Minimum pay for childcare workers to rise to €15 an hour
Government has pledged €45 million to help childcare providers pay an extra 10 per cent per hour
Norma Foley
Other burial sites must be identified, says survivors’ advocate after exhumation preparation begins in Tuam
Patricia Carey says she has been approached by institutional survivors hoping to find where their babies were buried
Thousands of holiday lets will need planning permission due to Rent Pressure Zone changes
Coalition could face a backlash from ministers in affected areas
Capacity at Oberstown Child Detention Campus to be slightly extended
Lack of space at State’s main youth detention centre for teenagers accused of being armed with machine gun during burglary
Buildings designed as creches are being sold as residential homes
Government Ministers working to update planning regulations to prevent change of use of childcare facilities
Highest number of abuse allegations in 16 years received by Catholic Church’s safeguarding body
Board reports 50 per cent rise in number of claims lodged this year in wake of scoping inquiry into religious schools
Woman who suffered six miscarriages says employers’ response ranged from empathy to pressure to return to work
Labour Party criticises delay to proposals to introduce leave for pregnancy loss
Extensions to planning permissions for developments delayed by judicial reviews to be considered
Proposed measure is bid to activate developments such as large-scale apartment schemes which might otherwise go beyond their permission timeline
‘No quick fix’ for autism crisis as teenager’s protest pushes issue to top of political agenda
Cara Darmody’s campaign was sparked by the huge delays in providing assessments of need for children with autisim
Government to change law in bid to speed up autism and disability assessments
Ministers admit no quick fix for system estimated to have waiting list of 25,000 by end of year
Government says it’s spending more than ever on disability providers. The sector says it’s not enough
Micheál Martin said he would make disability services a priority after Harris’s encounter with carer in Kanturk
Waiting lists for autism assessments set to surge, HSE estimates
Government set to face intense pressure on services as Cara Darmody (14) to hold 50-hour protest outside Leinster House
The State deploys the three Ds to silence whistleblowers: delay, deny, destroy
There are countless cases of institutional retaliation against whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing and of silencing citizens who seek truth or justice from the State
‘Hang out’ spaces for teenagers prioritised in new play policy
A review found that ‘there is little recognition of the differing play and recreation needs of adolescent girls, who are even more underserved than adolescent boys’
Former minister for children Roderic O’Gorman defends decision not to publish Grace report last year
Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness renews criticism of inquiry, telling Norma Foley: ‘You cannot walk away from this’
Minister meets General Solicitor after intervention on ‘Grace’ report
Marie Claire Butler issued an unusual statement ‘in the public interest’ on Tuesday
Children protest outside Dáil over failure to provide Irish-medium secondary school
No progress made in transition of CBS Synge Street to a coeducational Irish-medium Gaelcholáiste, campaigners say
Taoiseach understands public concern over mooted €430,000 salary for ‘housing tsar’
Plans for new Strategic Housing Activation Office as well as asylum system overhaul and military radar due before Cabinet
Why did two Kerry politicians fight to protect Airbnb in the Kingdom?
Airbnb is popular in a county that relies heavily on tourism, but locals fear the impact of the Government’s new rules on short-term letting
Whistleblower and families of sex abuse victims not interviewed for latest ‘Brandon’ case report
More than 40 intellectually disabled adults were abused in two HSE facilities in Stranorlar, Co Donegal
Image of Grace clutching her toy keys is a painfully fleeting glimpse of her humanity
Amid more than 2,000 pages of dense legalese and Beckettian obsession with process, there are few glimpses of Grace and even fewer answers
‘She wasn’t cared for. Who didn’t care for her? And why?’ Grace case report leaves questions unanswered
A whistleblower has described the investigation into the alleged abuse of a vulnerable young woman as Kafkaesque
‘Grace’ final report finds evidence of serious neglect but not sexual or emotional abuse
Farrelly commission’s report, running to almost 2,000 pages, published on Tuesday
Leaving Cert 2025: How much lower will students’ grades be this year amid deflation?
Students will be competing for college places against applicants with bumper grades from previous years
Churches should ‘do the right thing’ on mother-and-baby home redress, Norma Foley says
Government faces steep legal barriers to compelling orders to contribute to €800m redress scheme, say experts
Some religious orders’ refusal to contribute to mother and baby home redress shows ‘lack of compassion’
Some survivors want Government to seize assets of religious orders who refuse to pay
Church orders’ refusal to pay mother-and-baby home redress leaves Government with dilemma
Any attempt to force payment from church orders would be fraught with legal difficulty, expert says
Government must ‘flex legal muscle’ to force religious orders to contribute to redress schemes
Congregations ‘operated as criminal networks in mother and baby homes’, Social Democrats acting leader tells Dáil
Just one religious order has made ‘serious offer’ of cash redress to mother-and-baby home survivors
Government negotiator Sheila Nunan has submitted a final report with conclusions from talks with seven Catholic bodies and the Church of Ireland
Majority of Irish homeowners to see property tax increases this year
Paschal Donohoe expected to brief colleagues on proposed changes to LPT charging mechanism to limit the impact of rising property values on householders
Waiting lists for assessing children’s additional needs is growing due to doubling of referrals, Minister told
HSE has capacity to carry out about 3,600 assessments annually, but 10,000 requests were made last year
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown has highest turnover of childcare staff in State, figures show
National average rate of staff leaving the service was 24.5 per cent in 2023
Oral exams for Leaving Cert English: How will they work?
Oral presentations are increasingly being used at third level in response to AI – and secondary schools are set to follow suit
Trump tips and hand knits at the St Patrick’s Day parade in London
Olympic boxer Kellie Harrington and London mayor Sadiq Khan were among those at the head of the parade winding through the West End
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