Deaths of six children known to Tusla associated with ‘substance misuse’Review says in some cases social workers ‘overly optimistic’ about parents’ competencyFri Jul 05 2019 - 06:17
Specialist midwives ‘urgently needed’ to help parents with addictionsSix very young children, known to Tusla, died in 2018 whose mothers had addiction issuesFri Jul 05 2019 - 01:00
Parents of child (3) who died had drug addiction issuesChild dies in accident while in care of his father who had substances in system at timeFri Jul 05 2019 - 01:00
School imposing reduced timetables in a way that is ‘not solely child centred’Warning from the Oireachtas Committee on Education contained in first statutory report on the issueThu Jul 04 2019 - 22:22
Up to a third of poorer families' income goes on food - studyWelfare recipients with teenagers and in rural areas struggle most with nutritious dietTue Jul 02 2019 - 09:32
Nowhere for poorest households to rent in Galway and Waterford cities, survey findsSimon Communities reports ‘alarming’ lack of housing for those dependent on HAPTue Jul 02 2019 - 00:00
Temporary house found for homeless family forced to move repeatedlyPeter McVerry Trust finds temporary house in Co Offaly for couple with seven childrenFri Jun 28 2019 - 21:25
Homeless family of nine placed in three hotels in three countiesTullamore parents Michelle and Patrick O’Brien have seven children under 14Fri Jun 28 2019 - 11:39
‘It’s very stressful minding my boys. We’re feeling quite hopeless’Offaly Traveller Movement and Tusla seeking to help family housed in multiple hotelsFri Jun 28 2019 - 01:18
Councils’ compliance with human rights of Travellers investigatedIHREC takes action amid ‘persistent discrimination’ by local authorities against TravellersFri Jun 28 2019 - 00:21
Dublin plan branded ‘unwise’, uncosted and beyond competence of councillorsCouncil chief estimates cost of implementing ‘ambitious’ agreement as ‘very significant’Thu Jun 27 2019 - 01:55
Domestic violence support centre in Donegal faces closureLifeline Inishowen, based in Carndonagh, delivers petition to Minister for ChildrenWed Jun 26 2019 - 20:40
Government has exacerbated housing crisis, says commissionerEmily Logan describes housing assistance payment as ‘not fit for purpose’Mon Jun 24 2019 - 18:33
Lives may be at risk over closure of Donegal domestic violence serviceLifeline Inishowen to hand 1,000-signature petition to Dáil in search for urgent fundingMon Jun 24 2019 - 02:38
Landlords discriminating against benefit recipients, report findsIrish Human Rights and Equality Commission also notes unfairness to asylum seekersMon Jun 24 2019 - 02:31
Ballsbridge tenants facing homelessness appeal to Eoghan MurphyRemaining renters say people who already left homes did so on foot of invalid noticesMon Jun 24 2019 - 02:23
Ireland needs ‘good story to tell’ from home on climate policyReport found 94% of migrants in Brussels slept rough, and 73% did not get enough to eat every dayWed Jun 19 2019 - 18:10
Migrant crisis requires inequality to be tackled, EU expert saysStefano Manservisi highlights ‘mismatch’ between precarious work and welfare statesTue Jun 18 2019 - 21:01
Child homelessness in midlands more than triples in two yearsNumber of homeless families in midlands reached 45 towards end of AprilMon Jun 17 2019 - 03:00
Dublin evictions: ‘These new owners, they don’t see us as people’Tenants in Dublin 6 and 8 are resisting eviction attempts under two linked firmsFri Jun 14 2019 - 03:00
Landlords unwilling to accept housing assistance payment, say homeless familiesFocus Ireland study finds families in private rented accommodation ‘bear brunt of crisis’Thu Jun 13 2019 - 15:02
Polio survivors angry over being ‘abandoned’ by RehabCharity cut off support in 2015, although 60% of survivors may develop post-polio syndromeWed Jun 12 2019 - 01:00
Kilkenny County Council votes to exclude public, press from policy meetingsNational Union of Journalists calls for national approach to ensure transparencySat Jun 08 2019 - 14:43
Agencies ‘will learn’ from error over woman’s burial, says MinisterCharlie Flanagan says he deeply regrets friends of Sylva Tukula were not notifiedFri Jun 07 2019 - 20:01
Carbon tax could benefit poor and cut emissions, ESRI saysRedistribution of tax revenue to poorer homes ‘would reduce income inequality’Thu Jun 06 2019 - 10:28
Councils should be sanctioned if Traveller budgets not spent, report saysCouncil of Europe body criticises Garda and local authorities for inaction on hate speechTue Jun 04 2019 - 00:01
Galway Travellers ‘delighted’ that dumping and vandalism exposedDrone footage highlights damage to houses and rubbish problem in Ballybane estateMon Jun 03 2019 - 00:59
Galway Travellers continue to live in mouldy, rat-infested facilities, report findsLack of urgency to redress substandard conditions ‘unacceptable’, Traveller group saysTue May 28 2019 - 03:04
Frustration grows over lack of school places for children with autism‘I am frightened for my son,’ says one mother ahead of a protest in Dublin on SaturdayFri May 24 2019 - 02:00
‘Battered and exhausted’: Treatment after baby died unacceptable, say coupleNicola Cox: ‘It does feel like the mother’s voice gets very little weight attached to it’Tue May 21 2019 - 01:00
From Liberian shanty town to Westmeath senior footballWhen Boidu Sayeh arrived in Moate at age eight, playing Gaelic football came naturallyMon May 20 2019 - 00:01
Sports clubs accused of being too Irish-born and unwelcoming to poorer peopleIrish-born adults more than twice as likely to be member of sports club as adults born outside StateMon May 20 2019 - 00:01
Azzam Raguragui remembered for his kindness and devotion to familyHundreds attend memorial service for Leaving Cert student (18) stabbed in DublinSun May 19 2019 - 22:08
Funeral of teenager stabbed in south Dublin takes placeAzzam Raguragui (18) was stabbed at Finsbury Park in Dundrum last FridaySat May 18 2019 - 08:44
What’s your policy on children? A party-by-party guideIn advance of next week’s local and European elections, we look at parties’ child poverty initiativesSat May 18 2019 - 06:00
People wrongly think everything is ‘okay’ now for young LGBT peopleDespite recent progress, discrimination is still widespread, says campaignerFri May 17 2019 - 00:41
Legislation to stop harassment and stalking to go before DáilBill proposes provision to seek no-contact orders from the courtsTue May 14 2019 - 03:00
Government accused of ‘abandoning renters’ as costs rise againMinister for Housing wants apartments built in other cities ‘to take the pressure off Dublin’Mon May 13 2019 - 18:55
Children on ‘reduced timetables’ being denied educationOireachtas committee to hear from Traveller and special needs groups of ‘growing crisis’Mon May 13 2019 - 00:47
Neighbourhood youth projects turn 40North inner-city Dublin projects ‘beacons of hope’ for families in disadvantaged areaMon May 13 2019 - 00:16
‘Radical’ steps taken against housing crisis, says Eoghan MurphyMinister outlines progress in last three years at opening of 31 Focus Ireland units in DublinFri May 10 2019 - 18:42
National strategy needed to eradicate child poverty, politicians toldChildren’s Rights Alliance event hears that 107,000 children are living in deep povertyThu May 09 2019 - 19:37
Twenty patients sharing one bath and shower in mental health unitUnits in Cork hospital non-compliant on all conditions of registration for third year in a rowThu May 09 2019 - 16:44
Hot school meals programme can change lives – principal‘Some picked out the vegetables, saying they had only ever seen them in pictures’Thu May 09 2019 - 01:00
More than 30 low-income households to be evicted from Dublin homesLandlord seeking to refurbish Emmet Manor in Inchicore to relet at higher rentsWed May 08 2019 - 00:37
Northern Ireland is an ‘inhospitable place’ for journalistsVulnerability of journalists and journalism highlighted at World Press Freedom eventFri May 03 2019 - 15:24
Broken doors, cracked glass and rubbish criticised at psychiatric unitMental Health Commission finds 26 areas of ‘high risk non-compliance’ in inspected centresThu May 02 2019 - 15:18
Child referrals for sexual behaviour have ‘sky-rocketed’ – expertChild welfare consultant Kieran McGrath warns issue ‘cannot be ignored’Thu May 02 2019 - 00:01
Number of homeless children reaches new high of 3,800Children accounted for all but four of the 41 additional people who became homeless since FebruaryTue Apr 30 2019 - 20:41
Construction sector safety boosted by women, Glasnevin event hearsWorkers’ Memorial Day notes ideas, energy and drive of women in building industrySun Apr 28 2019 - 19:05
