Amnesty to call for decriminalisation of prostitutionUp to 500 members of human rights organisation to meet in Dublin this weekendFri Aug 07 2015 - 01:00
Family left homeless because council credit card had ‘maxed out’Dublin woman and her three children could not access emergency accommodationThu Aug 06 2015 - 20:06
Irish MEP calls on Government to do more for Ibrahim HalawaTrial of Dubliner was adjourned for a 10th time last weekendThu Aug 06 2015 - 17:26
Home repossessions accelerate to 60 each weekCork Circuit Court registers the highest number of repossession orders – clocking 123Thu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
Up to 12 additional direct provision centres to openFormer centre in Longford, recently a guesthouse, houses asylum seekers againThu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
‘Would my mother’s life have been different if she’d had white children?’The Mixed Race Irish group is calling for the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation to confront the racism endured by children born to Irish mothersSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00
Mixed Race Irish: ‘We were the dust to be swept away’Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation urged to confront the racism endured by children taken into care and abused because they had a non-white parentSat Jul 18 2015 - 01:00
New laws could see people prosecuted over hate crimesIrish Council for Civil Liberties says such attacks are currently not fully acknowledgedMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Ireland had highest population increase in EU last yearIreland’s birthrate at 14.4 per 1,000 people was highest in 28 countries of EUSat Jul 11 2015 - 01:00
‘Modular’ housing for homeless families to go on displayExhibition aims to promote its usefulness as a temporary form of quality accommodationFri Jul 10 2015 - 01:00
Abortion poll finds two-thirds favour decriminalisationPoll for Amnesty says 10% know women face a 14-year term for an unlawful abortionWed Jul 08 2015 - 12:16
Activists reclaim vacant Dublin building to house homelessIrish Housing Network says direct action needed when so many Nama buildings emptyWed Jul 08 2015 - 01:00
Better language skills at age 3 if young minded by relatives - studyYoung looked after in creches develop better motor-skills by same age, says Túsla researchTue Jul 07 2015 - 13:29
Analysis: Early childhood care scheme too little, too lateAccess to childcare outside ECCE hours dependent on parents’ income and educationTue Jul 07 2015 - 01:00
Queries about housing rights to advice group Flac up 82%‘Binding laws’ urged to replace bank codes of conduct on dealing with people in serious debtMon Jul 06 2015 - 01:00
Why are there more than 1,000 homeless children in Dublin?Rents have spiralled while current rent caps are so low as to be untenableSat Jul 04 2015 - 01:00
Poorer children taking food home from school, pre-budget forum toldTánaiste challenged over child poverty, homelessness and jobseekers ratesSat Jul 04 2015 - 01:00
Child protection services for north Dublin criticised in reportHiqa found a failure to notify suspected abuse cases to gardaí in a timely mannerFri Jul 03 2015 - 16:38
Risk of ‘all forms of abuse’ at Cheeverstown, Hiqa saysInspectors find serious shortcomings at Dublin centre for intellectual disabilitiesWed Jul 01 2015 - 20:23
Action on ‘unsafe practices’ not taken at Sligo centre - HiqaHSE-run facility for people with intellectual disabilities had ‘insufficient’ governanceWed Jul 01 2015 - 15:40
Asylum seekers should get decision within 12 monthsReport says asylum seekers should be allowed work after nine months in systemWed Jul 01 2015 - 11:08
Report on asylum reform a missed opportunity, says NGOFine Gael TD John Deasy says ‘unwise’ to act without clearer picture of African migrationWed Jul 01 2015 - 01:00
Recommended improvements to asylum system will cost €135.4mGovernment report predicts savings of over €195m if recommendations are implementedMon Jun 29 2015 - 01:02
Direct provision: children share their hopes and dreams‘I want my mum to cook for me always, and I want a puppy’ writes one child in working group reportMon Jun 29 2015 - 01:00
Dublin explodes with colour as thousands come out for PrideOrganisers say 2015 parade twice as big in wake of same-sex marriage referendumSat Jun 27 2015 - 18:47
‘It feels like everyone is gay in Dublin today’Thousands celebrate Gay Pride just weeks after Ireland voted for same-sex marriageSat Jun 27 2015 - 16:08
Educate Together takes legal advice on admissionsBody says the enrolment policy exemption for older schools ‘could be discriminatory’Sat Jun 27 2015 - 10:08
More than 1,000 children now homeless in DublinGroup says families with children presenting to rough sleeper services for the first timeSat Jun 27 2015 - 01:02
Atheist Ireland criticises RTÉ’s Angelus revampRTÉ plans to make Angelus slot accessible to ‘all faiths and none’Wed Jun 24 2015 - 20:53
Rights group divided over Halawa caseIrish Human Rights Commission was split over whether to call for teenager’s releaseTue Jun 23 2015 - 01:00
UN committee seeks Irish abortion voteEconomic, social and cultural rights panel also calls for referendum on position of women in societyMon Jun 22 2015 - 21:46
Cuts unfairly hurt marginalised, says UN committeePanel concerned at increase in numbers at-risk of or living in consistent povertyMon Jun 22 2015 - 21:44
Ireland urged to heed UN’s ‘strong message’ on austerityEmily Logan says response to crisis disproportionately focused on spending cutsMon Jun 22 2015 - 21:22
Trevor Hogan says Ireland should support GreeceFormer rugby player calls on the Government to do more at Dublin rallyMon Jun 22 2015 - 16:52
Tánaiste says workers’ rights must be prioritised over profit-makingJoan Burton describes treatment of Clerys employees as act of ‘predator capitalism’Sat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
New asylum applications up 40% in first quarter of 2015625 people apply from January to March compared to 455 last October-DecemberThu Jun 18 2015 - 18:13
Asylum seeker payments should be more than doubled – reportWorking group review of allowance paid to adults currently at €19.10 and €9.60 per childThu Jun 18 2015 - 01:00
400 prefabricated houses to be built for Dublin’s homelessMove comes six months after similar plan was cancelled due to political oppositionWed Jun 17 2015 - 11:55
Nash calls on Clerys’ new owners to meet staff after closureStaff protest outside landmark Dublin retailer after loss of 460 jobsSat Jun 13 2015 - 18:54
Right2Water sets out broad policy platform on social issues‘Policy Principles for a Progressive Irish Government’ discussed by 300 activistsSat Jun 13 2015 - 18:46
Statement on Ibrahim Halawa deemed ‘counterproductive’Human rights commission decided against addressing case after Government emailSat Jun 13 2015 - 01:00
UN says Ireland must have vote on abortionCommittee in Geneva tells Government delegation a referendum is essentialWed Jun 10 2015 - 01:00
Abortion regime ‘violates human rights’, says AmnestyReport says death of Savita Halappanavar a consequence of Ireland’s ‘restrictive abortion law’Tue Jun 09 2015 - 12:36
UN committee examines State’s social rights recordGovernment delegation told it has obligations under international covenantTue Jun 09 2015 - 01:00
Implications of austerity ‘disregarded’, UN committee toldLogan says choices made in Ireland led to higher poverty and high youth unemploymentMon Jun 08 2015 - 12:40
Gay couples feel ‘a little safer’ holding hands since referendum‘Changed atmosphere’ for public displays of affection as a result of marriage equality voteMon Jun 08 2015 - 01:00
Vulnerable most affected by economic choices, watchdog saysIrish Human Rights and Equality Commission makes claims in UN submissionFri Jun 05 2015 - 01:00
Law student among winners at Traveller Pride AwardsAodhán Ó Ríordáin says he is ‘determined’ 2015 will be the year of Traveller equalityFri Jun 05 2015 - 01:00
Mortgage arrears case study: Death of wife sparked crisisLife assurance company refuses to pay out, citing non-disclosure of ‘material facts’Fri Jun 05 2015 - 01:00
