Dunnes ‘targeting’ workers who went on strike, union allegesMandate says it has reports of management calling in workers who were on picketsWed Apr 08 2015 - 21:14
FoI restrictions on refugee issues ‘rushed’ through OireachtasBrendan Howlin says new legislation aims to prevent administrative delaysSun Apr 05 2015 - 19:10
Mourners pay final respects to Judge Katherine DelahuntFuneral mass hears of warm and loving woman who was fond of a bit of mischiefSat Apr 04 2015 - 17:53
Dunnes Stores under mounting pressure to resolve disputeTrade Unions: Strike biggest private sector industrial relations dispute in two decadesFri Apr 03 2015 - 07:56
Flagship Dunnes Stores outlet in Cornelscourt almost desertedMany shoppers persuaded by strikers to take their custom elsewhereThu Apr 02 2015 - 22:58
Dunnes dispute: ‘When my hours are down, we’re just scraping by’Two Dunnes Stores workers say why they will be on the pickets outside shops todayThu Apr 02 2015 - 12:20
Jury out on Alan Kelly’s ambitious social housing targetsAnalysis: Whether councils can achieve aim debatable but return of provision welcomeThu Apr 02 2015 - 01:00
State criticised for not changing 150-year-old Lunacy ActIreland could be only one in EU not ratifying UN convention on rights of people with disabilitiesWed Apr 01 2015 - 01:00
No action against obstetrician who led Savita Halappanavar careMedical Council decides no further steps should be taken against Dr Katherine AstburyTue Mar 31 2015 - 17:27
Warning on distress over looming change to lone parent paymentChanges to One Parent Family Payment intended to activate recipients into labour marketTue Mar 31 2015 - 01:00
One-parent payment: ‘I’m being stripped of my dignity’Ashling Lowe (35) fears she will have to give up her job to get assistance under new rulesTue Mar 31 2015 - 01:00
Focus Ireland challenges decision not to raise rent supplementHousing charity seeking legal advice as to whether Department of Social Protection is acting outside its remitSat Mar 28 2015 - 01:00
Rent supplement will not be increased by DepartmentDecision comes despite repeated calls for increases to meet market rentsFri Mar 27 2015 - 19:42
Dunnes Stores attempt to intimidate staff ahead of strike, says unionTrade union urges members to ignore ‘lies and misinformation’ as they plan Holy Thursday strikeFri Mar 27 2015 - 09:54
Housing group says tenants will not lose homes if they do not pay water chargesClúid says it will resist any move to compel them to collect chargesWed Mar 25 2015 - 20:45
Diageo steps down from Stop Out-of-Control drinking boardHead of campaign Fergus Finlay says director of drinks giant was not ‘forced’ to leaveWed Mar 25 2015 - 17:02
Residents urge Government to engage with complaint on housing conditionsPeople from 20 local authority estates have made “collective complaint” to EuropeWed Mar 25 2015 - 01:00
Religious schools’ preference for baptised children criticisedHumanist body to place adverts calling for end to discriminationTue Mar 24 2015 - 20:59
Living with damp, cold, mould and bad smells in Bluebell, Dublin‘We are just being ignored,’ says Carol Quinn who is one of those taking case to StrasbourgTue Mar 24 2015 - 01:00
State faces Strasbourg action over ‘poor-quality’ housingResidents of 20 council estates in Dublin, Cork and Limerick cite human rights breachTue Mar 24 2015 - 01:00
Government ‘in denial’ over reality of racism in IrelandDublin rally told legislation that seeks to dressing racism is ‘completely inadequate’Sat Mar 21 2015 - 17:47
Water charge protest: Tens of thousands attend Dublin rallyLarge crowds gather on O’Connell Street to call for abolition of chargesSat Mar 21 2015 - 12:10
'Black Africans' face most racist abuse in Ireland, says reportStudy finds social media increasingly used to abuse minorities and ‘mobilise’ racismFri Mar 20 2015 - 07:24
Young innovators tackle social issuesAbout 700 teenagers from secondary schools across Leinster take part in Dublin leg of Young Social Innovators roadshowThu Mar 19 2015 - 01:00
Welfare letters on fund transfers seen as bid to undermine post officesDepartment of Social Protection writes to recipients inviting transfers to bank accountsMon Mar 16 2015 - 18:55
Bar sign linking buying a drink with sex ‘unacceptable’Experts on sexual crime say sign promotes ‘falsehood that consent can be purchased’Mon Mar 16 2015 - 17:58
‘In prostitution a woman ceases to be seen as a human being in the eyes of others’Survivor of prostitution describes being repeatedly raped, of being urinated onFri Mar 13 2015 - 19:55
HSE service refers women in prostitution for abortion adviceMost women who use HSE service are under constant pressure to have unprotected sexFri Mar 13 2015 - 18:57
Travellers’ ethnicity should be routinely recorded, says microbiology expertTravellers contract tuberculosis at a much younger age than settled, research showsFri Mar 13 2015 - 01:00
Rape Crisis Network criticises ‘misogynistic’ anti-drinking adCampaign rejects assertion, saying ad ‘wildly misunderstood’Thu Mar 12 2015 - 14:55
Number of homeless families in Dublin up 40% since JuneMore than 370 families in emergency accommodation in the capital last monthThu Mar 12 2015 - 01:00
Banks attempt to repossess 7,000-plus homesMortgage holders’ spokesman warns that repossessions will reach 25,000 this yearMon Mar 09 2015 - 11:27
Minister calls for an end to girls’ and boys’ schoolsCo-education benefits young men and women, says Aodhán Ó RíordáinSat Mar 07 2015 - 17:13
Campaign highlights au pair exploitationLabour of Love group claims some women work 70 hours a week for as little as €80Sat Mar 07 2015 - 01:01
Parents contact TD to push for teens’ access to cheap alcoholNew alliance to support Government measures to reduce alcohol consumptionFri Mar 06 2015 - 10:11
GP resigns from Stop Out-of-Control Drinking campaignDr Ciara Kelly cites ‘time constraints’ on leaving campaign funded by DiageoThu Mar 05 2015 - 17:32
Strike ballot due as community partnerships set to closeCDP funding to end in Ballymun, Fingal, Rathmines/Pembroke, Connemara and WaterfordWed Mar 04 2015 - 19:30
Dublin ambulance row between council and HSE dates to 2010Dublin Fire Brigade, in existence since 1898, could be set to lose its ambulance sectionWed Mar 04 2015 - 01:00
Ballymun residents: Council ‘dismantling heart of community’Only five shops still trading in intended commercial centre of regenerated areaTue Mar 03 2015 - 01:00
Hospitals ‘inappropriate’ for care of elderly dementia patientsAdvocates for elderly and nursing representatives critical of ‘ill-equipped’ settingsThu Feb 26 2015 - 21:17
Regularising legal position of migrants ‘could generate €185m’Vast majority of undocumented migrants entered the State legallyThu Feb 26 2015 - 01:00
Traveller groups react to Supreme Court ruling with dismayIrish Human Rights and Equality Commission says the decision demands a response from the StateWed Feb 25 2015 - 01:02
Amnesty International report labels 2014 ‘devastating’ for human rightsGlobal rights organisation calls on governments to do more to support those fleeing violenceWed Feb 25 2015 - 01:00
Amnesty says protection of life Act fails on human rights levelAccompanying guidance published by the Department of Health also criticisedWed Feb 25 2015 - 01:00
Supreme Court rejects challenge to school’s admission policyTraveller claimed rule giving preference to children of past pupils was discriminatoryTue Feb 24 2015 - 15:21
Dublin City Council considers changing rent arrears policyThe council, owed over €23m in arrears, may relax rule stopping debtors changing homeMon Feb 23 2015 - 01:15
Jailed anti-water protesters reported to be on hunger strikeDerek Byrne and Paul Moore are believed to have been refusing food since FridaySun Feb 22 2015 - 16:36
Talks on new national strategy for women’s rights to start next weekPresident Michael D. Higgins tells conference, A Woman’s Place in the World, that all men should be feministsSat Feb 21 2015 - 01:02
Michael D Higgins to become ‘champion’ for women’s rightsPresident accepts UN invitation to be involved in HeforShe equality campaignFri Feb 20 2015 - 15:09
Protesters say hundreds of jobs in community projects at riskDepartment to announce winning ‘bids’ for €30m worth of funding for projectsThu Feb 19 2015 - 01:01
