Advocacy groups welcome costs measures but criticise lack of targeting‘Most vulnerable will continue to suffer’, lone-parent organisation One Family saysThu Feb 10 2022 - 21:48
Coping with inflation: ‘What’s the reason for such big hikes on food?’Widow reacts to Government measures to tackle crisis of spiralling cost of livingThu Feb 10 2022 - 20:57
Former Stardust manager indicates he may challenge the constitutionality of inquestsEamon Butterly said he will challenge unless possible verdict of ‘unlawful killing’ is ruled outWed Feb 09 2022 - 20:01
Unemployed men in poor areas most likely to be ‘problem gamblers’, says reportCalls for greater funding for health services to treat gambling addictionWed Feb 09 2022 - 12:25
Housing rules preventing homeless mothers from reuniting with children, committee toldCharity worker says local authorities do not allocate homes with more than one bed to non-primary carersTue Feb 08 2022 - 21:22
Conditions in Irish prisons have worsened, report warnsConcerns raised about overcrowding, mental health and use of solitary confinementMon Feb 07 2022 - 03:06
People forced to choose between heating or eating, warns charity‘Real danger of deepening poverty’ unless Government measures are adequateMon Feb 07 2022 - 01:00
Cost of living: ‘I’ve sold trainers and clothes online just to be able to put the heating on’Two single mothers say their situations will worsen when fuel allowance ends in AprilSun Feb 06 2022 - 17:20
Stardust owner seeking to exclude possible ‘unlawful killing’ verdict from inquestsEamon Butterly could not commit to position on document in proceedings until ruling madeThu Feb 03 2022 - 01:53
Law used to evict Travellers from public land may need reviewLegislation in breach of Supreme Court ruling and should be amended, say rights advocatesTue Feb 01 2022 - 18:51
Remote working could lead to new gender divide, stakeholders warnRemote working likely to become feminised if employers return to old ways, Ictu warnsMon Jan 31 2022 - 03:45
Inquest hears man died by suicide after leaving hospital unaccompaniedSon says call from hospital at 11pm ‘was the first we knew he wasn’t there’Fri Jan 28 2022 - 17:38
Grounds for refusing remote working will be key issue in new law, unions sayFears voiced that remote work could become ‘feminised’; employers urged to be cautiousMon Jan 24 2022 - 21:19
Tusla urged to address child private care placementsFamily placements have ‘questionable legal foundation’, says special rapporteurMon Jan 24 2022 - 01:10
Tusla apologises to mother and son for ‘clear errors’ in fileAutistic teen sent to Belfast says he felt ‘abandoned’ during his 15 months thereMon Jan 24 2022 - 01:04
Gardaí reiterate commitment to tackling domestic violenceOperation Faoiseamh targets perpetrators of violence in home and their prosecutionMon Jan 24 2022 - 00:01
Union distances itself from comments by vice-president about Debenhams workersAuthor of book about long-running dispute brands comments ‘offensive’ and ‘vile’Fri Jan 21 2022 - 20:16
Look from perpetrator can be enough to make a woman drop case, support worker saysDomestic violence court accompaniment worker suggests how system might improveFri Jan 21 2022 - 01:14
Mother and baby homes survivors demand changes to ‘insulting’ schemeMany object to exclusion of babies who were in homes for less than six monthsWed Jan 19 2022 - 18:30
Problem of homelessness in Traveller community highlighted at webinarState plays ‘huge role’ in the homelessness as local authorities regularly evicts TravellersTue Jan 18 2022 - 21:44
‘Dear Ashling, our hearts are broken’: Tullamore unites to mourn loss of murdered teacherAmid grief, shock and anger, thousands gather in town park for Ashling Murphy vigilFri Jan 14 2022 - 21:17
Heartbroken people of Ashling Murphy’s hometown prepare to unite in silent tribute‘It’s so hard to believe it’s in our own town, and that it’s happened to people we know’Fri Jan 14 2022 - 16:06
Rise in number seeking family law advice since Christmas, says FlacMajority of calls about relationship breakdown have been coming from womenThu Jan 13 2022 - 00:03
Scheme for undocumented migrants to open at end of monthAround 20,000 people are to expected to benefit from move to allow regularisationThu Jan 13 2022 - 00:01
Households in rented accommodation receiving subsidies most at risk of poverty‘At risk of poverty’ in 2020 meant living on or below €273.17 per week, says reportMon Jan 10 2022 - 07:58
Death of Sinéad O’Connor’s son referred to NRP for investigationO’Connor questions how her teenage son was able to leave Tallaght hospitalMon Jan 10 2022 - 05:17
Human rights commission calls for prohibition of discrimation against carersWomen more likely to face discrimination over care responsibilities than men – IhrecMon Jan 10 2022 - 04:05
Aoife Beary did not allow Berkeley balcony collapse to define her, funeral toldUncle says 27-year-old insisted on ‘living life well’ after tragedy and that she ‘definitely achieved this’Fri Jan 07 2022 - 15:46
Claim of racial profiling at Border by Garda continues to cause concern‘Selective passport checks’ conducted on buses crossing between NI and StateThu Jan 06 2022 - 20:29
Fire safety risks among problems identified in HSE-run psychiatric unitsMental Health Commission criticises missing fire door and evacuation drills at various sitesThu Jan 06 2022 - 20:08
ICTU says Covid-19 stakeholders’ forum must be convened immediatelyIrish Rail cancels several commuter services due to Covid-19 and close contact absencesTue Jan 04 2022 - 01:13
Call to punish vandals who damage public defibrillatorsPersistent damage to, and theft of, devices countrywide ‘could be death sentence for patient’Mon Jan 03 2022 - 14:56
‘People seem to be panicking’: More than 3,000 queue for Christmas food vouchersOlder people and children among those in line at Capuchin day centre from before dawnTue Dec 21 2021 - 13:01
Landlord ‘at wits’ end’ two years after serving notice on tenant‘I have attempted to be patient. I have been flexible . . . I am not a social worker’Tue Dec 21 2021 - 02:00
Landmarks to light up green to remind people Samaritans are availableDublin’s Convention Centre, Kilkenny Castle, the Rock of Cashel among 70 taking partMon Dec 20 2021 - 08:48
Young people waiting to access mental health care at six-year high, IHCA warnsAlmost 100,000 children on hospital waiting lists is ‘not good enough’, doctors’ group saysMon Dec 20 2021 - 00:01
Staff at Cork mental health unit found to be dismissive and negative around patientsSt Stephen’s hospital operating culture reminiscent of one from ‘decades ago’ – reportFri Dec 17 2021 - 20:04
Risk of poverty among workers would have doubled last year without Covid supportsCSO data shows 6.7 per cent of people employed were at risk of poverty in 2020Fri Dec 17 2021 - 16:19
Details of ‘Brandon’ report make for devastating readingSummary confirms extent of abuse but full report paints a far more comprehensive pictureThu Dec 16 2021 - 21:19
Publishing Brandon report in full could ‘compromise’ disciplinary review - ReidReport on sex abuse at Donegal centre published before it was seen by all familiesThu Dec 16 2021 - 21:06
Brandon report: ‘Rights-based’ approach still absent at HSE centreReport finds 18 intellectually disabled residents subjected to ‘sustained sexual abuse’Thu Dec 16 2021 - 16:03
Report summary into abuse at Donegal disability centre to be publishedFamilies of ‘Brandon’s’ victims to get advance notice of findings on WednesdayWed Dec 15 2021 - 05:01
Free childcare urged for all one-parent familiesOireachtas hears child poverty caused by ‘structural barriers’ to education and jobsTue Dec 14 2021 - 22:04
Known abuser lived at home for 18 months before safeguarding plan was produced‘Brandon’, who is now dead, found to have perpetrated 108 incidents of sexual abuseMon Dec 13 2021 - 01:00
Teenage motorcyclist dies in Co Donegal crashPostmortem to be carried out on man fatally injured in collision with car in KillygordonFri Dec 10 2021 - 21:46
Travellers say ‘mental health epidemic’ in community needs urgent actionSupporters gather at Leinster House to mark UN’s Human Rights Day and submit letterFri Dec 10 2021 - 20:42
Winter flu vaccine to be made available free of charge to all adults over 50Niac recommended extending eligibility to adults between 50 and 64Fri Dec 10 2021 - 17:03
Having a disability can cost €9,500-€11,700 extra a yearSurvey of people with disabilities finds high unemployment and onerous living expensesThu Dec 09 2021 - 03:00
Disabled people face extra costs through no fault of their own, says campaigner‘I just feel lonely, invisible and left behind. It is about scraping by and surviving’ – reportWed Dec 08 2021 - 18:37
Tipperary man (79) thought his community hero award was ‘a set-up’Séamus O’Doherty says kindness of childhood neighbours sparked his desire to helpTue Dec 07 2021 - 21:37
