Child custody applications up 50%There has been an almost 50 per cent increase in child custody applications in the past year, as well as significant increases…Mon May 16 2011 - 01:00
Council set to destroy seized horses unless owners pay €650 per animal: HORSES SEIZED from public land in west Dublin could be destroyed from today unless their owners pay a fine of €650 per animal…Sat May 14 2011 - 01:00
Unemployed have mixed views on prospects from initiativeVIEW OF JOBLESS: CO CLARE native Martin McCarthy, who has been out of work for “just about a year”, describes the jobs initiative…Wed May 11 2011 - 01:00
New cancer support centre funded by 'people power'A CANCER support centre in the southeast, that has operated for the past decade out of a rented two-bedroom house, opens this…Tue May 10 2011 - 01:00
Visitor centre opens at Dublin barracksMICHELLINE SHEEHY-Skeffington has never been able to bring herself to visit the site where her grandfather was executed in 1916…Fri May 06 2011 - 01:00
Centre honouring executed pacifists opensThe Defence Forces today opened a new visitor centre at Cathal Brugha Barracks named in honour of three journalists who were …Thu May 05 2011 - 01:00
Tale of two Borrises: Danes made welcomeA GROUP of schoolchildren from Borris, Co Carlow, have welcomed to their town another group of schoolchildren from another Borris…Tue May 03 2011 - 01:00
Reilly sees expanded role for nursesAn expanded role for nurses was a "key part" of the Government's health reform package, Minister for Health James Reilly has …Tue May 03 2011 - 01:00
Three killed on roads in two crashesTHREE PEOPLE were killed in two separate road incidents in Co Wexford and Co Kerry yesterday, both occurring at about 3.30am.Tue May 03 2011 - 01:00
Quiet day at Smithfield Horse Fair after gardaí set up checkpointsYESTERDAY’S HORSE fair in Smithfield, Dublin, was a quiet affair because of a joint operation involving the Garda, the DSPCA, …Mon May 02 2011 - 01:00
Travellers wet their whistle while waiting on a train that might not comeFREE TRAVEL passes for the over-65s were on show in the bar at Connolly railway station in Dublin yesterday, where alcohol was…Sat Apr 23 2011 - 01:00
Belarus positive on renewed adoption policy with Ireland, says charity chiefADOPTIONS BETWEEN Belarus and Ireland could start again after a seven-year suspension, the chief executive of Chernobyl Children…Fri Apr 22 2011 - 01:00
Follow-up scans recommended in reportINADEQUATE TRAINING in the use of ultrasound machines resulted in 24 women being wrongly told they had miscarried when in fact…Tue Apr 19 2011 - 01:00
How to avoid courting disasterA new mediation service aims to make break-ups less acrimonious by helping couples to settle disputes out of courtTue Apr 19 2011 - 01:00
Case study: one mother's storyNOTHING “REAL” has changed as a result of the report, according to one of the women whose case was reviewed.Tue Apr 19 2011 - 01:00
One in nine teenagers in North groomed for sex, survey revealsMORE THAN 10 per cent of teenagers in the North have experienced sexual grooming and more than 75 per cent of them were under…Fri Apr 15 2011 - 01:00
Drivers heading wrong way on motorways a 'daily' perilMOTORISTS DRIVING in the wrong direction on motorways was now “a daily occurrence”, Road Safety Authority chief executive Noel…Tue Apr 12 2011 - 01:00
Ivory Coast protest at French embassyABOUT 20 members of the 250-strong Ivory Coast community in Ireland protested outside the French embassy in Dublin yesterday …Sat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
New child support agency plannedA NEW Child and Family Support Agency would be one of the new bodies established under the aegis of the new Department of Children…Sat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
Missing fishermen search continuesTHE IRISH Naval service will stay with the search off the north Dublin coast for two missing fishermen “for as long as we are…Tue Apr 05 2011 - 01:00
Naval Service to join search for two fishermen missing since FridayTHE IRISH Naval Service will join the search for two missing fishermen off the coast of Dublin this morning, joining the RNLI…Mon Apr 04 2011 - 01:00
Horses seized from private land put downSOME 19 horses and ponies owned by young people in west Dublin were put down by South Dublin County Council five days after being…Mon Apr 04 2011 - 01:00
'Ghost Light' shines: O'Connor book chosen for festivalHAVING HIS novel, Ghost Light , chosen for this year’s Dublin: One City, One Book festival, was “the best thing to have ever …Wed Mar 30 2011 - 01:00
New social housing rulesHOUSING AUTHORITIES must ensure potential new tenants and existing ones know about changes to the regulations for assessment …Tue Mar 29 2011 - 01:00
Elder abuse still going unreported, says expertTHERE IS a “massive gap” between the extent of elder abuse and levels of reporting, an expert on the issue has said.Tue Mar 29 2011 - 01:00
Council estate rife with mould and dampUP TO 400 local authority houses in west Dublin, which were built between four and seven years ago and won architectural design…Mon Mar 28 2011 - 01:00
'I was getting headaches . . . my clothes and furniture have been wrecked'JOHN KINSELLA moved his bed into his kitchen when the dark-green and black mould reached four feet up his bedroom walls.Mon Mar 28 2011 - 01:00
Horse 'amnesty' offered to ownersTHE DUBLIN Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) is appealing to horse and pony owners unwilling or unable…Sat Mar 26 2011 - 00:00
DSPCA appeals for horsesThe Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) is appealing to horse and pony owners who are no longer willing…Fri Mar 25 2011 - 00:00
A new step out onto the catwalkA MODELLING agency for people with Down syndrome was launched in Dublin yesterday, World Down Syndrome DayTue Mar 22 2011 - 00:00
Complaints about solicitors increaseCOMPLAINTS TO the Law Society about solicitors increased by more than 20 per cent in the 12 months to last September, compared…Mon Mar 21 2011 - 00:00
Anti-war group says intervention unlikely to lead to democracyIRISH MOVEMENT: THE WESTERN-led military intervention in Libya will make things worse for the people of that country and is …Mon Mar 21 2011 - 00:00
Mother says she has to leave child in hospitalTHE MOTHER of a blind five-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy, who is unlikely to live for more than a few years, has said…Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Medieval discovery: pottery and leather shoes found in digREMNANTS of what appears to have been a medieval mill, including “very well-preserved” timber beams, pottery and leather shoes…Tue Mar 15 2011 - 00:00
Culture and literature to fore for St Patrick's DayTHE FOCUS of this year’s St Patrick’s Festival may be firmly on the literary but space will still be made for musicians, dancers…Tue Mar 15 2011 - 00:00
Increase in kidney transplants as organ donations riseTHE NUMBER of kidney transplants increased by 150 per cent in the first two months of this year compared with January and February…Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Arcade Fire return to top bill at PicnicCANADIAN BAND Arcade Fire and dance duo the Chemical Brothers are among the headline acts for this year’s Electric Picnic.Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Arcade Fire, Pulp to headline PicnicOrganisers of the Electric Picnic say they are confident of selling all 32,500 tickets "well in advance" of the three-day music…Thu Mar 10 2011 - 00:00
O'Connor commits Siptu to equalityWOMEN'S CHARTER: EQUALITY FOR women has been shown to be an economically superior way of running society, Siptu president Jack…Wed Mar 09 2011 - 00:00
Without women's full input we're 'flying on one wing'GENDER BIAS: TO EXCLUDE women’s full contribution was to be a country “flying on one wing instead of two”, President Mary McAleese…Wed Mar 09 2011 - 00:00
Failure to restore school book grant to schools and libraries challengedIT WAS a “major concern” that the new programme for government made no commitment to reinstate the school book grant to schools…Tue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Gender imbalance in public life highlighted ahead of Women's DayTHE REPRESENTATION of women in Irish public life remains “pathetic and embarrassing” for a modern nation, the chief executive…Tue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Call for return of school book grantsIt was a "major concern" that the new programme for government made no commitment to reinstate the school book grant to schools…Mon Mar 07 2011 - 00:00
RTÉ suspends presenter over drink-drivingRTÉ HAS suspended radio presenter Baz Ashmawy for one month without pay following a drink-driving incident last weekend.Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Treating cancer to become more expensiveCANCER TREATMENTS are going to get significantly more expensive with implications for patients’ access to them and for health…Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Labour, FG share Dublin MW spoilsDublin Mid West has returned two Labour Party and two Fine Gael TDs, with two women coming home first.Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Hotel staff say they will continue with picket until they are reinstatedHOUSEKEEPING STAFF in dispute with a major hotel operator in Dublin over cuts to the minimum wage say they are determined to …Thu Feb 24 2011 - 00:00
Prison votes: Almost 200 inmates cast ballotsALMOST 200 prisoners around the State have cast their votes in the general electionThu Feb 24 2011 - 00:00
Pre-school workers key to identifying abuseChildcare staff who work with the 97 per cent of children in pre-schools, creches or montessori schools could be key to protecting…Tue Feb 22 2011 - 00:00
ULA attacks main parties over cutsCohesive opposition to welfare and spending cuts will only come from a strong left-wing presence in the Dáil, the United Left…Tue Feb 22 2011 - 00:00
