Fire victim and injured cousin ‘lived for children’Bray Travellers group says ‘inseparable’ cousins had grown up in same houseThu Mar 09 2017 - 20:46
‘Grace’ inquiry must include every player in this appalling sagaBroad investigation into abuse allegations required to deliver lessons we need to learnThu Mar 09 2017 - 05:00
Concept of ‘family values’ undermines women’s rights – UNReproductive rights of women must be protected, UN health expert tells Dublin congressWed Mar 08 2017 - 19:18
Government may expand mother and baby homes inquiryMove comes after discovery of the remains of a ‘significant’ number of babies in TuamTue Mar 07 2017 - 09:49
Educating gardaí about autism: ‘It’s not a temper tantrum’Part of diversity training which also includes LGBT and mental health awarenessTue Mar 07 2017 - 01:00
Mother and baby homes investigation too narrow, says UNWarning that terms of reference may not address ‘the whole spectrum of abuses’Mon Mar 06 2017 - 21:07
Give Me a Crash Course In . . . Travellers and ethnicityTaoiseach Enda Kenny has formally recognised Travellers as a distinct ethnic groupSat Mar 04 2017 - 00:00
Ethnic recognition a momentous step for Irish TravellersOverturning of official policy which saw Travellers as a ‘problem’ highly significantThu Mar 02 2017 - 08:36
Travellers celebrate as 30-year campaign for recognition endsTaoiseach applauded as about 100 Travellers stand outside Dáil due to lack of personnelThu Mar 02 2017 - 01:00
Recognition of ethnicity ‘will slowly but surely make a difference’Travellers and human rights groups welcome Taoiseach’s statementWed Mar 01 2017 - 21:01
Q&A: What does ethnic recognition mean for Irish Travellers?Campaigners believe move will give community confidence to address challenges it facesWed Mar 01 2017 - 11:49
Travellers to be recognised as ethnic minority for first timeTaoiseach to make statement recognising unique identity of Travelling communityTue Feb 28 2017 - 19:47
Tusla rule on allegations largely not followed, sources claimSocial workers said informing alleged abusers of allegations tipped balance from victimsMon Feb 27 2017 - 01:00
Calls for Clare council to declare Traveller housing crisisNearly 40 children living by roadside in Clare as €237,000 housing fund remains unspentMon Feb 27 2017 - 01:00
Striking Tesco workers reassured over family income supplementDepartment of Social Protection says weekly tax-free payment not suspendedFri Feb 24 2017 - 21:16
Limerick horse project seeks to provide a haven for youthsGroup wants funding for facilities to keep horses and educate disadvantaged localsFri Feb 24 2017 - 01:00
Questionnaires cause ‘distress’ for people in direct provisionThose applying for refugee status must now fill in ‘complicated’ 60-page application formMon Feb 20 2017 - 18:25
Almost 700 leave hospital for homelessness in DublinChildren’s hospitals note rise in destitution and increased workload for social workersMon Feb 20 2017 - 01:00
HSE funds treatment for 28 people to change gender in 2016Six Irish residents underwent ‘sex-change’ surgery abroad, with 22 others transitioningSat Feb 18 2017 - 01:00
NI election: ‘Eamonn McCann’s your daddy? God love you’Kitty Holland goes canvassing with the People Before Profit candidate in DerryFri Feb 17 2017 - 01:00
Ireland questioned on human rights of sex workers by UNInstitutional abuse and traveller ethnicity among issues raised by UN committeeWed Feb 15 2017 - 20:11
Homeowner renting 16 beds in three rooms for up to €445 eachYoung women sharing Dublin house told they have few rights as owner lives there tooWed Feb 15 2017 - 13:55
Renters with live-in landlords have few rights, experts warnHousing specialists call for more protections and legislation for Rent-a-Room tenantsWed Feb 15 2017 - 01:00
Tusla sent formal apology for McCabe family to wrong addressMinisters strongly criticise Minister for Children for failing to disclose knowledge of caseSat Feb 11 2017 - 09:32
State sent €4m in funding for migrants back to EUIreland only spent half of its allocation from bloc’s integration fund between 2007-2015Fri Feb 10 2017 - 01:00
Last year worst for social housing construction since 1970sAAA-PBP criticises promises made by Minister for Housing Simon Coveney as hollowThu Feb 09 2017 - 01:03
State ‘still failing women and girls in health, jobs and education’Report ahead of State’s appearance at UN committee calls for action on austerityThu Feb 09 2017 - 01:01
New national migrant integration strategy criticisedExpert says a national action plan against racism is needed to avoid issues developingTue Feb 07 2017 - 18:06
New type of accommodation offers hope for the homelessCost of Respond service at High Park Family Hub estimated to be 70% of a hotel roomTue Feb 07 2017 - 01:00
Call for ‘friendly vulture fund' to help distressed homeownersJohn McGuinness urges setting-up of agency to protect troubled mortgage-holdersTue Feb 07 2017 - 01:00
Disabled woman ‘terrified’ about return to homeless hostel‘I could see people stoned, laughing,’ says Denise McCoy (52) who is paralysed on one sideMon Feb 06 2017 - 01:00
Almost €200,000 donated to Home Sweet Home in six weeksGroup aims to be a ‘permanent, citizens’ intervention in the homelessness crisis’Sun Feb 05 2017 - 18:02
Asylum-seeker renews hunger strike over rejected applicationAs a Kurd Amjad Rosstami maintains his life would be endangered if he returned to IranThu Feb 02 2017 - 20:16
Fitzgerald says keeping child refugees in cages unacceptableMinister criticises Greek decision to put unaccompanied children in cagesWed Feb 01 2017 - 20:25
Young people’s criminal records ‘should be wiped at 25’Report on how to regenerate Dublin’s inner city to be submitted to Government next weekWed Feb 01 2017 - 18:28
Dublin council seeks to mend fences with opening of equine centreCouncil hopes Clondalkin centre will mark ‘fresh start’ in relations with horse ownersWed Feb 01 2017 - 01:00
Dublin inner city regeneration project is under threatCommunity groups react angrily as council says renovation of school is not ‘cost effective’Tue Jan 31 2017 - 01:00
Donald Trump’s travel ban: What does it mean?Is the ban being implemented at Irish airports and are dual citizens affected?Mon Jan 30 2017 - 18:01
Minister says Enda Kenny should boycott ‘near fascist’ Donald TrumpJohn Halligan urges Taoiseach to withdraw from St Patrick’s Day meetingMon Jan 30 2017 - 10:24
Zappone seeks ‘urgent review’ of pre-clearance at Irish airportsApplication of Trump’s travel ban here may be illegal, warn human rights law expertsSun Jan 29 2017 - 20:47
Flanagan concerned at Trump’s Muslim country travel banUS president has placed a 90-day ban on entry to the US by people from seven countriesSun Jan 29 2017 - 13:53
Inquiry may be Stardust families’ last chance to get answersTestimony of ageing witnesses to fire remains key as expert set to review evidenceSat Jan 28 2017 - 01:00
Stardust tragedy: Families claim review of fire ‘neutered’Relatives say previous report on blaze altered between submission and publication in 2008 to 2009Fri Jan 27 2017 - 08:00
State to recognise Traveller ethnicity within weeksStatement in Dáil on ethnic status imminent according to members of Oireachtas committeeThu Jan 26 2017 - 17:02
Cabinet defers decision on motion seeking new Stardust inquiryFamilies believe they have unearthed new evidence which ‘cannot be ignored’Tue Jan 24 2017 - 14:29
Stardust families have found ‘significant new evidence’Victims’ relatives are campaigning for a new inquiry into the 1981 Dublin nightclub fireMon Jan 23 2017 - 19:56
Home Sweet Home plans mass movement on housingGroup to follow Right2Water example and mobilise citizens to ‘beat’ homelessnessMon Jan 23 2017 - 05:00
Contraception should be free to teenage girls in Ireland, UN toldNational Women’s Council submission says women hit harder by recession and austerityFri Jan 20 2017 - 16:54
Removing the Baptism barrier is largely meaninglessState continues to kowtow to church and our children are lambs in middleFri Jan 20 2017 - 06:56
Heartbreak a ‘rage against hypocrisy of Ireland in 2016’Emmet Kirwan’s visceral film exposes humbug of State claims to safeguard vulnerableWed Jan 18 2017 - 18:51
