No protocol in place on public access to prisonerCOURT PROCEDURES: THERE WAS no Courts Service protocol in place on whether the public could have access to a prisoner awaiting…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
'Confused' victim may leave town, says therapistTHE VICTIM of a sexual assault has told counsellors she feels she may have to leave her home town having watched people queue…Fri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Alliance to seek mental healthcare for childrenTHE HUMAN rights of almost 250 children were “shockingly violated” last year, according to a coalition of 38 campaigning organisations…Wed Dec 16 2009 - 00:00
€100,000 car job is karma, says winnerIF THERE’S such a thing as karma, this is what it feels like, said last night’s winner of The Apprentice series, Steve Rayner…Tue Dec 15 2009 - 00:00
Number sleeping rough in Dublin falls, survey findsTHE NUMBER of people sleeping rough in Dublin has fallenTue Dec 15 2009 - 00:00
Male drivers in Dublin likeliest to be breathalysedYOU ARE most likely to be breathalysed if you are a male driver in Dublin between 7pm and 10pm on Saturdays, a survey has found…Mon Dec 14 2009 - 00:00
Ciarán MacMathúna's funeral Mass tomorrowTHE FUNERAL of veteran broadcaster, Ciarán MacMathúna, will be at noon tomorrow in Dublin.Mon Dec 14 2009 - 00:00
Support for new parents 'crucial'TO CARE about the wellbeing of infants and children “we must care about the parents even more”, an international expert in child…Fri Dec 11 2009 - 00:00
Warning of mental health risk to joblessA "Copernican shift” in the way we treated the newly unemployed was needed if "long-term damage to the mental health of huge …Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Activists are like poets, Heaney says in rights lectureHUMAN RIGHTS workers and poets “with humanist sympathies” were concerned fundamentally with the same endeavour – to bring to …Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Byelections 'unsuitable' electoral methodBYELECTIONS ARE “an entirely unsuitable method of filling casual vacancies” at parliamentary level here, a leading academic in…Thu Dec 10 2009 - 00:00
Vatican to issue 'strong response' on abuse reportThe Vatican will issue a "strong reponse" to the findings of the Murphy report after the pope meets Archbishop Diarmuid Martin…Tue Dec 08 2009 - 00:00
Listening exercise proves a success with gardaí and youthsAN INNOVATIVE project, in which young people in Rialto in Dublin invited gardaí to hear their grievances with some elements of…Mon Dec 07 2009 - 00:00
'No plan for vulnerable' - advocateThere did not appear be any Government plan to protect the vulnerable in the current economic crisis, a leading advocate for …Fri Dec 04 2009 - 00:00
'Rogue' pregnancy agencies criticisedIT WAS questionable whether some State-funded crisis pregnancy agencies should receive money from the Government, an Oireachtas…Wed Dec 02 2009 - 00:00
5,000 participate in Dublin senior citizens' dayABOUT 5,000 people visited Dublin city yesterday “from all over the country” to take part Dublin City Senior Citizens’ Day…Tue Dec 01 2009 - 00:00
Support for local priests but anger at bishopsMASS-GOERS' REACTION: DESPITE REVULSION at the abuse of children chronicled in the Murphy report, Mass-goers in Dublin remained…Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
'Chronic' lack of personal assistantsTHERE WAS a danger that nursing homes would become the “new warehouses” for housing people with disabilities, a conference was…Sat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
Swine flu injections in schools from MondayTHE SWINE flu vaccination programme will begin in schools on Monday, the HSE has confirmed.Sat Nov 28 2009 - 00:00
Early childcare the 'best investment'THE BEST long-term investment the Government could make to ensure Ireland’s economic recovery would be in early child-care and…Fri Nov 27 2009 - 00:00
'Lack of political will' to tackle binge drinkingA LACK of political will to tackle our “explosive binge drinking culture” was perpetuating a culture where “enormous damage” …Thu Nov 26 2009 - 00:00
'If we roll over now, where is this going to stop?'ON THE PICKET LINE: THE MOOD on picket lines around Dublin was one of acceptance that there would be pay cuts in next month’…Wed Nov 25 2009 - 00:00
Bonus withdrawal 'will ruin Christmas'The withdrawal of the Christmas bonus for welfare recipients would "ruin Christmas" for thousands of families as the Society …Wed Nov 25 2009 - 00:00
Budget cuts 'could marginalise Travellers'The Government has been urged not to implement key McCarthy proposals which would "further marginalise one of the most marginalised…Wed Nov 25 2009 - 00:00
Public workers 'won't be scapegoated'The mood on picket lines around Dublin was one of acceptance there would be pay-cuts in next month's Budget, but a determination…Tue Nov 24 2009 - 00:00
Relative or friend perpetrated 97% of child sex assaultsSOME 97 per cent of those who had been sexually abused as a child and sought help from a Rape Crisis Centre last year had been…Fri Nov 20 2009 - 00:00
'Hanging deaths by drug-users doubled'THE NUMBER of deaths among drug users due to trauma including hanging more than doubled between 1998 and 2005, while the number…Thu Nov 19 2009 - 00:00
Many abusers know victims - reportSome 97 per cent of people who were sexually abused as a child and sought help from a Rape Crisis Centre last year had been abused…Thu Nov 19 2009 - 00:00
State urged to put unfinished housing estates to social useSO-CALLED "GHOST" or unfinished housing estates around the State could be used for social housing as part of a €170 million stimulus…Wed Nov 18 2009 - 00:00
Archbishop opposes further school cutsTHE ARCHBISHOP of Dublin, Dr Diarmuid Martin, has spoken out against further education cuts in the forthcoming budget.Wed Nov 18 2009 - 00:00
Merchants Quay celebrates its 40th anniversaryIF IT were not for places like the Merchants Quay “tea-rooms”, which serves breakfast and lunch to about 200 homeless people …Fri Nov 13 2009 - 00:00
Equality top concern for gay communityMarriage equality, discrimination at work and bullying are the top issues of concern to gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender…Thu Nov 12 2009 - 00:00
Memorial service held for those who died homelessTHE AVERAGE age of death among rough sleepers coming to the attention of Dublin Simon Community over the past two years was 38…Thu Nov 12 2009 - 00:00
Memorial service marks homeless deathsThe average age of death among rough sleepers coming to the attention of Dublin Simon Community over the past two years was 38…Wed Nov 11 2009 - 00:00
Alliance for aged argues against cutsActor, and former star in the RTÉ series Glenroe , Robert Carrickford, has described as an "absolute scandalous disgrace" any…Wed Nov 11 2009 - 00:00
Home births considered safe within strictly defined criteriaHOME BIRTHS are safe as long as they happen within strictly defined criteria, a former master of the National Maternity Hospital…Fri Nov 06 2009 - 00:00
Anger over threat to community projectsSome of the most deprived communities in the State would lose "essential services" such as after-school projects, meals-on-wheels…Fri Nov 06 2009 - 00:00
Concerns raised over HIV treatmentPoor availability in Ireland of a medical treatment which can prevent HIV infection after a person has been potentially been …Thu Nov 05 2009 - 00:00
Cuts may 'endanger' nation's healthGovernment policies to address the economic crisis could cause long-term damage and a "collapse in the mental health of huge …Wed Nov 04 2009 - 00:00
Resources needed to meet homelessness deadline - SimonTHE GOVERNMENT would not meet its own aims on ending long-term homelessness by next year unless resources were immediately provided…Wed Nov 04 2009 - 00:00
Budget cuts to welfare would be 'immoral'THE SOCIETY of St Vincent de Paul may not be able to help all those coming to it in future months, its national vice-president…Wed Nov 04 2009 - 00:00
EU hearing into road deaths beginsTHE EUROPEAN Commission will this week begin hearing evidence from the families of two young women who died in road incidents…Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Drug takers at rave party told to get medical assistanceGARDAÍ HAVE expressed concern that more people who attended a rave party on Hallowe’en in Dublin may need medical help.Mon Nov 02 2009 - 00:00
Teens urged to 'think before they click' in using internetTHE PEOPLE best placed to protect teenagers on the internet are teenagers themselves, according to a new web safety guide being…Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
Hanafin not targeting any one groupMEASURES WILL be taken to ensure that cuts in the social welfare budget do not disproportionately hit any one group, Minister…Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
Carers' Association calls for criteria to assess needs of elderlyNATIONAL CRITERIA for assessing the needs of older people in their homes, for means-testing them and for ensuring they are getting…Thu Oct 29 2009 - 00:00
Call for means-testing criteriaNational criteria for assessing the needs of older people in their homes, for means-testing them and for ensuring they are fairly…Wed Oct 28 2009 - 00:00
Teens under pressureTHE HSE is reaching out to teenagers to urge them to reach out and “let someone know” if life is getting them down.Tue Oct 27 2009 - 00:00
HSE promise on beds for children 'a cruel taunt'A HSE promise to provide four extra intensive care beds at Our Lady's Hospital for Sick Children in 18 months was a "cruel taunt…Tue Oct 27 2009 - 00:00
Community alliance warns of 'injustice' in fiscal approachA “SERIOUS underlying injustice” is emerging in the Government’s approach to resolving the fiscal crisis, a spokesman for the…Tue Oct 27 2009 - 00:00
