Case study: ‘Last year was bad. It didn’t feel like Christmas’Jacinta: ‘That B&B was no good because it was not like home. We were all in one room’Mon Dec 14 2015 - 01:00
Report calls for fire brigade to run all Dublin ambulancesFunding of service should switch from HSE to Department of Environment, says studyMon Dec 14 2015 - 01:00
700,000 will have no heating over Christmas, union claims‘Enforced coldness’ due to fuel poverty is problem for 16% of populationSun Dec 13 2015 - 23:34
‘Bogus’ use of Constitution allows religious bias in schoolsArguments citing ‘constitutional barriers to reform’ on religion in schools are ‘overstated’Sat Dec 12 2015 - 14:58
Scrapping religion rule ‘largely symbolic’Minister’s spokesman says faith schools may continue to teach religion dailyFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Religion in school: ‘She feels excluded and different’Valentine Doyle (6) sits at back of her class for 30 minutes each day when subject is taughtFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Fewer rough sleepers in Dublin, but more need emergency bedsNinety-one people sleeping rough on November 30th for annual winter countThu Dec 10 2015 - 20:38
Law Society points out family barriers in asylum BillLetter to TDs says group is concerned about protections for vulnerable childrenWed Dec 09 2015 - 21:58
Residents say Traveller housing scheme unfit for habitationFamily of 11, driven to live in cramped caravans, claims damp making children sickMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Confusion over repossession rulings ‘must be resolved’Conflicting High Court judgments result in cases being adjourned as banks seek claritySat Dec 05 2015 - 01:00
Law covering private rented sector comes into forcePeople renting in commuter counties and those in Dublin and Cork set to benefit mostFri Dec 04 2015 - 19:14
Court rulings delay cases to repossess homesHigh Court judges differ on power of Circuit Court to hear bank applicationsFri Dec 04 2015 - 01:00
Report urges suitable supports for vulnerable parentsCheif Justice says voice of child must be heard, reiterates call for dedicated courtTue Dec 01 2015 - 01:00
Case on Irish abortion law ‘possible’ after Belfast rulingBacik says one could ‘absolutely draw the conclusion’ Republic’s laws breach rightsMon Nov 30 2015 - 20:44
About 30% of children in care cases come from minoritiesParental substance abuse and disability most common reasons for State interventionMon Nov 30 2015 - 01:00
Children’s deaths ‘not related’ to quality of Tusla’s careReport finds 26 children died while known to protection services last year, a five-year highSun Nov 29 2015 - 16:43
Single-parent families suffer worst rate of povertyEU income survey says proportion at risk of poverty has grown since 2013, from 15.2% to 16.3% last yearFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:02
‘Wage theft’ should be made a crime, ICTU boss saysUnion president wants to ensure employers who do not pay workers are held accountableFri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
Travellers at Ballyfermot site speak on hazardous conditions‘We’re all on top of each other here and there’s nowhere safe to let children out’Fri Nov 27 2015 - 01:00
Nearly 140,000 children living in consistent povertyCSO income survey shows one-parent families twice as likely to be poorThu Nov 26 2015 - 18:23
Dublin soup run tackles food poverty in the suburbsVolunteers in Ballyfermot say demand for service ‘shows how desperate people are’Mon Nov 23 2015 - 01:00
NI firm with deal for modular homes subject to fire safety auditTyrone company Western Building Systems to provide first 22 houses at site in BallymunSat Nov 21 2015 - 01:00
Number of asylum seekers given leave to stay up by 60%Figures show an increase in the number of deportation orders being quashedFri Nov 20 2015 - 01:00
Demand for Amen support to male domestic abuse victims up2014 report shows demand up for counselling, helpline and one-to-one support sessionsThu Nov 19 2015 - 18:33
Alan Kelly orders ‘early’ call on house openingsMinister for the Environment wants to know about announcements in advanceThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:05
Black people suffer the most racism in Ireland, report findsVictims of attacks do not believe gardaí will treat their experiences seriously, survey saysThu Nov 19 2015 - 01:00
Father who lost relatives in Carrickmines fire fears further lossJohn Lynch frets over safety of children and grandchildren at three-bedroom Bray homeTue Nov 17 2015 - 07:40
Minister promises 10 times more social houses by year endMore than 300 beds will be available over the Christmas, Kelly tells homeless forumMon Nov 16 2015 - 19:38
Kitty Holland: The religious bias of our national schools is beyond beliefBroadside: Many non-Catholic parents struggle to get a primary school place for their children – that can’t continueMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Focus Ireland launches Christmas appeal for homeless familiesLatest figures show nearly 5,000 people in emergency accommodation across StateMon Nov 16 2015 - 01:00
Archbishop Martin calls for prayers for Paris victimsRefugees are ‘fleeing from exactly the kind of thing that happened in Paris’, says Dublin ArchbishopSat Nov 14 2015 - 13:58
Dublin child homelessness figure doubles to 1,400Charities call for State measures to curb trend as tenants squeezed out by rising rentsSat Nov 14 2015 - 01:00
Bank’s error could delay repossessions by yearJudge blocks three Bank of Ireland actions as it got its name wrong on legal paperworkFri Nov 13 2015 - 01:00
Abbey Theatre urged to play role in seeking equality in artsWaking the Feminists meeting hears call for equal advancement of women artistsThu Nov 12 2015 - 17:41
Banks seek to repossess nearly 4,500 homes, new figures showMore than 7,000 dwellings targeted by lenders up to 2015, says Courts ServiceThu Nov 12 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Banks may be backing off as fewer repossession cases initiatedBiggest increases in urban centres outside Dublin and in adjacent commuter countiesThu Nov 12 2015 - 01:00
Guarded welcome for rent controls from housing charitiesThreshold and Simon Communities: rents should be linked to consumer price indexTue Nov 10 2015 - 20:34
Charities warn ‘cold weather’ beds likely here to stayNo let up in demand for emergency accommodation as flow into homelessness continuesMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Homelessness: ‘I never thought it could happen to me, and so fast’Baker Ian Cleary (42) found himself on the streets when his rented flat was repossessedMon Nov 09 2015 - 01:00
Landlords warned not to raise rents ahead of new lawTenants express concern over price increases in advance of two-year fixed rent legislationSat Nov 07 2015 - 01:00
Senior Dublin official says public housing should be open to allMany people ‘badly hurt by the Celtic Tiger hangover’, says Dick BradyFri Nov 06 2015 - 21:48
Travellers at Kilbarry: ‘We’re hardly even existing here’Families in Waterford housing scheme have to deal with cold, mould and cramped conditionsFri Nov 06 2015 - 01:00
Traveller representatives walk out of housing meetingGroups stage ‘peaceful protest’ at conference against system that is ‘failing’ communityTue Nov 03 2015 - 18:54
Injection rooms for addicts to open next year in drug law change, says MinisterAodhán Ó Ríordáin says Misuse of Drugs Bill set to unblock legislative obstaclesMon Nov 02 2015 - 15:40
Alan Kelly's rent control plan backed by economic groupNational Economic and Social Council critical of ‘surprising’ data in DKM reportMon Nov 02 2015 - 01:00
People Before Profit splits with Anti-Austerity Alliance on pactRight2Change briefing reveals discord between election partners on left-wing allianceSat Oct 31 2015 - 19:13
Carrickmines fatalities: Anger distilled from shock and griefPeople have traumatised but that shock is turning to outrage, writes Kitty HollandSat Oct 24 2015 - 01:00
Carrickmines funeral: ‘All my family was gone, in one go’A happy day spent together, with the children playing in the garden, before tragedyThu Oct 22 2015 - 21:44
Traveller deaths must be watershed moment, funeral hearsThomas, Sylvia and children Jim, Christie and Mary Connors to be buried in WexfordThu Oct 22 2015 - 17:54
Babies among families sleeping rough in summer - reportRough-sleeper outreach team verifies 13 families as having slept in cars or tentsThu Oct 22 2015 - 11:51
