Rape survivor advises sexual assault victims not to washWoman’s husband was not prosecuted because vital evidence of attack was lostThu Jul 28 2016 - 01:00
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre line sees surge in first-time callersCentre’s annual survey notes a ‘resurgence’ in the reporting of childhood sex abuseWed Jul 27 2016 - 07:49
Marital rape remains extremely difficult to prosecuteAnalysis: Just two people have been convicted of the crime since it was made illegal in 1990Tue Jul 26 2016 - 01:01
‘I thought I would always be homeless. It was tough going’A Housing First user outlines homelessness project’s radical but effective approachSat Jul 23 2016 - 11:34
Homeless man tells Leo Varadkar about life on €7 a day‘Homelessness one of the loneliest places,’ man tells Minister at pre-budget forumSat Jul 23 2016 - 01:00
Numbers of children in consistent poverty almost doubles during recessionTasc report indicates that women and children bore the brunt of recessionary yearsWed Jul 20 2016 - 21:53
Autistic youth faces uncertain future in absence of care pactTeenager placed by order of High Court in secure United Kingdom unit in early 2013Wed Jul 20 2016 - 21:17
Refugee council report reveals worry of exit from direct provisionAccess to education, financial and emotional difficulties experienced by asylum seekersWed Jul 20 2016 - 17:01
Housing plan: First-time buyer couple set for €10,000 packageScheme to boost construction of more starter homes will be outlined in budgetWed Jul 20 2016 - 13:14
Test will be ‘when we see roofs over people’s heads’Focus Ireland among numerous agencies broadly welcoming the planTue Jul 19 2016 - 22:07
Government to create 47,000 social homesOverall housing output will be doubled to 25,000 per year by 2020Tue Jul 19 2016 - 21:56
Housing plan: Main points of Government’s strategyWays to address homelessness, improve rental market and build social housing to be prioritisedTue Jul 19 2016 - 18:42
Council estates to be phased out under housing planStrategy to tackle homes crisis includes allocation of further €2bn for social housingTue Jul 19 2016 - 01:00
State land may be utilised in bid to tackle housing crisisHousing draft plan to propose €200m for councils to clear debt on suitable locationsTue Jul 19 2016 - 01:00
Owners of vacant homes to be targeted in housing planProperty owners may be given money to makes homes available for social housingMon Jul 18 2016 - 01:00
Doctor accused of misconduct after allegedly leaving postDr Ogechi Chuku claims she could not find colleague to inform she felt unwellSat Jul 16 2016 - 18:35
Charities should consider merging, says TánaisteFrances Fitzgerald says there are ‘many charities focused on the same issue’Sat Jul 16 2016 - 08:02
Housing Action Plan to expand ‘affordable rental’ accommodationGovernment wants to move sector towards large-scale investors such as pension fundsThu Jul 14 2016 - 01:00
Housing crisis: State to deliver 45,000 social homesState fund to buy distressed properties from banks, plan for ‘mixed tenure’ housing on public landThu Jul 14 2016 - 01:00
Concerns over housing plan pandering to private interestsTone of Housing Action Plan draft is replete with hesitancy on State intervening in sectorThu Jul 14 2016 - 01:00
Financial strain, overcrowded housing, deprivation - the young have it tougher, says ESRIResearch finds over-65s have fewer quality-of-life problems than younger adultsWed Jul 13 2016 - 00:10
Chemical restraints used in autism centres by staff unsure of dosagesHSE takes over Westmeath and Kildare facilities after Hiqa inspection reveals risksTue Jul 12 2016 - 14:45
Drugs used to quieten patients in autism homesHiqa takes control of three Irish Society for Autism homes after failures to improveTue Jul 12 2016 - 01:00
HSE takes over three autism centres after safety concernsCentres run by Irish Society for Autism all had Hiqa inspections over past 18 monthsMon Jul 11 2016 - 17:31
Fire risks and overcrowding widespread at Traveller sitesInspection reports ordered after Carrickmines fire show hazards across countryMon Jul 04 2016 - 01:00
Labour Cllr Brendan Carr elected Lord Mayor of DublinRepublic of Ireland players will be invited to civic reception at the Mansion HouseMon Jun 27 2016 - 21:08
High fire risk in 80% of Traveller homes, report findsIssues include unsafe sockets, emergency access, overcrowding and lack of alarmsMon Jun 27 2016 - 01:10
Conditions at Cork Travellers halting site breach safety rulesNone of the households visited by ‘The Irish Times’ had smoke alarms or fire blanketsMon Jun 27 2016 - 01:10
Abortion Bill: Woman tells of English abortion ordeal‘I never felt so relieved to see home and be away from that horrible place’Fri Jun 24 2016 - 01:00
Housing land to be sought from religious ordersMinister for Housing to meet orders in bid to solicit help in tackling housing shortageThu Jun 23 2016 - 07:08
Case study: Sophia Housing comes to aid of vulnerable couple‘Since we moved in here I have put on 3½ stone and I have colour back in my cheeks’Thu Jun 23 2016 - 01:00
Oberstown contains ‘significant’ fire safety risks, Hiqa findsStaff shortages among the failings at youth detention facility, inspectors reportWed Jun 22 2016 - 17:21
Analysis: Inadequate target for housing as party ties remainThe €1.8bn annual cost of building 10,000 units has implications for State’s fiscal rulesSat Jun 18 2016 - 01:00
The number of homeless children reached 2,177 in MayNumber of minors in emergency accommodation rose by 79% in a yearSat Jun 18 2016 - 01:00
Housing committee target: 50,000 homes in five yearsCross-party group also recommends stronger rental rules and first-time buyer supportSat Jun 18 2016 - 01:00
At least 50,000 more social housing units needed - reportCommittee makes 23 priority recommendations to tackle housing, homelessnes crisisFri Jun 17 2016 - 12:57
Housing report sets benchmark for Coveney, says Focus IrelandHousing and homelessness group to advise 50,000 social housing units over 5 yearsFri Jun 17 2016 - 11:22
Top professionals twice as likely to marry as unskilled workersSurvey reveals ‘marriage chances’ by class which diminish right down economic scaleFri Jun 17 2016 - 00:01
Local authorities to be told to add 50,000 housing unitsHousing and homelessness committee to advise 10,000 social housing units a yearThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:16
Atheist Ireland criticises legislation on marriageGroup says the law is ‘dysfunctional’ and is bringing civil marriage into disreputeThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:10
Concern mounts that hundreds of marriages may be invalidDepartment may require marriages to be solemnised by civil registrarThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:00
Child benefit could be paid to fathers under proposed reformsLeo Varadkar to consider amending monthly payment due to changing family structuresWed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00
Reliance on private sector to build homes ‘must end’Society of St Vincent de Paul says 70:30 split between private and public housing should be reversedTue Jun 14 2016 - 14:56
Philip Cairns case: Garda to interview ex-Radio Dublin staffWoman stated recently she witnessed Eamon Cooke kill missing boy at station premisesMon Jun 13 2016 - 18:52
Concerned citizen in Philip Cairns case hopes for resolutionBallyfermot activist reveals she has been in contact with woman abused by Eamon CookeMon Jun 13 2016 - 01:00
‘Someone always knows something’, says founder of Missing.ieLike Philip Cairns, Aquinas Duffy’s cousin just disappeared from their lives one daySun Jun 12 2016 - 22:03
‘Hearts and minds’ of settled people vital to press Traveller ethnicityPavee Point chief dismayed at Minister for Equality’s comments on ‘Travellers’ rights’Wed Jun 01 2016 - 19:03
Refugees face specific employment obstacles, says ESRIReports says State has not developed system of labour market supports for refugeesWed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00
Abuse victims add to numbers of homeless, Oireachtas committee toldA lack of refuges for victims of domestic violence has left many families homelessTue May 31 2016 - 21:58
McGrath hears of families’ unhappiness with HSE disability servicesMinister to establish taskforce on roll-out of personalised budgets for disabled peopleTue May 31 2016 - 01:00
