‘I am not a criminal or a victim. I am a sex worker’Some sex workers, including Kate McGrew of RTÉ’s reality show Connected, believe a campaign to criminalise people who pay for sex is patronising and misguidedMon Nov 03 2014 - 01:00
The Script to play in Croke Park next yearU2 or Garth Brooks will not be the headline act at the GAA headquarters in 2015Fri Oct 31 2014 - 10:42
Housing needs of teenagers causing growing concernMinister for Environment directs local authorities to remember their obligationsFri Oct 31 2014 - 01:01
Parental disability a factor in care casesReport identifies parents with disabilities in 15 per cent of child care applicationsTue Oct 28 2014 - 08:27
Waterford anti-Roma protests criticised as ‘cowardly and racist’Families evacuated after scores of protesters demonstrate outside Manor Street homeMon Oct 27 2014 - 18:03
Journalists over-rely on official sources, conference hearsDr Tom Clonan says recent coverage of the allegations of Garda corruption made by Sgt Maurice McCabe and former Garda John Wilson prove pointSat Oct 25 2014 - 21:25
Charities criticise rent control report findingsWell-designed rent control a vital part of housing market, says Focus IrelandFri Oct 24 2014 - 01:00
Report urges better rights for tenants, assistance for landlordsA significant proportion of both landlords and tenants found private rented sector unattractive at presentThu Oct 23 2014 - 09:12
Report says rent controls would make things worse for tenantsConsultants propose tax reduction for landlords and code of conduct on buy-to-let arrearsThu Oct 23 2014 - 08:15
Burton rules out increase in rent supplement ratesFocus says decision will condemn more families to homelessness as Christmas approachesWed Oct 22 2014 - 01:05
Investigation into death of two-year-old Hassan KhanInquiry will try to establish if the boy had been harmed beforeSat Oct 18 2014 - 10:07
Cork mother to sue State over Pulse entriesChildren aged four and five had been put on Garda database and given criminal tagsSat Oct 18 2014 - 08:56
Tusla working to establish facts around death of toddler in DublinHassan Khan (2) has been monitored by agency since child rescue alert in AugustFri Oct 17 2014 - 13:47
Irish Water: Councils to stay out of tenants’ billing disputesWater utility issues clarification saying tenants are responsible for water chargesFri Oct 17 2014 - 11:09
Austerity ‘entering a new phase’, conference toldEconomist with the Unite trade union says Budget 2015 was ‘significantly regressive’Thu Oct 16 2014 - 21:06
Confusion over exclusion of poor households from water creditsAbout 190,000 short-term unemployed will get no water support paymentThu Oct 16 2014 - 08:48
Burton pledges to ‘examine’ water support for low-income familiesChild benefit to go up by €5 and Christmas bonus to be reintroducedWed Oct 15 2014 - 08:21
After years of cuts, half a million parents will continue to struggle with povertyThe €5 per month increase in child benefit is welcome, say charities, but it should be seen against a backdrop of a €36 cut to the basic rate since 2009Wed Oct 15 2014 - 01:27
Christmas bonus back at reduced rate, as Child Benefit increases €5 per childSocial welfare: First budget since 2009 with no cuts to welfare ratesTue Oct 14 2014 - 18:22
Water charges march a ‘tipping point’ after ‘years of hurt’Grassroots campaign shows 'huge anger' and 'massive revolt against this Government'Mon Oct 13 2014 - 01:00
Ms Y held in UK after failing to obtain abortion hereWoman arrested for illegally entering the UK from IrelandSat Oct 11 2014 - 19:28
Over 50,000 march in Dublin to protest against water chargesGroups from all over country converge on capital to oppose new measuresSat Oct 11 2014 - 18:22
Rent supplement tenants illegally ‘topping up’ paymentHouseholds going without food in order to pay extra rent to keep home, says ThresholdFri Oct 10 2014 - 17:22
Rates of self-harm in Limerick City four times higher than some parts of the countryRates among men and women in Limerick city is more than twice the national averageFri Oct 10 2014 - 11:09
Breaches in psychiatric care cited in reportSecurity guards were used to physically restrain patients in one very busy unitFri Oct 10 2014 - 11:03
Think tank calls on Government to 'borrow billions' to fund social housingNevin Institute says now is the time to borrow to invest in key social capital projectsThu Oct 09 2014 - 15:26
Water charges: Concern at ‘excessive Garda force’Scuffles in Clarehall, north Dublin as 150 demonstrate against meter installationsWed Oct 08 2014 - 09:10
Minister was told of Ms Y case two days before baby was bornEmail to private secretary referred to ‘hot topics’ of abortion and direct provisionSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
Timeline of Ms Y caseHSE draft report tracks Ms Y’s care from her arrival in Ireland in March to her discharge after Caesarian section in AugustSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
Revised social housing plans described as ‘missed opportunity’Advocacy groups say legislation could have ‘dramatic impact’ on social housing crisisThu Oct 02 2014 - 20:06
Immigrant Council liaised with IFPA on travel plans for Ms YDraft HSE report says when adoption was suggested woman said she would ‘rather die’Sun Sept 28 2014 - 13:49
‘March for Choice’ attracts thousands in DublinAbout 5,000 people gathered to call for greater access to abortion servicesSat Sept 27 2014 - 18:14
HSE report on Y abortion case contains contradictionsSolictor says inconsistencies give rise to questions over credibilitySat Sept 27 2014 - 13:03
Humphreys refuses to answer questions on McNultyTaoiseach apologises for McNulty debacle, says it is too late to withdraw his nameSat Sept 27 2014 - 12:29
Abortion ban in El Salvador is killing women and girls - AmnestyIrish Amnesty chief says Salvadoran regime is ‘strikingly similar’ to IrelandThu Sept 25 2014 - 14:02
‘Their toys and other things are all in the shed’Carol McCullagh and her husband Mohammed Syllah were asked to leave the house they were renting when the landlord decided to sell. They now sleep in a bedroom with their three childrenWed Sept 24 2014 - 01:00
Ms Y may refuse to take part in abortion inquiry over report leakMigrant had been raped before she came to Ireland and requested terminationWed Sept 24 2014 - 01:00
Rent supplement recipient numbers fall by 23%Minister points to people returning to work while organisations dealing with homelessness highlight the many households who have lost their private rented accommodationWed Sept 24 2014 - 01:00
Abortion guidelines provide for induction or Caesarean sectionNew rules appear to go further than Protection of Life Act in early inductionsSat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00
Inquiry team yet to interview rape victimTeam, established over four weeks ago, tasked with reporting back ‘in the shortest possible period’Sat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00
Rate of rent increases affecting affordability of living in DublinPRTB says rents in capital up 10 per cent in the past yearThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
‘Vulture fund’ mortgage holders demand legislationHomeowners protest at Leinster House over mortgages sold on by IBRCWed Sept 17 2014 - 19:55
Ministers to engage in ‘intensive discussions’ ahead of budgetGovernment says its ‘monitoring’ referendum in ScotlandWed Sept 17 2014 - 14:06
Cuts and casual work hitting women hardest, says women’s councilNWCI says forthcoming budget an opportunity to bring us closer to an equal societyWed Sept 17 2014 - 01:07
Prefabs may be used to tackle housing crisis in DublinCity Council is ‘seriously looking’ at building prefabs on derelict sites to house familiesMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:00
Hundreds of swimmers take a dive for Dublin’s Liffey SwimGer Wilkes was the first man back and Rachel Lee won the women’s raceSun Sept 14 2014 - 09:45
Agency gets two-month care order for baby in 'Miss Y' caseMother ‘Ms Y’ has no wish to participate in future care decisions, solicitor tells authoritiesSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:09
No 'political will' to tackle growing homelessness problem, says charityReport shows more than 8,000 individuals used charity’s homelessness support services last yearFri Sept 12 2014 - 01:00
Helpline assists a quarter of callers at risk of homelessness to remain in their homesTenancy Protection Service has had 1,707 calls since it started taking calls in JuneThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:10
President calls for more social housingOver 300 families newly homeless in Dublin since January, including nearly 650 childrenTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
