'No one is responsible for anything'WHAT IS it with ambitious public sector projects? It seems almost preordained that they end up with eye-watering cost overruns…Mon Mar 05 2012 - 00:00
The budding philanthropists putting Ireland firstIRELAND HAS NEVER been too keen on philanthropySat Mar 03 2012 - 00:00
Concern remains over Cork unitSocial services inspectors have expressed concern that children in a special care unit, which they found to be in a "state of…Tue Feb 28 2012 - 00:00
HSE's eligibility rules unclear, says O'ReillyTHE PUBLIC is paying the price for the failure of successive governments to introduce a statutory framework that would set out…Tue Feb 28 2012 - 00:00
'Social innovators' to visit DublinFifty of the world’s leading social innovators will gather in Dublin next month to help kick-start an ambitious plan to tackle…Thu Feb 23 2012 - 00:00
Children's group given €1.5m for referendum campaignTWO PHILANTHROPIC groups have provided €1Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
Colleges given six months to spell out their strategic plansALL THIRD-LEVEL institutions have been given six months to respond to official proposals which would result in the merger of …Tue Feb 14 2012 - 00:00
Almost 800 adverse reactions to swine flu vaccine identifiedTHE SWINE flu vaccine has topped the list of drugs responsible for the largest number of suspected adverse reactions, new figures…Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Parents of young disabled shocked at cuts in servicesPARENTS OF hundreds of young people with intellectual disabilities say they are shocked that many of their children may not have…Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Officials knew of 'recent' €3.6bn error for a yearMINISTER FOR Finance Michael Noonan was told by his department’s officials last year that a €3Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
Many councils struggling to pay for vital servicesSOME LOCAL authorities are in serious financial difficulty and struggling to collect enough income from rates to pay for vital…Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
'The best attitude is to just get on with it'CASE STUDY: WEEKEND DAD: ENDA WHELTON never planned on becoming a weekend dadFri Feb 10 2012 - 00:00
What is the health of the nation?THE ECONOMIC downturn should carry a health warning: the recession can be very bad for your healthThu Feb 09 2012 - 00:00
The trapped and the priced-outNO OTHER generation grew up with such high hopesTue Feb 07 2012 - 00:00
Income for church and religious bodies fell 10% in 2009THE ECONOMIC downturn has had a heavy impact on religious organisations in Ireland, with income down from donations, church collections…Mon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
'I'm still a long way from where I'd like to be'CASE STUDY: UNIVERSITY GRADUATE: PADDY DUFFY may lack employment opportunities, but he doesn’t lack ambitionMon Feb 06 2012 - 00:00
How one entrepreneurial family has fared‘We feel cheated. We always paid our bills and paid our taxes’Sat Feb 04 2012 - 00:00
Owner of nursing home to help inquiryTHE OWNER of a Kilkenny nursing home who is accused of reckless abandonment of residents and theft of money from clients has …Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
State board members invited to waive feesTHE GOVERNMENT is writing to hundreds of State board members to tell them they have the option of waiving their fees as part …Tue Jan 31 2012 - 00:00
Plan to ban anonymous donors 'will limit supply'PLANS TO ban the use of anonymous sperm or egg donations in Ireland will lead to fewer donors and an increase in the cost of …Mon Jan 30 2012 - 00:00
Owner of nursing home shut by Hiqa operating in AustraliaTHE OWNER of a Kilkenny nursing home who is accused of reckless abandonment of residents and theft of money from clients has …Thu Jan 26 2012 - 00:00
Contract ends for worker who blew whistleA WHISTLEBLOWER who recently highlighted the poor treatment of patients at St Brendan’s psychiatric hospital in Grangegorman …Fri Jan 20 2012 - 00:00
Public proposes 1,000 ways to save State moneyTHE GOVERNMENT has received more than 1,000 submissions from the public on new ways for the State to save money.Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Allowances not made for guards and teachers in savings ideasSHOULD CRIMINALS be forced to wear green jumpsuits and do community service instead of jail time? And should teachers be obliged…Thu Jan 19 2012 - 00:00
Controversy over genetic screening of embryosA FERTILITY CLINIC is to offer genetic screening of embryos for the first time in Ireland which will inform parents if their …Wed Jan 18 2012 - 00:00
Irish adoptions from Vietnam to resume as accord reachedADOPTIONS BETWEEN Vietnam and Ireland are set to resume over the coming months after the two governments reached agreement on…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
From Russia with love - daughter Maria ends Donegal family's adoption questCASE STUDY : MAGS KELLY and her husband Alan Cunningham had been due to travel to Vietnam in the summer of 2009 to meet their…Tue Jan 17 2012 - 00:00
Vietnam adoptions may resumeAdoptions between Vietnam and Ireland are likely to resume over the coming months after the two governments reached agreement…Mon Jan 16 2012 - 00:00
Expert group to consider abortion law in light of human rights court rulingMR JUSTICE Seán Ryan of the High Court is to chair an expert group that will examine the options available to the Government …Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
Residents love Terenure, whichever constituency it's inA canvass of opinion in Terenure finds little support for a residents’ group that wants electoral boundaries changed to reflect…Sat Jan 14 2012 - 00:00
Revenue officials face questioning on letters to pensionersSENIOR OFFICIALS from the Revenue Commissioners will be asked to explain before an Oireachtas committee this week why it sent…Mon Jan 09 2012 - 00:00
Schoolgirl vaccine uptake of 82% beats target figuresA VACCINE that protects girls against cervical cancer in later life had an uptake of 82 per cent during the first year of the…Sat Jan 07 2012 - 00:00
Department warned Gilmore of 'negative fallout' of embassy closuresTHE MINISTER for Foreign Affaris Eamon Gilmore was warned in recent months that closing embassies such as the Vatican could harm…Thu Jan 05 2012 - 00:00
Hard drug use on rise in DublinCOMMUNITY GROUPS say they are increasingly worried by a rise in the use of hard drugs such as crack cocaine and crystal meth …Tue Jan 03 2012 - 00:00
Vietnam mission to finalise renewed adoptionsIRISH OFFICIALS are due to visit Vietnam in the coming weeks to finalise arrangements for the resumption of adoptions to Ireland…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Minister says serious work to be done in reforming the protection of childrenNOT LONG after she was appointed as the first Cabinet- ranking Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald received a worrying …Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Banks could use massive losses to write off €4bn in taxBANKS AND financial institutions may be able to use massive losses they accumulated to write off up to €4 billion in tax liabilities…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Banks could use losses to write off €4bn in taxBanks and financial institutions may be able to use massive losses they accumulated to write off up to €4 billion in tax liabilities…Sat Dec 31 2011 - 00:00
Why a joint approach is needed to tackle suicideWHEN IT arrives, suicide baffles, confuses and panics families and communitiesTue Dec 27 2011 - 00:00
Charities at risk as State and private funds shrinkMANY IRISH charities are struggling to cope in the face of an economic downturn which is squeezing fundraising and leading to…Tue Dec 27 2011 - 00:00
'Irish Times' literary editor dies unexpectedlyCAROLINE WALSH, the literary editor of The Irish Times , has died unexpectedly. She was 59.Fri Dec 23 2011 - 00:00
Malaysian in same-sex union fears return homeA MALAYSIAN student whose same-sex relationship with an Irish man has provoked a storm of controversy in his home country has…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Nama to make 2,000 homes available for social housingTHE NATIONAL Asset Management Agency (Nama) has agreed to make 2,000 homes or apartments available to people on social housing…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
'Irish Times' literary editor diesCaroline Walsh, the literary editor of The Irish Times , has died unexpectedly. She was 59.Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Poetic justice for Heaney as gift of archive clears home of clutterA FEW months ago Seamus Heaney drove into the car park of the National Library of Ireland laden down with cardboard boxes full…Thu Dec 22 2011 - 00:00
Heaney hands notes to National LibraryNobel laureate Seámus Heaney this morning officially handed over his literary papers to the National Library of Ireland.Wed Dec 21 2011 - 00:00
Malaysian Muslims seek action over man 'missing' in IrelandA MALAYSIAN student who reportedly had a civil partnership with an Irishman has been caught up in a political storm of controversy…Tue Dec 20 2011 - 00:00
Minister insists children's rights referendum to go ahead next yearA NEW WORDING for a referendum next year to strengthen children’s rights in the Constitution is being finalised by Government…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
Fathers' rights group highlights Christmas suicide risk for separatedFATHERS’ RIGHTS campaigners yesterday threw Christmas wreaths into the River Liffey as part of a campaign to highlight what they…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
ESRI says fertility rate is greatly underestimatedTHE FERTILITY rate of Irish women is likely to have been substantially underestimated over recent years due to women delaying…Mon Dec 19 2011 - 00:00
