Mercy Law Resource Centre provides free legal advice to 500 homeless familiesGroup’s annual report says emergency accommodation conditions violating rights accounts for 28% of casesMon Sept 21 2020 - 00:01
Government told it should end ‘help-to-buy’ scheme and tackle povertySocial Justice Ireland says Budget 2021 needs to focus on social housing and tax increasesMon Sept 21 2020 - 00:01
Martin ‘seriously concerned’ at Covid complacency amid pressure over church eventsArchbishop says he is worried about parishes taking initiatives to ‘get First Communions done’Sun Sept 20 2020 - 10:20
‘It will be hard for people . . . they’ll miss it’: Dublin’s religious once again close their doorsDublin’s religious to re-embrace online ceremonies as capital moves to Level 3 restrictionsFri Sept 18 2020 - 21:44
More than half of young people ‘confused’ about sexual consent - reportRepurcussions and fear of saying ‘no’ was mentioned by some of those surveyedFri Sept 18 2020 - 01:07
‘I felt like I was just an incubator for Tusla’Advocacy group highlights ‘inconsistent’ rates of children taken into care around StateFri Sept 18 2020 - 01:00
Ex-Aramark staff mount unofficial picket after receiving week’s notice of job lossCatering staff say they were ‘dumped after years of loyalty’, call on former employer AIB for supportWed Sept 16 2020 - 19:05
Residents ‘distressed’ over St Mary’s nursing home closureHealth watchdog surveys 19 residents of Dublin care home set for closureWed Sept 16 2020 - 00:36
Sale of sex rises since Covid-19 restrictions lifted, advocacy group saysRuhama calls on Government for better enforcement of legislation on purchasing sexMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:00
Homeless in the pandemic: Meet Ciara and Shane, Darragh and GaryThe number sleeping rough in Dublin fell to just 25 in March, but is now over 100 a night. With many services closed by the pandemic, their plight is severeSat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: All direct provision residents and staff to be offered Covid-19 testingGovernment and HSE confirm rollout of voluntary and free testing for asylum seekersFri Sept 11 2020 - 18:25
Report calls for law on purchasing sex to be repealedMaynooth university report warns sex workers feel less safe since law introducedThu Sept 10 2020 - 21:48
Quotas for young people in politics suggested to attract themTasc online forum heard from young people involved in activism, media and OireachtasThu Sept 10 2020 - 19:33
National Maternity Hospital Covid-19 restrictions may be eased this weekHope partners may be soon be allowed accompany women to 20-week scanMon Sept 07 2020 - 20:35
Rape Crisis Centre records 10% increase in callsChief executive echoes ‘fervent calls’ for reform of the criminal justice systemMon Sept 07 2020 - 01:00
Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin contacted by UCD president with personal apologyLecturer and broadcaster had earlier received no direct communication from college headSun Sept 06 2020 - 21:42
Footfall in State’s main cities remains far below usual levelsPedestrian numbers in Limerick, Dublin, Cork and Galway fell up to 90% in lockdownThu Sept 03 2020 - 01:19
Working-class neighbourhoods menaced by fireworks‘Nothing is cancelling out the noise. I wear headphones ... it’s explosion after explosion’Wed Sept 02 2020 - 16:16
Dublin nursing home residents ‘terrified and angry’ over its threatened closureResidents of St Mary’s facility face uncertain future amid liquidation processMon Aug 31 2020 - 01:00
Number of homeless people rises for first time since pandemic beganIncrease linked to single adults having to use emergency accommodation due to problems finding homesFri Aug 28 2020 - 17:32
Caranua urged to show ‘flexibility’ with closing dateBody set up to improve lives of survivors of abuse at religious institutions said it will shutFri Aug 28 2020 - 01:21
Residents’ families and staff call on HSE to take nursing home into State ownership‘Residents are very frightened. We will fight tooth and nail to save their homes and protect them’Wed Aug 26 2020 - 19:07
Drinking coffee during pregnancy puts unborn child at risk, study findsResearch suggests there is no ‘safe’ level of caffeine consumption for pregnant womenTue Aug 25 2020 - 11:39
Gardaí called to over 27,000 domestic violence incidents during pandemicDistrict Court president says applications for barring and protection orders up 17%Thu Aug 20 2020 - 17:08
Domestic violence calls rose by almost half during lockdownDearth of refuge capacity exacerbated by Covid-19 crisis, according to Women’s AidThu Aug 20 2020 - 00:01
Over 70s are still not being consulted on Covid-19, groups sayAdvocacy organisations respond to new restrictions announced by TaoiseachTue Aug 18 2020 - 22:25
Social worker overcomes poverty to graduate with master’s degreeKerry native lauds commitment of one social worker, mother’s love and youth workersTue Aug 04 2020 - 02:23
Ireland ‘in denial’ about human trafficking, says global expertSr Kathleen Bryant says State has continuously failed to meet key international targets to combat the problemThu Jul 30 2020 - 01:00
New ‘essential’ legal service for Travellers launchesService aims to ‘improve outcomes in housing, education and equality by enforcing their rights’Mon Jul 27 2020 - 00:46
Moving domestic violence brief from Justice a ‘downgrade’Talks ongoing between two departments about which should drive national strategySat Jul 25 2020 - 03:23
Two thirds of heavy drinkers in denial about their alcohol consumption, study findsHRB finds women who drink harmfully particularly likely to think drinking is moderateThu Jul 23 2020 - 19:03
Most children at Oberstown were not engaged in education before being sent thereAlmost a third of youths in the north Co Dublin children’s detention centre had lost one or both of their parentsThu Jul 23 2020 - 17:30
Migrant women create Ireland’s first carers’ co-operativeCo-founder Maria Jikijela says the group will ‘reinvest all profits in the carers’Thu Jul 23 2020 - 02:55
Investigations under way after two women found dead at homeless centreBodies discovered hours apart on Tuesday morning at Abigail Women’s Centre in DublinTue Jul 21 2020 - 19:04
Coronavirus: Disability services must reopen urgently, Dáil committee toldMany people with disabilities ‘depressed and regressing’ in absence of supportsFri Jul 17 2020 - 17:38
Rent increases and evictions ban extension draws ire from property ownersMinister extends ban past Monday deadline but extension is expected to be shortThu Jul 16 2020 - 18:48
Unemployed and unskilled workers most likely to be admitted to psychiatric careStudy shows 20–24 year age group had highest rate of admissionsThu Jul 16 2020 - 16:08
Hiqa highlights ‘poor risk management’ at Cork child welfare servicesOne at-risk child in service run by Tusla was not visited four months after case discussedTue Jul 14 2020 - 19:03
Report underlines impact of pandemic on children taken into careParents unable to visit sick child and family prevented from reuniting among cases listedMon Jul 13 2020 - 00:01
Covid-19: Restrictions on travelling abroad may last several years, expert warnsDr Sam McConkey says calls for better enforcement of 14-day travel quarantineSun Jul 12 2020 - 17:46
Taoiseach urges British people not to holiday in Ireland at presentMicheál Martin says it is too early to relax 14-day quarantine as focus was on reopening societySun Jul 12 2020 - 14:01
Mother and five children sleeping in car while seeking accommodationRoseanne Joyce advised by Tipperary council to return to parents’ crowded Nenagh homeThu Jul 09 2020 - 02:17
Syrian refused bank account among cases fought by Irish rights groupIHREC report published as Covid-19 highlights ‘existing inequalities in our society’Wed Jul 08 2020 - 01:00
Direct provision pupils: ‘We can’t stay late at school or do anything in town’Asylum-seeker ‘sadness’ often compounded by isolation from school peers outside townsTue Jul 07 2020 - 02:54
Racism and bullying experienced by many child asylum seekersUse of n-word and exclusion by teachers and other students widespread, report findsTue Jul 07 2020 - 02:06
Hiqa finds unexplained delays in reporting suspected neglect, abuse of children to gardaíTusla child protection services in Kerry and Cavan/Monaghan criticised by watchdogMon Jul 06 2020 - 22:09
‘Feeling that rejection in society, it’s horrible,’ says first Traveller woman in Oireachtas‘I know I can’t speak for other marginalised communities, but I want to speak with them,’ says Eileen FlynnFri Jul 03 2020 - 16:00
Number of children admitted to psychiatric hospitals rises by one-fifthReport records 168 suicides among people engaged with mental health services last yearThu Jul 02 2020 - 01:01
Irish women’s right to pay equality not guaranteed, Council of Europe findsIreland one of 14 EU states violating charter on equality at work, rights body saysMon Jun 29 2020 - 02:53
Covid-19: Childcare ranks highest for returning workersSurvey finds 70% of employers are open to facilitating working from homeMon Jun 29 2020 - 02:25
