#ShineYourLight: Tributes to coronavirus victims and frontline workersHeritage sites, public buildings, window-sills and embassies across the world are lit upSat Apr 11 2020 - 21:58
Coronavirus: GP visits regarding abortions to take place remotelyRequirement to see GP in person twice waived for duration of Covid-19 crisisWed Apr 08 2020 - 02:00
Coronavirus: Lack of electronic transfers for blind allowance causing hardship“I am totally blind and when I need assistance it involves bringing people into my personal space”Tue Apr 07 2020 - 21:30
Anti-overdose medication training aims to protect drug usersShort classes teach how to administer Naloxone to opiate takers in Covid-19 contextTue Apr 07 2020 - 20:01
Impact of Covid-19 on Travelling people: ‘Worst that ever came’Families living through the coronavirus crisis on what are overcrowded and unsafe sitesFri Apr 03 2020 - 02:00
Covid-19 cutting drug users and recovering addicts off from key supportsMerchants Quay Ireland fears relapse and deaths among ‘very vulnerable demographic’Wed Apr 01 2020 - 06:00
Irish flight bringing PPE from China arrives in DublinAer Lingus plane is first of 10 due to bring equipment back for State’s health serviceSun Mar 29 2020 - 18:50
Coronavirus: No funeral Masses to be held in Clogher dioceseBishop announces bodies of the dead will be taken directly to the burial groundSat Mar 28 2020 - 22:03
Coronavirus: Ireland suffers highest daily death tollFurther 14 people die in Republic while 294 more cases reported bringing total to 2,415Sat Mar 28 2020 - 20:56
Coronavirus: Older people who leave houses may be asked to go home - HarrisLocal authority to lead community support service for people cocooningSat Mar 28 2020 - 19:44
Coronavirus: Concern crisis could prevent timely access to abortion servicesWomen’s groups say need to visit a GP twice in three days ‘irreconcilable’ with restricted travelFri Mar 27 2020 - 09:14
‘My three year old asked are we going to have to stay in here forever?’Families in accommodation hubs struggle amid Covid-19 clampdown conditionsFri Mar 27 2020 - 01:48
Coronavirus: Unions urge non-essential building sites to close until staff protectedConstruction Industry Federation says it has directed all sites to comply with guidelinesThu Mar 26 2020 - 20:26
Coronavirus: Dublin accommodation sourced for homeless peopleMore than 650 apartments, hotel rooms and single-occupancy rooms become available amid ‘unprecedented demand’ on servicesThu Mar 26 2020 - 12:56
‘Worried’ homeless diabetic with nowhere to self-isolate sleeps in his carA number of TDs have called for empty properties to be requisitioned during the pandemic to tackle overcrowding in hostelsTue Mar 24 2020 - 20:28
Housing crisis forcing 1,024 people to remain in direct provisionGovernment must ‘dramatically increase delivery of social housing’, says Eoin Ó BroinMon Mar 23 2020 - 13:36
Covid-19: Unions propose financial scheme to aid laid-off workersGovernment under pressure from unions and bosses to support those who lose jobsFri Mar 20 2020 - 20:39
Employers who offer more than State's Covid-19 payment will not be refundedBusinesses that pay temporarily laid-off staff over €203 weekly will not be refundedFri Mar 20 2020 - 03:00
Dublin church opens its doors to the dining homelessHomeless food centres provide takeaway meals in bid to stem spread of virusThu Mar 19 2020 - 16:02
More than 50,000 applications have been made for new pandemic paymentFear growing among poorest working families they will be hardest hitWed Mar 18 2020 - 22:18
Coronavirus: Civil service staff reassigned to help thousands of people signing onUp to 50,000 bar staff and 25,000 in childcare effectively laid off due to outbreakMon Mar 16 2020 - 15:18
Increased resources to tackle mental health impact of outbreakMinister ‘really worried’ about psychological impact of isolation and job lossesSun Mar 15 2020 - 21:26
Member of staff at The Irish Times tests positive for coronavirusOffice to close but newspaper and website will continue to operate, company saysSun Mar 15 2020 - 21:23
Concerns for undocumented migrants seeking medical careMany fear being deported during coronavirus outbreak if they come forwardSat Mar 14 2020 - 02:14
Seanad hopeful would be first female Traveller in Oireachtas‘It’s important to bring a Traveller voice to the table,’ says activist Eileen FlynnWed Mar 11 2020 - 03:00
Share of income going to top 1 per cent has increased, Tasc report saysMeasures to tackle excessive pay to richest, and to increase wages of lowest paid neededWed Mar 11 2020 - 01:00
People with disabilities faced ‘enormous barriers’ to voting in general electionEquality campaigner receives ‘avalanche’ of responses after tweeting about experienceMon Mar 09 2020 - 03:02
Homeless services ramp up coronavirus precautionsHSE advises services to have plan in place for dealing with persons who become illFri Mar 06 2020 - 17:39
#MeToo has ‘blind spot’ on prostitution, says survivorJust one man prosecuted for purchasing sex, but 18 migrant women charged under lawWed Mar 04 2020 - 17:26
Half of working mothers consider giving up work over childcare costsNetwork Ireland survey highlights pressures and worries of working mothersMon Mar 02 2020 - 02:33
Residents of Limerick retirement village face rent increasesElderly and disabled residents say new owners of complex have removed servicesMon Mar 02 2020 - 02:25
Focus Ireland calls for rent freeze to tackle housing crisisDirector of charity says political parties need to focus on humanitarian crisisSun Mar 01 2020 - 17:01
Nearly 200 artists sign letter urging action on sexual harassment, bullying in the artsOpen letter to Arts Council and Government says movement ‘will not be silenced’Fri Feb 28 2020 - 00:30
The view from Clondalkin: If Sinn Féin don’t get in, ‘there will be marches’The last thing many voters in west Dublin want to see is a Fine Gael-Fianna Fáil coalitionSat Feb 22 2020 - 01:00
Ireland is fifth-best country for children, but one of worst on climateReport finds lack of action in tackling climate change threatens ‘every child’s future’Wed Feb 19 2020 - 01:00
Consistent poverty rates highest in southeast and Border areasCSO monitoring report highlights regional variations in social progressMon Feb 17 2020 - 20:26
Housing charity says protest puts delivery of 65 social homes at riskClúid may seek court injunction against 24-hour picket in west DublinMon Feb 17 2020 - 18:52
‘I’m an emotional wreck’: Dublin man fears council will seize his caravanJames Douglas has already had one caravan taken after becoming homeless four years agoMon Feb 17 2020 - 01:04
Magdalene survivor takes case to UN torture committeeState is being investigated over its treatment of Elizabeth Coppin (70) in landmark caseMon Feb 17 2020 - 01:00
Magdalene survivor: ‘It feels like Ireland is abusing us again’Elizabeth Coppin (70) says her treatment by State has been cruel, inhuman and degradingMon Feb 17 2020 - 01:00
Magdalene survivor’s UN case of key importance, lawyer saysState role in ‘suppression of evidence’ on abuse at heart of Elizabeth Coppin’s caseMon Feb 17 2020 - 01:00
‘House the Irish First’ group halts building work on 65 social homes in west Dublin‘We watch these houses being built, and none of our children on the list are getting them’Sat Feb 15 2020 - 02:33
Dublin South West results: Zappone bows out as Duffy and Lahart take final seatsMinister Katherine Zappone ‘very proud’ of change she achieved in GovernmentMon Feb 10 2020 - 22:06
Election 2020: John Lahart (Fianna Fáil)Dublin South West – Elected on 11th countMon Feb 10 2020 - 21:15
Election 2020: Francis Noel Duffy (Green Party)Dublin South-West – Elected 11th countMon Feb 10 2020 - 21:03
Election 2020: Paul Murphy (Rise, Solidarity-People Before Profit)Dublin South-West – Elected 8th countMon Feb 10 2020 - 18:35
Election 2020: Gino Kenny (People Before Profit)Dublin Mid-West – Elected on ninth countMon Feb 10 2020 - 17:22
Dublin Mid West results: Jubilant scenes as Gino Kenny takes final seatFine Gael’s Emer Higgins also elected while Fianna Fáil’s John Curran loses outMon Feb 10 2020 - 15:44
