Domestic violence: Calls for ‘huge’ number of gardaí to deal with crimes after ‘haunting’ details in new reportNew research shows Ballyfermot, Dublin, is ‘disproportionately affected’ by ‘elevated’ levels of violence against womenWed Jun 05 2024 - 18:29
‘Harrowing accounts’: What a new report tells us about the scale of domestic violence in southwest Dublin Domestic violence described as ‘a significant and persistent public health problem for women’Wed Jun 05 2024 - 05:30
Dublin 10 has ‘elevated’ levels of violence against women, report findsDrugs ‘contributing significantly to the prevalence and complexity of domestic violence cases’ in Ballyfermot and Cherry OrchardWed Jun 05 2024 - 05:30
Taoiseach keeping ‘open mind’ on asylum processing in third countriesSmall encampment of nine tents set up by asylum seekers on grassy patch in Dublin 4 following Thursday’s Grand Canal clearanceFri May 31 2024 - 16:18
Number of homeless people in State passes 14,000, the highest figure since records beganMore than 4,200 children among total of 14,009 individuals in emergency accommodation, up 14% in the last 12 monthsFri May 31 2024 - 14:17
Stardust remembrance ceremony to take place in JuneFamilies describe move as ‘very welcome’ following inquest verdict in AprilFri May 31 2024 - 06:00
Grand Canal: asylum seekers’ tents cleared in latest operationMore than 100 men sleeping in makeshift camp are told they are being moved to accommodationThu May 30 2024 - 13:54
Tents housing asylum seekers cleared from Dublin's Grand CanalTents housing more than 100 asylum seekers near Dublin's Grand Canal have been cleared in an early morning interdepartmental operation. Video: Kitty HollandThu May 30 2024 - 09:14
Bad housing harms mental health of mothers and children, finds ESRI reportChildren living in cold, damp and overcrowded homes have ‘much poorer’ outcomesThu May 30 2024 - 06:00
‘Panicking for breath’: How a cold, damp and overcrowded home affects one mother and her childrenCork-based Sarah Williams says she’s on medication for depression due to stress ‘about the way we’re living’Thu May 30 2024 - 06:00
Tents at Grand Canal to be cleared again as pressure on Government mountsAsylum seekers to be brought to alternative accommodation in the Dublin areaThu May 30 2024 - 06:00
Stop ‘punching down’ and ‘scapegoating’ vulnerable asylum seekers, Government told by NGOsCall made in joint statement by 30 civil organisations, including Irish Refugee Council and Focus IrelandWed May 29 2024 - 12:52
Ireland’s teens: Landmark report sheds light on how lives of 13-year-olds have changed dramatically Landmark ESRI report looks at how the lives of 13-year-olds have changed compared with their counterparts a decade previouslyTue May 28 2024 - 00:01
Galway business-owner receives accolade at Traveller Pride AwardsAwards are part of Traveller Pride Week, an important marker of the positive achievements of individual Travellers and their 30,000-strong communityWed May 22 2024 - 19:39
Around 40 tents pitched on Grand Canal in Dublin hours after clearance operationLatest figures show some 1,923 male asylum seekers awaiting an offer of accommodationTue May 21 2024 - 16:27
Boy with autism ‘distressed’ after being put in wetsuit against mother’s wishes to prevent smearing faeces Ombudsman for Children’s Office finds ‘notable increase in complexity’ of complaints casesTue May 21 2024 - 06:00
More accommodation for homeless asylum seekers camping at Grand Canal to be available this weekMore than 100 tents now pitched along the canal at Wilton Terrace near Baggot StreetMon May 20 2024 - 15:56
Homeless asylum seekers find ‘happiness’ at sunny cricket session at Railway Union Cricket Club‘There are a lot of people coming into Dublin at the moment and the best thing is to try to help integrate them’ says CarrollSun May 19 2024 - 15:42
Violent attacks by foreign state agents on Irish people ‘will happen’, prominent civil liberties lawyer saysCaoilfhionn Gallagher spoke on increasing threat of ‘transnational repression’ at World Bar ConferenceSat May 18 2024 - 13:28
President greets Palestinian women’s football team at Áras ahead of Dublin matchPalestinian players tell Michael D Higgins how much they ‘appreciated the support they have received in Ireland’Mon May 13 2024 - 22:07
Gardaí investigate alleged attack on homeless asylum seekers at Grand CanalMen living by canal say they fear for their safety following incident where tents were kicked and had eggs thrown at themSun May 12 2024 - 15:43
Accommodating asylum seekers: ‘Lurching from encampment crisis to encampment crisis is a gift to the far right’This week’s clearance on Dublin’s Grand Canal was evidence of a more co-ordinated approach by authorities but there is still little sign of a longer-term accommodation solutionSat May 11 2024 - 06:00
Asylum-seeker encampments: More barriers erected along Dublin’s Grand Canal in bid to deter tentsSimon Harris said long-term encampments would not be allowed to form again after transfers out of Mount Street and canalFri May 10 2024 - 17:39
Grand Canal asylum seeker camp ‘dismantled’ with over 160 people taken to ‘robust’ tented accommodationInternational protection applicants warned they could be arrested if they return to site, where barriers have been erected after early morning clearance operationThu May 09 2024 - 13:54
More than 100 asylum seeker tents cleared from Dublin's Grand CanalAn early morning operation on the Grand Canal in Dublin saw around 100 tents pitched by asylum seekers cleared. Video: Alan Betson/Kitty HollandThu May 09 2024 - 10:45
Asylum seekers in tents in the Grand Canal area to be movedSignificant concern in Government over ‘record levels’ of new arrivals as State struggles to find extra spaceThu May 09 2024 - 06:00
Asylum seekers transferred out of Citywest and Crooksling ahead of expected Grand Canal clearanceMen received transfer letters but no indication of where they will be sent on Wednesday and ThursdayWed May 08 2024 - 16:49
Asylum seekers applying at IPO arrived via ports and airports in State, not Northern Ireland, they sayAfghans arriving from France came in lorry containers after long journeys over land and sea fleeing the TalibanSat May 04 2024 - 06:00
Asylum seekers pitch tents in Ballsbridge park after Dublin city centre camp cleared Up to 15 homeless asylum seekers, who had been staying on Mount Street, told State had no accommodation for themFri May 03 2024 - 06:49
Homeless asylum seekers told to ‘disperse and leave’ Mount Street as accommodation runs outSome of the men were bussed out of the city centre on Wednesday to accommodation but were told none was available on their arrivalFri May 03 2024 - 06:00
‘No further offers of accommodation can be made’: Almost 100 asylum seekers in Dublin handed lettersDozens of asylum seekers bussed back to Mount Street have been told that there is no more accommodationThu May 02 2024 - 14:56
Stardust families welcome belated State apology - and say accountability should be next ‘The institutions of this State failed you,’ Taoiseach Simon Harris says to families of the 48 people unlawfully killed in Stardust fireTue Apr 23 2024 - 21:40
‘I lost my child and couldn’t be there for the rest’: Mother tells of devastating Stardust falloutTaoiseach Simon Harris to deliver State apology in Dáil on Tuesday in relation to 1981 fire which resulted in 48 deathsTue Apr 23 2024 - 06:00
‘We were ignored, told we were liars ... not any more’: Stardust families await State apologyAbout 40 family members who lost loved ones in the disaster will meet the Taoiseach at Government Buildings on Saturday morningSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
Stardust families say State apology ‘must address systemic abuse’Families to meet Taoiseach Simon Harris ahead of expected apology in the Dáil on TuesdaySat Apr 20 2024 - 05:00
Stardust families call for State apology for four decades of ‘pain and trauma’Following the verdict of unlawful killing there were cries and cheers from the hundreds of family members packed into the Pillar Room in the Rotunda hospitalThu Apr 18 2024 - 21:25
Stardust inquests: ‘No one believed us. We never gave up’Several express anger and demand State apology for having had to wait 40 years for this outcomeThu Apr 18 2024 - 20:05
Stardust inquests: Families call for State apology as jury returns unlawful killing verdicts in each of the 48 casesRelatives and friends cheered in court as verdict was read out on ‘hugely significant day’ for the victimsThu Apr 18 2024 - 18:43
‘Make no mistake and remember, the Stardust changed every person it touched’Some of the most moving testimonies came at the inquests’ openingThu Apr 18 2024 - 15:18
‘Jesus Christ, the doors are locked’: The full story of the Stardust fire, with new testimonyLast April, fresh inquests into the deaths of 48 people in the 1981 fire began. They concluded today as the jury returned its verdictsThu Apr 18 2024 - 15:01
Stardust families set to hear verdicts as to how and why loved ones diedFive verdicts are available — accidental, misadventure, unlawful killing, open verdict and narrativeThu Apr 18 2024 - 05:00
Stardust inquests: Jury verdicts to be delivered on Thursday afternoon Verdicts in longest-running inquests reached, after advice by coroner she would accept majority decisionsWed Apr 17 2024 - 15:03
Stardust jury to continue deliberations on Wednesday as it nears verdictsJury of five men and seven women will enter its 11th day of deliberationsTue Apr 16 2024 - 17:04
Coroner to address Stardust jury as deliberations enter 10th daySeven women and five men considering over 90 days of evidence about fatal 1981 Dublin nightclub fireMon Apr 15 2024 - 18:46
Traveller feuds result in ‘far-reaching’ consequences for families, report findsFeuding has led to mental health difficulties, homelessness, discrimination, injury and death, study warnsMon Apr 15 2024 - 06:00
Pregnant women still ‘forced to travel’ abroad for abortions six years after abortion legalisedCoalition of women’s, doctors’ and human rights groups call for ‘urgent action’ to implement recommendations of recent report on abortion servicesMon Apr 15 2024 - 00:01
Only 3% of private rentals available to Hap-dependent households, Simon report findsGovernment needs to deliver at least 15,000 social housing homes for rent each year, says Simon Communities chiefMon Apr 15 2024 - 00:01
Jury in Stardust inquests to resume deliberating for a ninth day on MondayForty eight young people died as a result of a fire in the north Dublin nightclub in the early hours of February 14th, 1981Fri Apr 12 2024 - 16:13
Stardust: Jury to resume deliberations for eighth day on Friday.Dr Myra Cullinane answered series of questions posed by jurors, who are deliberating for a seventh dayThu Apr 11 2024 - 14:19
Stardust: Jury poses two questions to coroner ahead of deliberations resuming on ThursdaySeven women and five men considering verdicts in respect of each of 48 young people who died in 1981 nightclub fireWed Apr 10 2024 - 16:34
