State paid €3m in 2002 for homeless accommodation that was vacantBasic standards are not being met in emergency B&B accommodation, while up 20 per cent of it remains unoccupied despite being…Fri Feb 06 2004 - 00:00
Homeless mother rears children among drug-usersCCTV cameras have recently been installed in the dining room of the bed and breakfast accommodation where Ms Ann Connors (25) …Fri Feb 06 2004 - 00:00
Call for all work to halt at site of craneResidents in Ringsend, Dublin, where a crane partially collapsed last weekend, have called for all work on the site to stop until…Fri Feb 06 2004 - 00:00
Ahern 'was given one day's notice of rent cut plan'The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Ms Coughlan, presented her plan to severely cut rent allowance to the Minister of…Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Call for urgent review of methadone programmeThe Government's Methadone Maintenance Programme "im- prisons teenagers in a life of addiction and crime" and should be urgently…Tue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Booklet reveals babysitting bloomersAdvice handbook: Does your babysitter need babysitting? Apparently many people feel they doTue Feb 03 2004 - 00:00
Inner city drug problem worsening, says activistThere have been more drug-related deaths in Dublin's inner city in the past year than in any year previously, a church service…Mon Feb 02 2004 - 00:00
Groups unite to fight rent supplement cutGroups opposing the cut in rent supplement, which comes into force on Monday, are to step up their campaign next week.Sat Jan 31 2004 - 00:00
Only three families with Irish children deported since judgmentOnly three families with Irish children have been deported in the year since the Supreme Court judgment that parents were not…Sat Jan 31 2004 - 00:00
More than 50% of Travellers now settledMore than half of all Travellers live in permanent accommodation, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office…Fri Jan 30 2004 - 00:00
Report finds lack of contact between Irish and immigrantsSocial interaction between immigrant communities and the native population is "virtually non-existent" in Dublin's south inner…Thu Jan 29 2004 - 00:00
Mobile camera phone girl is identifiedThe teenage girl at the centre of an investigation into the distribution of pornographic images via mobile camera phones has …Thu Jan 29 2004 - 00:00
Stately homes are turning to Britain for insurance coverInsurance for historic and stately homes has become so expensive here that proprietors are going to Britain to get cover.Wed Jan 28 2004 - 00:00
Dublin Traveller housing plans 'abandoned'The chairman of South Dublin County Council's Traveller accommodation committee has resigned, saying the Government has "abandoned…Sat Jan 24 2004 - 00:00
Deportation orders face legal testHundreds of legal challenges to deportation orders against the parents of Irish children are likely in coming months, the Free…Fri Jan 23 2004 - 00:00
Deported Romanian tells of plightAngelica Incze (28) is ashamed to look at the passport of her baby daughter, AislingFri Jan 23 2004 - 00:00
No creche places for special needs childrenChildren with social and emotional needs are unable to take up crèche places because of the abolition of the Crèche Supplement…Mon Jan 12 2004 - 00:00
Welfare officers to join voluntary groups in opposing cutsCommunity Welfare Officers are to join forces with 13 voluntary organisations in opposing a series of social welfare cuts due…Wed Jan 07 2004 - 00:00
Supplement cuts to take effect amid concernsCuts to the rent supplement will come into effect at the end of January, while creche supplements and a supplement to help with…Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Report calls for body to aid work training for TravellersThe establishment of a central body to champion Travellers' participation in training programmes is among the recommendations…Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
An Post moves to distance itself from US parcel costs complaintsAn Post has moved to distance itself from charges being levied on people receiving air-mail parcels from the United States.Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Funds to fight child prostitution cutA service to combat homelessness, drug abuse and sexual exploitation of young people in Dundalk is at risk since funding was …Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Refugee body fears growth of 'underclass'There is a real risk that a new underclass will develop if the "short-sighted" current policies on asylum-seekers and refugees…Tue Dec 30 2003 - 00:00
Irish disaster relief experts to assess devastationBAM EARTHQUAKE: Two experts in disaster relief will leave Ireland to fly to Iran tomorrow to assess the devastation around Bam…Mon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
Gilt-edged wedding for Dublin's first citizenThe weekend saw Dublin gain a new first lady - a lass from Co DonegalMon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
Reverse welfare cuts - anti-poverty groupsAnti-poverty groups will meet the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Ms Coughlan, today hoping she will revise some of the…Tue Dec 16 2003 - 00:00
MHB to decide on pregnant teenagerThe Pro-Life Campaign will "look at its legal options" if the Midland Health Board decides to take a 14-year-old girl in its …Thu Dec 11 2003 - 00:00
Some types of poverty growing, says ESRIRelative poverty has more than doubled since 1994, while the depth of poverty being experienced has increased substantially, …Wed Dec 10 2003 - 00:00
Groups to discuss welfare cuts with MinisterGroups fighting the social welfare cuts announced in last month's Estimates are to meet the Minister for Social and Family Affairs…Wed Dec 10 2003 - 00:00
Number of calls to immigrant help centre increasesThe number of calls for help to the Immigrant Council of Ireland has increased substantially since June.Mon Dec 08 2003 - 00:00
Concern over education of 32 teenage asylum-seekersThe education of 32 teenage asylum-seekers is at risk following a decision to move them from children's accommodation into adult…Sat Dec 06 2003 - 00:00
Deeley family is still living in hopeJust the word "December" makes Michelle Deeley shiverSat Dec 06 2003 - 00:00
CORI sees gap between rich and poor wideningBudget 2004 has widened the gap between rich and poor to €294 per week since the current Government took office in 1997, the …Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:00
Department concerns over rent supplement cutA senior official in the Department of Social and Family Affairs has confirmed there are concerns within the Department that …Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:00
Strong criticism over child allowance increasesChild poverty The Budget has done nothing to address child poverty, groups working to end disadvantage among families and children…Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:00
Room for row back on cutsSocial Welfare There is "wriggle room" for some row back on the 16 social welfare cuts announced in last month's Book of Estimates…Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:00
Council may end its role in housingDublin City Council is examining options to end its role as a local authority landlord.Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Welfare cuts likely to go aheadNo row-back is expected in €58 million of social welfare cuts announced in last month's Estimates.Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Stealth taxes squeezing the low paid, says charityStealth taxes are the "biggest single" factor behind increasing poverty and growing inequality, the vice president of the Society…Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Policies hinder treatment of African women with HIVMore than half of new diagnoses of HIV here are among people from sub-Saharan Africa, and over three-quarters of these are women…Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Election is over but a familiar chill remainsFermanagh-South Tyrone: Relations between the DUP and Sinn Féin looked as cold as ever in Fermanagh-South Tyrone, with the re…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
DUP man leaves rostrum before SF members speakFermanagh-South Tyrone: Shortly before lunchtime the six MLAs for Fermanagh-South Tyrone took to the rostrum in the coffee shop…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Doctor voted in on a wave of angerDr Kieran Deeny, the one real surprise breakthrough candidate in the Assembly election, has always been a bit of a rebel.Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Omagh health services issue sees parties uniteTyrone West: Each of the other five successful candidates joined West Tyrone's poll-topper, Independent Dr Kieran Deeny in declaring…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Supplement cut may close Ballymun crecheA crèche catering for 58 children in one of the most disadvantaged areas of the State faces closure due to cuts announced this…Thu Nov 27 2003 - 00:00
State needs €1b for homelessness crisis, says FocusThe Government must borrow €1 billion to tackle the homelessness crisis, the housing charity Focus Ireland has said.Thu Nov 27 2003 - 00:00
Scheme to return foreign nationals criticisedGroups working with immigrants have criticised three new voluntary programmes to assist asylum-seekers wishing to return to their…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Welfare officers oppose rent cutsRepresentatives of the State's 600 community welfare officers will express their "fury" at social welfare cuts announced in the…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Agency says Ahern wrong on child poverty figuresThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, was wrong to deny that 300,000 children were living in families with incomes of less than €175 a week…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Random street attack leaves Chinese man scarred and scaredA victim's story: They held him down on the ground, one holding his shoulders, the other grabbing his chinMon Nov 24 2003 - 00:00
