Kitty Holland

Kitty Holland

Social Affairs Correspondent

Kitty Holland is Social Affairs Correspondent of The Irish Times.

Decision on whether asylum seeker is an adult or child to be removed from Tusla

Those presenting as unaccompanied children to make asylum applications will be appointed an advocate

Gerry Hutch rejects racism accusation: ‘I have friends – Indians, blacks, whites’

Veteran criminal and Dublin Central byelection candidate said illegal immigrants should be interned in the Curragh

Children ‘regularly’ using illegal drugs in Tusla care home with knowledge of staff

Hiqa report finds risks to minors ‘significantly escalated’ at separate facility seven months after previous inspection

Hiqa, PAC and legal professionals all voiced concerns around safety of child asylum seekers in Tusla’s care

Tusla is caught in middle of complex issue without clear legislative guidanc

Almost 300 asylum seekers claiming to be children were adults, Oireachtas committee told

Tusla says age assessment of unaccompanied minors has been an issue of significant risk in recent years

Families of disabled children awaiting needs assessments to raise frustration in Europe

Children have a legal right to assessments of need for educational purposes, but many wait years

Thousands told to leave Ipas centres by July as ‘no longer entitled’ to live there

Correspondence issued to 475 families and more than 1,000 single adults with legal right to remain in Ireland

‘It’s absolutely disgraceful what’s going on’: Ballymun locals react after child discharges firearm

Schoolchildren sent home with leaflet on how to stay safe as youth woker says ‘only solution’ is lots of youth clubs

Ipas head questions claims large numbers are going from direct provision to homelessness

John Harding said ‘vast majority’ of those leaving Ipas accomodation have not needed homeless services

Travellers in plea to Government to save support organisation closed after decades

Southside Traveller Action Group helped households with education, accommodation and healthcare

Sexual corruption identified in gardaí and education services, survey finds

DCU Anti-corruption Research Centre examines issue of sex acts requested in exchange for public services

Child homelessness up by 19% since last year, new figures show

Number of people in emergency accommodation in Ireland reaches 17,517, another record high

Department must pay €30,000 to visually impaired employee over ‘protracted’ discrimination

Paul Hill ‘humiliated’ by Department of Social Protection’s failure to provide reasonable accommodations for over 12-year period

Housing charity concerned at risk to tenants under modular home plan

Threshold raises concerns over proposed planning exemption and rent-a-room changes

Fire safety issue forces Peter McVerry homeless service to move tenants from Dublin property

St Stephen’s Green hostel being emptied in stages as a precaution

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