Friends of Savita condemn ‘rude, ridiculous’ Rónán Mullen claim‘If there was abortion on demand... she wouldn’t have been pregnant,’ said SenatorFri Oct 20 2017 - 01:01
One in five workers has abortion experience – union survey80% of respondents say women’s health should be priority in reform of abortion lawThu Oct 19 2017 - 18:22
Eighth Amendment ‘played major role in Savita’s death’Professor who chaired HSE inquiry tells Oireachtas committee about legal concernsThu Oct 19 2017 - 01:10
Pensioner is ‘terrified’ after being told to vacate rented homeAnthony Treacy (77) is among a growing number of older people caught in a housing limboMon Oct 16 2017 - 01:00
‘Mental health is a class issue. With money you can buy help’Funding falls far short of international norms, says College of PsychiatristsSat Oct 14 2017 - 01:00
Traveller youth and high unemployment highlighted in censusLast year’s survey finds 60% of community under 25, while 80% are unemployedThu Oct 12 2017 - 12:55
Just 31 more social homes planned for 2018 under BudgetMurphy says 5,900 units would be provided next year, but last year Coveney indicated 5,869Thu Oct 12 2017 - 01:00
Budget skewed in favour of better-off, says Social Justice IrelandGovernment’s choices ‘disturbing’ given scale of crises in healthcare and housingWed Oct 11 2017 - 20:00
Meagre increase in allowance will not lift children out of povertyGovernment says it didn’t have more to give in Budget 2018, but it had €400m for tax cutsTue Oct 10 2017 - 22:07
Budget 2018: Free pre-school plan to expand to two yearsZappone details ‘unprecedented €1.38bn’ spend allocated for Department of ChildrenTue Oct 10 2017 - 20:23
€40m boost to Tusla to help it deal with mandatory reporting changeZappone says coping with mandatory reporting will be a challenge, but the time is rightTue Oct 10 2017 - 18:19
Budget 2018: All weekly social welfare payments to go up by €5Elderly to see slight improvements in their situation, beyond the pension increaseTue Oct 10 2017 - 15:04
Family of killer’s partner urge inquiry into Garda’s murderSiobhán Phillips was seriously injured when Adrian Crevan Mackin shot dead Tony GoldenTue Oct 10 2017 - 03:00
Child with cerebral palsy ‘trapped’ in unsuitable homeFamily cannot find better accommodation where housing assistance payment acceptedSat Oct 07 2017 - 01:00
Staff at closed Tallaght youth centre occupy buildingFive workers, given an hour’s notice of redundancy, fight to save jobs and centreThu Oct 05 2017 - 18:32
Just 9% of settled people would want a Traveller marrying into familySurvey finds acceptance of Travellers among Irish public lower than for any groupWed Oct 04 2017 - 16:10
‘Three years of hell’ – partners of Jobstown protesters speak out‘We have to listen over and over to how Joan Burton is a victim. We’re victims’Mon Oct 02 2017 - 17:52
Number of homeless children in Ireland over 3,000 for first timeDecrease in child homelessness in Dublin, but increases across the rest of the StateFri Sept 29 2017 - 12:46
Venues cancelling meetings about abortion, both sides sayHotels withdrawing permission for pro- and anti- meetings over ‘intimidation’Fri Sept 29 2017 - 01:45
‘Privatising by stealth’ denounced at housing conferenceDr Mary Murphy says State has abdicated responsibility for provision of social housingThu Sept 28 2017 - 21:00
Anti-abortion and pro-choice groups claim venues cancelling eventsGroup calls for full Garda investigation into alleged threats by pro-choice activistsThu Sept 28 2017 - 16:16
Six Travellers graduate from course in conflict resolutionOne-year course teaches conflict resolution to TravellersThu Sept 28 2017 - 10:37
Tusla reports increase in child protection referralsFewer than half ‘early years’ services inspected last year as 9% more cases reportedWed Sept 27 2017 - 20:58
Lack of one-bed homes ‘biggest obstacle’ tackling homelessnessIn care or homeless since 11, Christopher Comerford (34) finally has a homeMon Sept 25 2017 - 07:37
Number of homeless ‘family hubs’ in Dublin set to doubleCall for the use of short-term hubs to be discontinued at Committee on HousingWed Sept 20 2017 - 21:05
Recession and scandals hitting staff morale at charitiesSeveral representatives attend launch of awards competition for charitiesTue Sept 19 2017 - 20:53
Council urged to reopen 16 empty bedsits in StillorganPublic representatives condemn non-use of homes as ‘outrageous and scandalous’Sat Sept 16 2017 - 01:00
Settled residents should no longer be consulted on Traveller homes – advocatesConsultation changes and legal sanctions on authorities would help to address Traveller housing targets, say Irish Traveller Movement and Pavee PointFri Sept 15 2017 - 15:49
George Hook should be challenged, not silencedPresenter’s rape comments were abhorrent but censoring him will not help womenThu Sept 14 2017 - 14:22
Traveller housing targets have not been met in 18 yearsAuthorities failed to achieve goals due to ‘local opposition and prejudice’, report saysThu Sept 14 2017 - 01:00
Man dies after shooting in west DublinGardaí seeking witnesses to incident at 9.30pm on Wheatfield Avenue, NeilstownTue Sept 12 2017 - 10:48
Hotel group cancels Newstalk sponsorship over Hook rape commentsRape Crisis Centre says comments can lead to under-reportingMon Sept 11 2017 - 11:45
Galway native Dónall Ó Cualáin to become acting Garda CommissionerFormerly a sergeant in the Aran Islands, Ó Cualáin rose through the ranksMon Sept 11 2017 - 01:00
Nóirín O’Sullivan timeline: A turbulent time at the topFrom January 23rd, 2014 to her resignation, Garda commissioner faced controversySun Sept 10 2017 - 21:58
Homelessness leading to addiction, rehabilitation service saysMerchant’s Quay charity calls for greater investment in emergency accommodationFri Sept 08 2017 - 05:00
Almost 3,000 children now homeless across StateIn late July there were 2,973 children in 1,429 families using emergency accommodationThu Sept 07 2017 - 18:10
Dart passengers encouraged to play new piano at Pearse StationMusical distraction from stresses of commuting life installed at busy Dublin platformThu Sept 07 2017 - 14:06
Children who have parent in prison ‘unseen and unheard’Conference told it is unknown how many Irish children have a parent in prisonWed Sept 06 2017 - 21:41
‘A Traveller going to university shouldn’t be news’Kathleen Lawrence, who has graduated from Maynooth, was told she was ‘stupid’ at schoolWed Sept 06 2017 - 01:00
Surge in the number of homeless children in DublinFocus Ireland’s head of advocacy says city’s child homelessness figures are ‘shocking’Fri Sept 01 2017 - 01:15
Charity calls for beds to be ‘reopened urgently’ following death of ‘Jack’ Howlett-WatsonHomeless man died after being found unconscious on Dublin city centre streetThu Aug 31 2017 - 18:54
State must act if Ibrahim Halawa not freed on September 18th - familyAction against Egypt at ICJ required if date passes without release, says sister SomaiaThu Aug 31 2017 - 16:46
‘I was a traumatised child’: from Balkan war to homeless in DublinRustin Brdar (30) went through PTSD and addiction before getting his life togetherWed Aug 30 2017 - 01:00
‘I didn’t really expect him to win but Conor has done a lot for Ireland’Fans crowd into Dublin pub to watch local boy fight Floyd Mayweather in Las VegasSun Aug 27 2017 - 09:34
‘You were always in the clutches of the nuns’Former residents describe degrading treatment at church-run Magdalene laundriesFri Aug 25 2017 - 16:31
Carrickmines fire: ‘Memories of the night are like a horror film’The Connors family on the enduring pain of the blaze that killed 10 of their loved onesFri Aug 25 2017 - 01:00
Threshold says landlords doing minimal maintenance to raise rentsHousing charity claims landlords are finding ways to ‘weed out’ poorer familiesThu Aug 24 2017 - 19:10
Fingerprints and eyes scanned: Border crossing at Niagara Falls‘Leaving Canada is no problem. At the other end, a double glass door controls entry’Wed Aug 23 2017 - 01:00
‘I’m out of words for how thankful I am to Citizens Information Services’Jamile Santos Da Silva used it when seeking advice about her son, visa and rentMon Jul 31 2017 - 01:00
Plans to dissolve Mabs companies branded ‘power grab’Money advice and citizens information services due to be replaced with regional boardsMon Jul 31 2017 - 01:00
