ESRI questions mainstream schoolingLimited evidence of inclusive education systemFri Aug 09 2013 - 10:52
Aggressive beggars ‘putting off’ tourists, business owners claimBegging and drug-dealing in Dublin to be raised at Lord Mayor’s policing forumFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Dublin drug treatment centre reports ‘dramatic increase’ in steroid abuseUsers more aggressive and at significant risk of personal and psychological harmFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Late change could allow Mater opt out of providing abortionsDraft legislation stated no institution could refuse to provide a terminationThu Aug 08 2013 - 01:00
Mater board priest says hospital can’t carry out abortionsBoard of governors to consider position on new law versus Mater ‘ethos’Wed Aug 07 2013 - 01:00
Susi says 82,000 grant applications have been receivedDeadline extended last week after online application system crashedTue Aug 06 2013 - 17:36
Traveller housing plans to be reviewedO’Sullivan to demand ‘midterm’ reports on housing plans from local authoritiesTue Aug 06 2013 - 01:00
Big House has big ideas for better futureMotions call for more women in public life and need to recapture the ideals of 1919Mon Aug 05 2013 - 01:00
Travellers bring accommodation action to EuropeIrish Travellers are taking a class action over what they say is the State’s failure to provide them with adequate accommodationSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Mr Gay Europe will use win to highlight gay health issuesMental health problems of gay men are of huge concern to winnerSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Local authorities to take over rent payments from JanuaryLimerick to be the ‘lead authority’ in pilot to transfer Housing Assistance Payment from Department of Social ProtectionWed Jul 31 2013 - 01:00
Enactment of Abortion Bill 'very sad day' for IrelandPro-choice groups will announce campaign in autumn to have amendment repealedWed Jul 31 2013 - 01:00
Plan for new spatial strategy under way, says MinisterStrategy will be based on needs of communities and not developers, says O’SullivanWed Jul 31 2013 - 01:00
Abortion law: what comes next?The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill has passed through the Oireachtas, but the scope of the legislation is likely to be challengedSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Pictures tell story of women’s struggleDublin exhibition tells story of struggle for reproductive rightsThu Jul 25 2013 - 10:38
Women from Ireland face ‘enormous additional burdens’ in going to UK for abortionsSupport network says women it sees ‘not eating trying to get the money together’Tue Jul 23 2013 - 01:00
Death shows need for abortion services, family planning organisation saysIFPA chief executive says fatality shows Irish health system is ‘turning its back on women’Mon Jul 22 2013 - 13:34
Family of woman missing 20 years issue new appealEva Brennan disappeared in Terenure in Dublin in 1993 at age of 39Sat Jul 20 2013 - 17:34
‘Most vulnerable’ will suffer GP fee cuts, association saysRepresentative body says reductions in fees amount to €160 million over past three yearsSat Jul 20 2013 - 17:13
Patients still contacting helpline over CJD scareBeaumont Hospital ‘won’t confirm or deny’ it met with patients and family members todaySat Jul 20 2013 - 09:20
Suicide and self-harm initiatives at risk if mental health posts not filled“Most vulnerable will be hit again,” says Dr Anthony McCarthy, president of the Irish College of PsychiatryWed Jul 17 2013 - 01:00
Former prostitutes ‘offended’ by Clare Daly stance on sex industryIndependent TD argued criminalising purchase of sex will not tackle root causesTue Jul 16 2013 - 01:00
Welcome for child protection recommendationsGroups working with children urge implementation of rapporteur’s reportFri Jul 12 2013 - 01:00
Welfare keeps economy going, says Joan BurtonMinister ‘very hopeful’ she can protect core welfare payments in BudgetThu Jul 11 2013 - 01:01
New authority to regulate charitiesAgency to ensure transparency in sector will come into operation in 2014Wed Jul 10 2013 - 19:14
Halappanavar to sue HSE for negligence over Savita deathSolicitor says there are multiple grounds for the claimThu Jul 04 2013 - 01:00
Report criticises HSE child protection servicesSocial workers charged with protecting children from abusive neglect lacked understanding of the deep and long-lasting impact of neglectTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Cuts to GP and pharmacist fees ‘inevitable’, White saysReilly last night announced changes to payments aimed at saving €40 million this yearTue Jul 02 2013 - 01:00
Proposed law not sufficient, say Savita Halappanavar’s parents‘They must change the law to save women’s health, not just her life’Mon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
HSE report was a whitewash, say Savita Halappanavar’s parentsParents tell of their grief and why they believe justice has not been doneMon Jun 24 2013 - 01:00
The girl with the diamond smileWomen everywhere could identify with Savita HalappanavarFri Jun 14 2013 - 01:14
Chairman says health of mother and not just life needs protection“There are certain conditions a pregnant mother might have which can suddenly escalate”Fri Jun 14 2013 - 01:00
Praveen to seek meeting with Minister for HealthFurther legal options to be consideredThu Jun 13 2013 - 22:31
Inquest sought into death after childbirthWidower seeking answers three years after wife’s death following son’s birthWed May 08 2013 - 06:00
Stardust families demand new inquiryThe families say the first version of an independent inquiry report was ‘altered’ before publicationTue May 07 2013 - 06:00
Woman at centre of ‘D’ case speaks outNews of death of Savita Halappanavar was ‘the last straw’ as four-year legal battle seemed to have been ‘for nothing’Fri May 03 2013 - 06:00
Dublin clinic reports increase in ‘amateur abortions’Group says legislation will not address economic reasons for women importing ‘abortion kits’Thu May 02 2013 - 16:07
Bill to criminalise men who use prostitutesSex industry almost wholly run by organised crime gangs, says Immigrant CouncilThu May 02 2013 - 06:00
Travellers hit hardest by cuts in State fundingAccommodation spending down 85 per cent, Pavee Point-commissioned report showsMon Apr 29 2013 - 06:00
Unions urge no further delay in X legislationReports that suicidal women must be reviewed by six medics “an insult to women”Mon Apr 22 2013 - 21:40
Halappanavar interview: Consultant ‘took shelter under the law’ at inquestHusband says question of why his wife died has not yet been answeredSat Apr 20 2013 - 12:00
Halappanavar inquest jury returns verdict of death by medical misadventureUnanimous verdict on death in University Hospital GalwayFri Apr 19 2013 - 21:40
Praveen Halappanavar: “you lose your rights basically when you are pregnant” in IrelandMr Halappanavar tells The Irish Times he is "optimistic" the Government will move hastily to legislate to clarify the legal situation surrounding entitlement to abortion in obstetric emergencies.Fri Apr 19 2013 - 20:06
Expert tells inquest Savita had worst case of sepsis he had seen in 30 yearsDr Peter Kelehan says Savita Halappanavar had classic signs of septic abortionThu Apr 18 2013 - 19:15
Abortion law pressure likely after expert’s evidence at inquestDr Peter Boylan says Halappanavar likely to be alive if termination was providedThu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
Nothing wrong with foetus, postmortem doctor saysNo indication foetus would not have progressed to full term had mother not contracted infectionThu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
‘Highly likely’ Halappanavar would be alive if termination given, inquest toldFormer master of Holles Street says obstetricians working in a legal vacuum as to when termination can be performedWed Apr 17 2013 - 10:57
Halappanavar inquest resumes this morningFormer master of the National Maternity Hospital to testifyWed Apr 17 2013 - 06:44
Lack of clarity over serum lactate testHospital policy was to carry out test in ward, inquest toldSat Apr 13 2013 - 06:06
