Play therapy: ‘Children come out the other side having found their glitter, their sparkle’‘This idea that children can park their psychological baggage at the gate of school and engage with academia – that’s not how real life works,’ says principal in Limerick.Tue Jan 03 2023 - 05:00
Play therapy case study: ‘If he hadn’t got the help, where would he be now?’A mother explains how therapy helped both her and her son to overcome difficultiesTue Jan 03 2023 - 05:00
Refugee groups raise ‘serious concerns’ over child safety at East Wall centreFamilies ‘distraught at living conditions’ at facility housing more than 300 peopleSat Dec 24 2022 - 02:00
Thousands queue for Christmas food vouchers: ‘I never thought life would end up like this’About 3,000 vouchers worth €50 each distributed at Capuchin Day Centre in Dublin to help with Christmas costsTue Dec 20 2022 - 11:30
Children at risk of ‘preventable abuse’ due to Garda computer backlogSpecial rapporteur on child protection says inaction by gardaí is ‘alarming’ in final report to GovernmentThu Dec 15 2022 - 21:32
Special rapporteur says Government departments were unwilling to discuss child welfare issues with himDr Conor O’Mahony, who will not seek a second term as special rapporteur on child protection, reveals stark lack of engagement in final reportThu Dec 15 2022 - 13:22
Decriminalisation of drugs for personal use should be ‘accelerated’, committee recommendsReport recommends ‘decriminalisation is pursued in line with emerging international best practice’Wed Dec 14 2022 - 21:08
Capuchin centre forced to stop handing out tickets for Christmas hampers amid ‘chaotic’ levels of demand‘It shows the level of need. In all my years here, it is the worst I have ever seen it’ says volunteer as more than 2,800 vouchers distributedWed Dec 14 2022 - 17:29
Asylum seekers to be moved from tents as ice warning extended until Friday Night-time temperatures forecast to remain below zero next weekSun Dec 11 2022 - 22:40
Asylum seekers staying in tents in Clare to be moved to alternative accommodation ‘by Monday’Move follows criticism of Government after more than 100 remained in tents amid freezing conditionsSun Dec 11 2022 - 16:28
Weather warning extended to Friday as emergency group meets over cold snap‘Bitterly cold’ weather expected for another week, says Met Éireann, as overnight temperatures to drop below -5 degreesSun Dec 11 2022 - 12:36
Charities take special measures to help homeless survive freezing temperaturesMan in critical condition after being found ‘very cold’ at bus shelter on Friday morningFri Dec 09 2022 - 19:16
Mental Health Commission chief ‘flippant’ on closure of Co Cork residential centre, committee hearsCommission inspection reports cited by HSE in decision to close Owenacurra and move 19 residents to other settings considerable distances awayThu Dec 08 2022 - 18:29
Ombudsman welcomes ‘significant progress’ in improving dire conditions at Cork halting sitePrevious report had heavily criticised council over Spring Lane siteWed Dec 07 2022 - 00:01
‘In this day and age it’s all too common unfortunately’: Ronanstown residents react to fatal shootingGarda ‘crime scene’ tape cordoned off the entrance to the Cormac Berkeley’s home, which had Christmas decorations in windows and a Christmas wreath on the front doorTue Dec 06 2022 - 17:47
Play therapy to tackle trauma will be offered in Ballymun primary schools next year‘Whether homelessness or other issues, trauma is a barrier to education,’ says principalFri Dec 02 2022 - 17:04
Abortion, gender identity may be excluded from curriculum by some schools, report warnsReport raises concerns about inadequate refuge spaces, precarious funding for services and lack of expertise on domestic violenceFri Dec 02 2022 - 00:01
Number of Irish households experiencing energy poverty increases to 40%, ESRI reportsGreen Party TD Neasa Hourigan says it is time to question the use of consumption taxesWed Nov 30 2022 - 19:29
Dublin tenants told to leave fire hazard building in less than two weeks The young adults, all from outside Ireland, said they had no idea they were living in an unauthorised structure and now face homelessnessWed Nov 30 2022 - 05:00
Sallynoggin hoarder’s body lay undiscovered despite visits by council and gardaíMichael Whiston’s body was found shortly after an unexploded hand grenade from the Irish Civil War was discovered at his houseMon Nov 28 2022 - 14:30
Health inequalities between Travellers and general population worsening, says reportCommunity faces ‘unacceptable’ health outcomes due to bias in health service and wider racismMon Nov 28 2022 - 00:00
Record number of homeless people in State as figure passes 11,000 Week of October 24th to 30th saw 11,397, including 3,480 children, in emergency accommodationFri Nov 25 2022 - 18:08
‘More than a bit of investment’ needed to tackle Cherry Orchard crime, McEntee saysLong-term strategy for West Dublin community which has seen assaults on gardaí and open drug-dealingThu Nov 24 2022 - 13:44
Ballyfermot: ‘Nobody wants to live here. The stolen cars and everything. It’s terrible’Minister for Justice to meet community representatives over plans to tackle anti-social behaviour, crime and drug-related intimidation in west Dublin areaThu Nov 24 2022 - 05:00
Dublin businesses to employ ‘community wardens’ to patrol north inner cityNorth inner city initiative intended to ‘observe and report’ antisocial behaviourTue Nov 22 2022 - 19:46
Reform of family law courts a welcome step after years of neglectAnalysis: Families have spoken of being left ‘traumatised’ and ‘broken’ by a chaotic and uneven systemThu Nov 17 2022 - 06:52
Family law system to be overhauled with children’s interests ‘paramount’ Specialist judges to preside over dedicated division with Family High Court and other courts in new buildingWed Nov 16 2022 - 20:46
Third of Samaritans callers felt isolated and lonely during the pandemic Charity received almost half a million contacts last year including from prisoners, Travellers and the diasporaWed Nov 16 2022 - 16:14
Minister says memorials and legislation ‘constitute redress’ for thousands of mother and baby home survivorsRoderic O’Gorman rejected attempts by the Oireachtas committee on children to amend the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme Bill 2022 and so provide redress to thousands excluded from its scopeTue Nov 15 2022 - 20:58
LGBTI+ Travellers, Roma suffer added discrimination as ‘minority within a minority’Of the almost 4,000 LGBTI+ Travellers in Ireland almost 40% have experienced homelessnessMon Nov 14 2022 - 00:01
Overseas commercial surrogacy to be permitted under new lawAssisted Human Reproduction Bill amendments will allow surrogacy arrangements take place abroad but not in IrelandSun Nov 13 2022 - 19:41
Prisons warned to secure officers’ journals following deaths in custodyCall by Inspector of Prisons follows investigation into death of young mother 10 days after she attempted suicide in Dóchas women’s prisonSat Nov 12 2022 - 05:00
Less than a fifth of adults who experience abuse report it, survey findsIt is ‘dismaying’ that vulnerable adults remain so poorly protected in policy and legislation, says Irish Association of Social WorkersFri Nov 11 2022 - 00:01
‘Some young people have actually had their parents’ blood on them’Social care workers speaking at a conference in Dublin last Wednesday have outlined the significant trauma being endured by many young people living in difficult situationsThu Nov 10 2022 - 05:00
Man fatally stabbed in Dublin apartment taken over by ‘cuckooing’ drug users, neighbours say Woman arrested after fatal stabbing of man in vulnerable person’s home in BallyfermotTue Nov 08 2022 - 18:35
‘Parental alienation’: Child abuse, or a pseudoscientific tool to silence domestic violence victims?It is not recognised as a mental disorder by the WHO, but the concept of ‘PA’ is being used increasingly in custody disputes before the family law courtsSat Nov 05 2022 - 05:00
Relatives of Stardust victims welcome another small step in their quest for answers Families believe that inquests they have long called for should now get under way without further delayWed Nov 02 2022 - 17:06
Concern over increasing use of ‘parental alienation’ in custody disputes in family courtsChildren are being removed from their preferred parents into the custody of allegedly abusive parents, advocates warnWed Nov 02 2022 - 05:00
Ireland ranked worst for transgender healthcare in EU Transgender Europe says Irish system ‘bogged down’ by long waiting timesMon Oct 31 2022 - 17:56
Domestic abuse claims by women in family courts often dismissed as ‘irrelevant’Survey finds half of respondents say abuse reports ‘not believed’ or ‘dropped’ in custody disputesMon Oct 31 2022 - 05:00
Brazilians in Ireland go to the polls in Croke Park, with most voting for LulaTwo-thirds of 12,000 registered Brazilian voters in the State expected to cast ballots in presidential election run-offSun Oct 30 2022 - 19:25
‘Not acceptable’: 43 Ukrainian refugees left without accommodation and helped by homelessness servicesIrish Red Cross calls for local authorities to be resourced to allocate some 2,000 pledged propertiesSun Oct 23 2022 - 18:40
Savita Halappanavar: 10 years after her death, will Irish abortion laws be reformed further?The public response to the Indian woman’s death in Galway, as a result of a mismanaged miscarriage, was the spark for changeSat Oct 22 2022 - 05:00
Fentanyl could be next wave of drugs crisis in Ireland, expert warnsDublin charity says Government drugs policy not prepared for arrival of deadly synthetic opiateThu Oct 20 2022 - 21:19
Tenth anniversary of Savita Halappanavar’s death to be marked by march calling for major abortion reformsEvent will take place in Dublin on October 29th following organisation by multiple groups including National Women’s Council of IrelandTue Oct 18 2022 - 17:36
Tenants threatened with eviction over tumble-dryers on landingsSean McDermott Street residents have no access to washing lines and there is no communal laundry facilityFri Oct 14 2022 - 05:00
Concrete block levy to go ahead in modified form in Finance BillScheme to support businesses with rising energy costs looks set to be extended to professional businesses such as GPsFri Oct 14 2022 - 04:55
Scheme to support businesses with rising energy costs looks set to be extended to businesses such as GPs, solicitors and dentistsScheme to support businesses with rising energy costs looks set to be extended to businesses such as GPs, solicitors and dentistsThu Oct 13 2022 - 20:45
State apology to Travellers must be made for decades of ‘profound harm’, conference to hearAcknowledgment sought for abuses such as segregated schools and forced removal of Traveller children from familiesThu Oct 13 2022 - 07:15
Moving refugees at short notice may be ‘unavoidable’ this winter, Department of Children says‘Challenging’ situation with 55,000 refugees already in temproary accommodation, says MinisterThu Oct 13 2022 - 03:40
