No money yet released from €8m special needs funds despite Tanáiste’s pledges
Groups due to benefit from funds asked to reapply with no guarantee they will receive grant
Groups due to benefit from funds asked to reapply with no guarantee they will receive grant
Mr Justice Michael McGrath to be nominated to chair inquiry under proposal brought to Cabinet meeting by Helen McEntee
Insufficient staffing a major issue at children’s detention centre, says Forsa, as alleged assault comes a month after nine staff were injured
‘No mention’ of babies who died at Sean Ross Abbey or of need to investigate anomalies on land, says campaigner
New study explores experiences of people who were adopted from other countries by Irish families
Nine years after revelations, service to guard interest of children in care proceedings remains unregulated
`If you weren’t on fire, you weren’t seen as a priority’ says former foster child, of stretched social workers
Government has pledged €45 million to help childcare providers pay an extra 10 per cent per hour
Patricia Carey says she has been approached by institutional survivors hoping to find where their babies were buried
Coalition could face a backlash from ministers in affected areas
Lack of space at State’s main youth detention centre for teenagers accused of being armed with machine gun during burglary
Government Ministers working to update planning regulations to prevent change of use of childcare facilities
Board reports 50 per cent rise in number of claims lodged this year in wake of scoping inquiry into religious schools
Labour Party criticises delay to proposals to introduce leave for pregnancy loss
Proposed measure is bid to activate developments such as large-scale apartment schemes which might otherwise go beyond their permission timeline
Cara Darmody’s campaign was sparked by the huge delays in providing assessments of need for children with autisim
Ministers admit no quick fix for system estimated to have waiting list of 25,000 by end of year
Micheál Martin said he would make disability services a priority after Harris’s encounter with carer in Kanturk
Government set to face intense pressure on services as Cara Darmody (14) to hold 50-hour protest outside Leinster House
There are countless cases of institutional retaliation against whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing and of silencing citizens who seek truth or justice from the State
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’
Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness renews criticism of inquiry, telling Norma Foley: ‘You cannot walk away from this’
Marie Claire Butler issued an unusual statement ‘in the public interest’ on Tuesday
No progress made in transition of CBS Synge Street to a coeducational Irish-medium Gaelcholáiste, campaigners say
Plans for new Strategic Housing Activation Office as well as asylum system overhaul and military radar due before Cabinet
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
More than 40 intellectually disabled adults were abused in two HSE facilities in Stranorlar, Co Donegal
Amid more than 2,000 pages of dense legalese and Beckettian obsession with process, there are few glimpses of Grace and even fewer answers
A whistleblower has described the investigation into the alleged abuse of a vulnerable young woman as Kafkaesque
Farrelly commission’s report, running to almost 2,000 pages, published on Tuesday
Students will be competing for college places against applicants with bumper grades from previous years
Government faces steep legal barriers to compelling orders to contribute to €800m redress scheme, say experts
Some survivors want Government to seize assets of religious orders who refuse to pay
Any attempt to force payment from church orders would be fraught with legal difficulty, expert says
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