
Roma children in Ireland ‘starving’ due to ‘relentless’ povertyEmily Logan says half the 5,000 Roma living in the State ‘struggle to survive day to day’Thu Jan 18 2018 - 20:36
Roma children malnourished due to ‘extreme’ poverty, report saysSome Roma children kept out of school over ‘constant fear’ they will be taken into careThu Jan 18 2018 - 01:00
Tax breaks for private pensions should be reviewed to address inequality‘It is totally wrong and unfair. I raised three kids, did a good job and this is the thanks I get’Wed Jan 17 2018 - 21:44
Social worker urged foster mother of ‘Molly’ to complainReport finds actions of HSE and Tusla had ‘negative effect’ on teenager with Down syndromeTue Jan 16 2018 - 20:50
HSE and Tusla had ‘negative effect’ on disabled girl abandoned at birthCases of 500 children with disabilities in care being reviewed by OmbudsmanMon Jan 15 2018 - 01:00
Former homeless Apollo House residents secure homeCzech couple now have hope for the future and jobs including a space-technology internshipMon Jan 15 2018 - 01:00
Residents of Dublin direct provision centre to learn of new locationOther centres for asylum seekers in the capital are nearly or totally fullMon Jan 15 2018 - 00:00
Families protest children’s play area land ‘grab’ by council‘Builders are coming in over the bit of green we have left. It’s not safe to let the children out’Thu Jan 11 2018 - 21:18
Publicly funded and legally regulated fertility treatment is ‘critical’Expert predicts number of women freezing their eggs to have babies later in life will riseWed Jan 10 2018 - 21:09
Charities regulator says HSE could lose its charitable statusFarrelly says much of narrative about charities is ‘unfair’, and they operate ‘in the gaps’Sat Dec 30 2017 - 01:00
Undocumented fisherman’s injuries at sea are under investigationHealth and Safety Authority is examining trawler incident that left man with severed fingerFri Dec 29 2017 - 05:55
Number of food parcels given out up threefold in five years at day centreCapuchin day centre sees double number of children presenting for foodFri Dec 22 2017 - 13:20
Developer not providing social housing at Ballsbridge siteChartered Land bought Ringsend apartments to avoid social housing at exclusive siteFri Dec 22 2017 - 01:15
Apartment owners whose tenants may face eviction own a number of Dublin propertiesTenants alleged landlords sought rent increase of over twice the permissible 4%Fri Dec 22 2017 - 01:00
Tenants whose landlord tried to evict them welcome injunctionLandlord alleged to have changed locks and cut off electricity to apartmentThu Dec 21 2017 - 05:50
Only two-thirds of planned extra homeless beds availableHowever, Dublin figures indicate the 200 beds will be surpassed by ChristmasTue Dec 19 2017 - 01:00
McVerry trust turns sod on its first new buildsEoghan Murphy opens 16 homes in separate development by Respond! in CoolockMon Dec 18 2017 - 21:40
Homeless accommodation must be ‘spread around’ DublinEoghan Murphy visits Fitzwilliam Street shelter which faced years of oppositionMon Dec 18 2017 - 18:59
Bar staff should get anti-racism training, says Traveller activistComments follow settlement in case of four Travellers refused service in Maynooth barMon Dec 18 2017 - 01:00
A Christmas gift for children in emergency accommodation‘When they’re with other homeless kids they can feel normal,’ says Darndale motherMon Dec 18 2017 - 01:00
No need for new national suicide authority, says MinisterSuicide reduction strategy already being rolled out county-by-county, says Jim DalySun Dec 17 2017 - 14:45
Ireland’s 3,194 homeless children prepare for ChristmasAt a family hub in Dublin, children talk about ‘squashy’ conditions and their Christmas plansSat Dec 16 2017 - 01:20
Woman believed to be behind Traveller gun attackDublin shooting described as ‘the lowest of the low’Wed Dec 13 2017 - 01:00
Luas drivers say they have not been adequately trainedCross City lines are far more complex, with more hazards and busy junctionsSat Dec 09 2017 - 01:00
‘Vital’ that abortion not be a crime, says ZapponeMinister’s vexed remarks come as committee reviewing amendment set to make proposalsThu Dec 07 2017 - 20:16
‘Fagin’s law’ needed for adults who groom children for crimeGovernment’s special rapporteur recommends higher age of criminal responsibilityThu Dec 07 2017 - 00:00
Focus outlines homelessness-avoidance strategiesHousing charity report looks at best ways to prevent families from losing homesWed Dec 06 2017 - 18:33
Thousands of women in Ireland subjected to female genital mutilationConference on tackling violence against women held in DublinTue Dec 05 2017 - 20:43
Pensioners living in damp bedsits lose hopeCouncil and Alone pledges to tackle cold and damp in Jamestown Court amount to nothingMon Dec 04 2017 - 07:02
Charity homelessness single reminds us ‘we all fall down’Christy Dignam and Shay Healy among those contributing to Christmas fundraiserSun Dec 03 2017 - 19:00
Call for ‘written guarantees’ on human rights in NI post BrexitActivists and experts urge parties involved in negotiations to maintain 'core principles of rights and equality' set out in the Belfast AgreementSun Dec 03 2017 - 17:44
Solidarity party advances radical plan to build 1,000 homesHousing crisis: Mortgage repayments to the council would be between €478 and €797Fri Dec 01 2017 - 21:37
Legislation to decriminalise drugs could come in ‘early 2019’HSE will recommend location for supervised injection centre in Dublin in ‘mid-December’Thu Nov 30 2017 - 21:51
Adopted children must have right to contact with their birth familiesConference told it is time to look at supports as well as ‘clean break’ adoptionsThu Nov 30 2017 - 18:35
Finian McGrath urged to close Áras Attracta over persistent failuresHiqa has given home for adults with intellectual disability final warning before closureWed Nov 29 2017 - 11:11
Homeless man found dead in Ranelagh was on priority housing listIrish man in his late 50s one of two rough-sleepers in Dublin who died this weekWed Nov 29 2017 - 10:31
Sole Westmeath homeless shelter likely to close over fundingHomelessness among single adults up 44% in Midlands in the year since October 2016Wed Nov 29 2017 - 01:00
Homeless man found dead in tent in Ranelagh in DublinMan in his 50s had been known to outreach workers for a number of yearsTue Nov 28 2017 - 19:12
