Government to consider inquiry into southeast abuse claimsTánaiste says a full judicial inquiry is required into allegations about foster homeMon Feb 01 2016 - 17:43
Modular homes could be permanent housing, says KellyMinister says prefabricated units in Ballymun ‘beat normal houses’ on many standardsMon Feb 01 2016 - 15:52
New revelations about southeast foster home raise more questionsAt least one person was allowed to stay four years after “Grace” was removed in 2009Mon Feb 01 2016 - 01:00
Another vulnerable adult stayed in foster home despite concernsOne placement continued privately between family and care home until October 2013Mon Feb 01 2016 - 01:00
HSE admits it did not apologise to alleged sexual abuse victimHSE accused of lying to PAC over case involving woman with intellectual disabilitySat Jan 30 2016 - 21:17
Abuse in foster home will shorten victim’s life, says familyDamage to internal organs occurred in location at centre of separate investigationSat Jan 30 2016 - 07:13
Concern over free pre-school year scheme extensionWorking conditions must be addressed before extending scheme, inquiry hearsFri Jan 29 2016 - 01:00
Amiens Street ‘anti-homeless devices’ criticisedDepartment of Social Protection says landlord made decision to install raised barsTue Jan 26 2016 - 16:44
Kitty Holland: Now is the time to tackle the lies told about the Savita caseBroadside: Anti-abortion campaigners are being disingenuous when they say Halappanavar’s death had nothing to do with her request to have her pregnancy terminated being ignoredMon Jan 25 2016 - 06:27
No comment: Offices and officials mute on Traveller controversyResidents evicted from unofficial site due to ‘fire safety concerns’ protest in DundalkSat Jan 23 2016 - 01:00
Dundalk Travellers told to put children into foster careOfficials checking claims suggestion was made as solution to housing difficultiesFri Jan 22 2016 - 07:58
Traveller evictions in Co Louth may breach Carrickmines orderLouth County Council served eviction notices on 23 Traveller families at Woodland ParkWed Jan 20 2016 - 01:01
Objections delaying social housing, says Dublin City CouncilSixteen housing projects face delays over objections by locals, council report saysWed Jan 20 2016 - 01:00
Louth evictions: ‘Our lives have been turned upside down’Traveller family says they were given just hours to pack belongings at Dundalk siteTue Jan 19 2016 - 01:00
Travellers evicted in Co Louth to take human rights caseImmediate priority is to ensure council gets emergency accommodation for families, says solicitorMon Jan 18 2016 - 19:48
Labour pledges to abolish USC on income up to €72,000Party says it would also cap the amount charged for childcare at €4.25 an hourMon Jan 18 2016 - 13:35
Landlords to get tax relief for social tenantsIncreased relief will be given retrospectively at the end of three-year periodMon Jan 18 2016 - 01:00
Ministers defend John Delaney’s reported campaigningBurton and Donohoe reject claim that FAI chief executive’s canvassing is ‘inappropriate’Sun Jan 17 2016 - 20:32
Children’s ombudsman disputes State claimsMost issues in direct provision centres were best ‘resolved locally’, Government tells EUFri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00
School bias over religion may require referendumJames Reilly says it is not appropriate a child should have to be baptised to go to schoolFri Jan 15 2016 - 01:00
Ireland challenged on children’s rights recordOngoing issues include continued holding of asylum seeker children in direct provisionThu Jan 14 2016 - 13:58
Best way to protect children ‘is to empower them’Parents urged by safety expert to have ‘honest and open relationship’ with their childrenWed Jan 13 2016 - 01:00
Human rights body recommends revision of abortion lawsNearly 18 per cent of Irish children are now at risk of poverty, commission says in reportWed Jan 13 2016 - 01:00
‘The baby could get pneumonia here, it gets so cold’Bray Traveller site in appalling condition due to legal limboMon Jan 11 2016 - 01:00
Nursing home residents were being wakened by 6am - HiqaAuthority received two separate reports raising concerns over Waterford facilityWed Jan 06 2016 - 21:01
Plans to attract investment in social housingMinister Alan Kelly wants private investment in social and affordable accommodationWed Jan 06 2016 - 01:00
Opposition to water charges off agenda, says Alan KellyMinister for the Environment says water charges takes up “3-5% of my time” nowTue Jan 05 2016 - 01:00
Alan Kelly tells property developers to lower expectationsMinister says housing should no longer be considered a source of ‘massive profits’Mon Jan 04 2016 - 01:00
Clonmel residents leave homes as river levels continue to riseIncreased risk of flooding along Liffey, more than 200 homes uninhabitable nationwideSat Jan 02 2016 - 21:30
Investigation into HSE plan for ending role in care homeResidents’ families say no consultation on proposal to ‘commission out’ managementThu Dec 31 2015 - 01:00
Annus horribilis for travelling communityTravellers: Carrickmines tragedy highlights appalling conditions in which some must liveMon Dec 28 2015 - 11:40
Three-fifths of children in homeless shelter under eightMore than 1,000 under-eights will spend Christmas in emergency accommodationTue Dec 22 2015 - 01:00
State to treble payments to children in direct provisionGovernment moves on child rights ahead of UN committee hearing in JanuaryMon Dec 21 2015 - 01:00
Kitty Holland: Too many Irish children will have a poor ChristmasBroadside: The rights of these children, set out in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, are not being upheldMon Dec 21 2015 - 00:00
Labour will tackle private rented sector if re-elected, Kelly saysMinister promises new government strategy for sector if party is returned to powerThu Dec 17 2015 - 16:01
Response to homelessness offers few solutions, says SimonCharity recored 20 per cent increase in number of people seeking serviceThu Dec 17 2015 - 12:47
Lobby groups accuse Ireland of failing to vindicate basic rightsReport of Irish Council for Civil Liberties submitted to UN committeeTue Dec 15 2015 - 19:40
Court grants repossession orders on seven family homesStays of 12 months ordered to let Wicklow families find accommodationTue Dec 15 2015 - 01:02
Numbers of destitute children double in 12 monthsMajority of these families are losing private rented homes but unable to find alternativeMon Dec 14 2015 - 01:00
Case study: ‘Last year was bad. It didn’t feel like Christmas’Jacinta: ‘That B&B was no good because it was not like home. We were all in one room’Mon Dec 14 2015 - 01:00
Report calls for fire brigade to run all Dublin ambulancesFunding of service should switch from HSE to Department of Environment, says studyMon Dec 14 2015 - 01:00
700,000 will have no heating over Christmas, union claims‘Enforced coldness’ due to fuel poverty is problem for 16% of populationSun Dec 13 2015 - 23:34
‘Bogus’ use of Constitution allows religious bias in schoolsArguments citing ‘constitutional barriers to reform’ on religion in schools are ‘overstated’Sat Dec 12 2015 - 14:58
Scrapping religion rule ‘largely symbolic’Minister’s spokesman says faith schools may continue to teach religion dailyFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Religion in school: ‘She feels excluded and different’Valentine Doyle (6) sits at back of her class for 30 minutes each day when subject is taughtFri Dec 11 2015 - 01:00
Fewer rough sleepers in Dublin, but more need emergency bedsNinety-one people sleeping rough on November 30th for annual winter countThu Dec 10 2015 - 20:38
Law Society points out family barriers in asylum BillLetter to TDs says group is concerned about protections for vulnerable childrenWed Dec 09 2015 - 21:58
Residents say Traveller housing scheme unfit for habitationFamily of 11, driven to live in cramped caravans, claims damp making children sickMon Dec 07 2015 - 01:00
Confusion over repossession rulings ‘must be resolved’Conflicting High Court judgments result in cases being adjourned as banks seek claritySat Dec 05 2015 - 01:00
Law covering private rented sector comes into forcePeople renting in commuter counties and those in Dublin and Cork set to benefit mostFri Dec 04 2015 - 19:14
