Plans to tax or means-test child benefit unlikely, papers revealPROPOSALS TO tax or means-test child benefit payments in the next budget appear increasingly unlikely due to major legal and …Tue Jul 20 2010 - 01:00
Top HSE staff to be spared censure over failures in foster care servicesTHE HEALTH Service Executive (HSE) is not planning to discipline any senior managers on foot of a damning report into foster …Fri Jul 16 2010 - 01:00
Sanctions needed against HSE staff who have failed childrenANALYSIS: Investigators have found senior HSE management, rather than social workers, are to blame for a shocking catalogue …Thu Jul 15 2010 - 01:00
Best practice autism treatment 'will vanish' under proposalsA NUMBER of academics have warned that schools providing Applied Behaviour Analysis (ABA) for children with autism will “disappear…Wed Jul 14 2010 - 01:00
Opposition parties call for community-based housing for disabled people living in institutionsOPPOSITION POLITICAL parties have called on the Government to move quickly to provide modern community-based accommodation for…Tue Jul 13 2010 - 01:00
Another generation of vulnerable children being failed by StateANALYSIS: LIKE MOST pieces of legislation, the Child Care Act (1991) is made up of mostly impenetrable legaleseTue Jul 13 2010 - 01:00
Thousands to march to Dáil against cuts to disability servicesTHOUSANDS OF people with intellectual disabilities and their families are expected to march on Leinster House tomorrow in protest…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
Nevin legal team wins access to Garda filesLAWYERS FOR Catherine Nevin have won access to Garda files which they claim discredit the evidence of two key prosecution witnesses…Tue Jul 06 2010 - 01:00
'Historic advance' for equality as Civil Partnership Bill passedSAME-SEX couples will be able to avail of legally-binding civil partnerships for the first time from next year.Fri Jul 02 2010 - 01:00
Partnership Bill breaks substantial new groundANALYSIS: What does the civil partnership legislation do and how will it work?, writes CARL O'BRIENFri Jul 02 2010 - 01:00
Dáil passes Civil Partnership BillSame-sex couples will be able to avail of legally-binding civil partnerships for the first time from next year.Fri Jul 02 2010 - 01:00
Children lost in a system of failures and secrecyA NALYSIS: Hiding the failures is not the answerThu Jul 01 2010 - 01:00
Lawyers for ex-judge seek €1.9m legal feesLAWYERS FOR former judge Brian Curtin are seeking legal fees of up to €1Tue Jun 29 2010 - 01:00
Department staunchly defends its economic adviceANALYSIS: Official material shows willingness to attribute blame for economic failings to other high-profile institutionsThu Jun 24 2010 - 01:00
Children with no mental issues on psychiatric wardsCHILDREN WITHOUT mental health problems are being admitted to beds in psychiatric services because there is “nowhere else for…Tue Jun 22 2010 - 01:00
Ireland Funds group raises $7m despite downturnA GROUNDSWELL of “pragmatic patriotism” among the Irish disaspora has resulted in philanthropists raising $7 million (€5.6 million…Mon Jun 21 2010 - 01:00
Children's supremo now to be appointedTHE GOVERNMENT is to establish a new senior post in the Health Service Executive with direct responsibility for children in care…Wed Jun 09 2010 - 01:00
Some children in care 'not seen by social workers for 10 years'SOME CHILDREN in State care have not had a visit from a social worker for up to 10 years or more, according to a highly critical…Tue Jun 08 2010 - 01:00
Hundreds of court, Garda interpreters have no qualificationHUNDREDS OF interpreters working in the courts and for the Garda have no formal qualification to interpret or translate, despite…Mon Jun 07 2010 - 01:00
Court told of concerns for three young people in careTHE HIGH Court held a special sitting on Saturday to discuss the welfare of three young people in the special care unit run by…Mon Jun 07 2010 - 01:00
Child deaths while in care or contact with services now at 188AT LEAST 188 young people who were in care or in contact with social services have died over the past decade, according to new…Sat Jun 05 2010 - 01:00
188 young people receiving State care died in 10 yearsAt least 188 young people who were in care or known to social services have died over the past decade, according to new figures…Fri Jun 04 2010 - 01:00
Hundreds hold vigil at firebombed Athens bankGREEK PROTESTS: POLICE AND security forces maintained a heavy presence on the streets of Athens yesterday as the country began…Sat May 08 2010 - 01:00
Former Irish Times company secretary diesDERMOT JAMES, a former company secretary of The Irish Times, has diedWed May 05 2010 - 01:00
Family calls for inquiry into 'neglect' of sisterTHE FAMILY of an intellectually disabled woman who died in controversial circumstances three years ago has called for an official…Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
Family carers experience 'sense of guilt'FAMILY CARERS often feel a huge sense of guilt and betrayal when they admit a loved one into residential care, according to …Tue Apr 27 2010 - 01:00
Disabled should get direct payments, says MinisterMINISTER of State for Disability Issues John Moloney has said he will draw up plans which could give disabled people direct payments…Mon Apr 26 2010 - 01:00
Reports into teenage deaths highlight 'systemic failures'REPORTS INTO the deaths of two teenagers in State care have highlighted “tragic systemic failures” and missed opportunities by…Sat Apr 24 2010 - 01:00
'Systemic' failures in social servicesReports into the deaths of two teenagers in State care have highlighted "tragic systemic failures" by social services.Fri Apr 23 2010 - 01:00
Family of man shot in Bolivia frustrated by inquiry delaysTHE FAMILY of Michael Dwyer, who was shot dead in Bolivia last year by anti-terrorist police, have expressed frustration with…Mon Apr 12 2010 - 01:00
Swine flu - pandemic or manipulated panic?To guard against thousands of possible deaths, the Government set aside €80 million for swine flu vaccines, only a fraction of…Sat Apr 10 2010 - 01:00
Seven days on Grafton StreetTwo years ago, Dublin’s Grafton Street was ranked among the world’s five most expensive shopping streetsSat Apr 03 2010 - 01:00
Psychiatrist says rules for ECT 'need to change'A CONSULTANT psychiatrist employed by the HSE has warned that psychiatrists have “too much power” and that rules on the use of…Tue Mar 16 2010 - 00:00
Green energy hub for Shannon regionTHE SHANNON region is aiming to become a major green energy hub as part of a partnership between universities, technology firms…Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
Massive systems failure in one of the State's leading acute hospitals exposedANALYSIS: The handling of X-rays at Tallaght hospital points to a major systems failureThu Mar 11 2010 - 00:00
Plan to combat domestic violence outlinedMINISTER FOR Justice Dermot Ahern has insisted that a national strategy to improve the State’s response to domestic violence …Wed Mar 10 2010 - 00:00
Changes in law require support on the groundStrengthening children’s rights into the Constitution will help child protection – but it’s just part of the answerTue Mar 09 2010 - 00:00
Diocese may need to sell assets to meet claimsTHE DIOCESE of Ferns says it may be forced to sell properties if it cannot raise enough donations from parishioners to fund compensation…Wed Mar 03 2010 - 00:00
Land sale to raise €50 millionHealth authorities plan to use funds to close Victorian-era hospitals and develop a modern psychiatric serviceTue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Almost 1,000 reactions to flu jabAlmost 1,000 reported cases included vomiting or diarrhoea, fever, swollen glands and injection-site swellingTue Mar 02 2010 - 00:00
Outdated psychiatric hospitals to closeThe Government has pledged today to close a total of 14 Victorian-era psychiatric hospitals and transfer a total of 1,200 patients…Mon Mar 01 2010 - 00:00
1,200 patients in 'outdated' institutions to be movedTHE GOVERNMENT will today announce plans to move 1,200 patients out of outdated psychiatric institutions within the next three…Mon Mar 01 2010 - 00:00
Press complaint by wife of union leader upheldTHE PRESS Council has upheld a complaint by the wife of trade union leader David Begg over a newspaper article in the Sunday …Mon Mar 01 2010 - 00:00
155 children placed in adult psychiatric hospitalsTHERE WERE 155 admissions of children and adolescents to adult psychiatric hospitals last year despite criticism of the practice…Mon Mar 01 2010 - 00:00
Complaint by Geraghty is upheldTHE PRESS Ombudsman has upheld a complaint by former union leader Des Geraghty against the Sunday Independent over an article…Wed Feb 24 2010 - 00:00
Time to conquer our fearMental illness needs to be dealt with in the community, not in Victorian-era hospitals, says PAT DEVITTTue Feb 23 2010 - 00:00
Report advises rehousing 4,200About 4,200 people with intellectual disabilities are living in outdated institutions or group homes which need to be closed …Wed Feb 03 2010 - 00:00
'I was branded a troublemaker. I felt my integrity was in tatters'WHISTLE-BLOWER: BRIDIE COX worked as a nurse in the disability and mental health sector in the UK for 30 years, but when she…Tue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
A shock to the system of careA major debate is unfolding over the use of forced ECTon psychiatric patientsTue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
'He did dirty things to me'CASE STUDY: BRENDAN: BRENDAN doesn’t say much. When he does, his speech is slurred and difficult to understandTue Feb 02 2010 - 00:00
