Minister says prefabricated units in Ballymun ‘beat normal houses’ on many standards

One placement continued privately between family and care home until October 2013

Working conditions must be addressed before extending scheme, inquiry hears

Officials checking claims suggestion was made as solution to housing difficulties

Louth County Council served eviction notices on 23 Traveller families at Woodland Park

Sixteen housing projects face delays over objections by locals, council report says

Traveller family says they were given just hours to pack belongings at Dundalk site

Increased relief will be given retrospectively at the end of three-year period

Most issues in direct provision centres were best ‘resolved locally’, Government tells EU

James Reilly says it is not appropriate a child should have to be baptised to go to school

Ongoing issues include continued holding of asylum seeker children in direct provision

Nearly 18 per cent of Irish children are now at risk of poverty, commission says in report

Parents urged by safety expert to have ‘honest and open relationship’ with their children

Bray Traveller site in appalling condition due to legal limbo

Authority received two separate reports raising concerns over Waterford facility

Minister Alan Kelly wants private investment in social and affordable accommodation

Minister says housing should no longer be considered a source of ‘massive profits’

Residents’ families say no consultation on proposal to ‘commission out’ management

More than 1,000 under-eights will spend Christmas in emergency accommodation

Government moves on child rights ahead of UN committee hearing in January