Traveller accommodation crisisEvery local authority has to plan its Traveller housing for the next five years. But the programmes’ recent history suggests that few of the proposals will be implementedSat Nov 23 2013 - 01:00
Self-harm over public holidays linked to alcohol, research findsIndustry campaigns on safe drinking deliberately ineffective, says child psychiatristThu Nov 21 2013 - 01:00
Call on Minister to force local authorities to protect tenants’ living conditionsMoney paid as a deposit to be held by a third party under new schemeWed Nov 20 2013 - 16:38
Illegal deposit retention by landlords the biggest cause of concern among tenantsRefusal of landlords to return deposits when tenants leave is illegal in most cases, says ThresholdWed Nov 20 2013 - 10:13
Mental health ‘gathering’ to build self esteem in young peopleProposed event emerges as top recommendation from 2013 Dáil na nÓgFri Nov 15 2013 - 18:03
Party plans for return of Halawa siblings after release in EgyptFate of brother to be known on SaturdayFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:17
Homecare for ‘tracheostomy baby’ after case highlightedBabies still ‘trapped’ in hospital due to lack of home-nursing supports from HSEFri Nov 15 2013 - 01:01
National homecare strategy for children needed ‘urgently’Jack and Jill Foundation tells of 10 more babies ‘trapped’ in hospitalsThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Petition filed to UN on travelling for abortionFirst of three petitions to UN from Irish womenThu Nov 14 2013 - 01:00
Babies ‘trapped’ in hospital over lack of homecareSeven ‘tracheostomy babies’ in Crumlin hospital fit for discharge but cannot leaveWed Nov 13 2013 - 06:41
Two mothers speak of ‘being left to rot’ as their children wait months to go home from hospitalTwo infants are left waiting for homecare before they can leave hospitalWed Nov 13 2013 - 01:02
Three Irish women forced to travel to UK to terminate pregnancies take case to UNWomen allege forced travel in cases of fatal foetal abnormality is ‘cruel and degrading’Mon Nov 11 2013 - 01:00
Young discuss fightback against attacks on ‘lost generation’Unemployment, cuts and emigration among the issues at first ‘Youth Assembly’Sun Nov 10 2013 - 21:18
Irish women forced to travel for abortions to take cases to UNIreland’s ban on abortions for fatal foetal abnormalities amounts to ’cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment’Sat Nov 09 2013 - 18:55
The man who told the world he’s transgenderAlbha Foley chose YouTube to come out on. The teenager meets the President next weekSat Nov 09 2013 - 01:00
Rise in sex workers seeking support servicesWomen from more than 30 countries working in Irish sex trade, says RuhamaThu Nov 07 2013 - 14:07
Carers ‘deserve better’ than budget cuts, says award winnerCarer of the Year winner (70) says people should be out protesting on the streets at treatment by GovernmentTue Nov 05 2013 - 22:39
Retailers say early payment of property tax ‘devastating’ for Christmas shoppingChambers Ireland calls for rethink of rule that credit/debit card payments must be completed by end of this monthMon Nov 04 2013 - 01:00
Ban on blasphemy to be discussed this weekendConstitutional Convention will also discuss submissions seeking referendum to repeal 1983 ’pro-life’ amendment.Sat Nov 02 2013 - 01:01
Doctors who admit mistakes know bestAn adversarial approach to complaints prolongs pain for families and increases the taxpayer’s bill, say advocatesTue Oct 29 2013 - 01:00
Candlelit Dublin vigil marks Savita anniversaryPoems and music at hour-long event held mainly in silenceTue Oct 29 2013 - 00:01
Homeless man sues Dublin City Council over compulsory purchase of his houseMan alleges council failed to take disability into account when refusing compensationMon Oct 28 2013 - 01:00
Air-travel tax abolition makes no long-term sense, says An TaisceTax necessary to address climate change, says conservation bodySun Oct 27 2013 - 22:30
Anniversary vigils as Praveen receives Reilly invitationCandlelit vigils to mark anniversary of Savita Halappananvar’s deathSun Oct 27 2013 - 22:16
Roma people now ‘scared’ of having their children taken from themRemoval of two children from their families this week ‘an attack on all Roma people’, say community leadersSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Events to mark anniversary of Savita Halappanavar deathCandlelit vigils to be apolitical and not to include speechesFri Oct 25 2013 - 19:11
Dáil protest over cuts to maternity benefitWomen say €32 per week reduction in payment is an attack on mothers and familiesFri Oct 25 2013 - 17:55
Older people ‘must fight’ for reversal of budget cutsProtest hears pensioners ‘must resist attempts to drive wedge between older and younger people’Tue Oct 22 2013 - 17:53
Violence against parents by children a growing problemConference hears issue is the most under-researched form of domstic violenceSat Oct 19 2013 - 20:04
Savita Halappanavar: the early yearsIt’s almost a year since the young dentist died at University Hospital Galway, after a miscarriage. Through interviews with family and friends, both in India and in Ireland, this extract from a new book builds a picture of the girl with the diamond smileSat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
Ireland still ‘a lucrative place for pimps’Global campaigners call on Shatter to lead in the international fight against sex traffickingFri Oct 18 2013 - 06:32
Exhibition gives value to the work women do‘Still We Work’ exhibition examines the seen and unseen contribution of women to all levels of societyThu Oct 17 2013 - 22:19
Maternity benefit: young mothers an ‘easy target’Calls for gender-proofing of future budgetsWed Oct 16 2013 - 22:13
Maternity benefit cut ‘anti-woman’ and ‘anti-family’Women’s Council says cuts to benefits for older people to disproportionately affect womenTue Oct 15 2013 - 18:09
Dublin Simon Community’s van stolenPublic warned against people pretending to collect for the homelessness charityTue Oct 15 2013 - 15:02
Failures ‘cannot be explained away’ by poor staffing levels‘No staffing issue can explain away the lack of basic clinical care that took place’ for SavitaFri Oct 11 2013 - 07:24
One in three young women feel unable to tell GP ‘sensitive’ health concernsNational campaign to empower young women on thier own well-beingFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:13
Rotunda master raises concerns over whether report will be acted on‘The HSE is a very big organisation; who is responsible for carrying this out, when will it be done by and where is the accountability?’Fri Oct 11 2013 - 01:00
Patient safety to become top priority for management across health systemMaternity services strategy to be developed ‘with urgency’ Minister vowsThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:00
Praveen Halappanavar ‘satisfied’ Hiqa report vindicates his account of eventsSolicitor calls on Minister for Health to apologise and to meet with his clientThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:00
A year since the death of Savita HalappanavarHiqa report finds failure to provide the most basic element of patient care and failure to recognise and act upon signs of clinical diagnosisWed Oct 09 2013 - 15:36
Almost 40% of sexual violence against children ‘by under-18s’Age at which abuse starts has impact on type of abuse and length of time it lastsWed Oct 09 2013 - 07:47
Over-tired junior doctors ‘inevitably’ make mistakes during shifts, says registrarVoices from the picketlineWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:00
Referendum on Court of Appeal comfortably passedNew court is intended to clear backlog and confine Supreme Court to constitutional issuesSat Oct 05 2013 - 18:58
Mater ‘won’t be performing abortions’, religious board member stressesResignation of Fr Kevin Doran from Mater Hospital a ‘great loss’, says colleagueThu Oct 03 2013 - 07:31
Injury Board records increases in claims and awardsHighest proportion of personal claims from Limerick, Longford and DublinWed Oct 02 2013 - 01:01
Mater hospital to comply with legislationHospital says it has carefully considered Protection of Life During Pregnancy ActWed Sept 25 2013 - 22:18
Haddington Road cuts to apply to charitiesGrants to non-statutory agencies to be cutWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
Dublin Simon chief says homelessness policy now ‘in the worst of times’Number of rough-sleepers in Dublin up 88% compared with same period last yearWed Sept 25 2013 - 01:00
