Changes to housing grants will result in poorest paying moreEligibility rule may make it harder for older people and those with disabilities to remain in their homesFri Jan 10 2014 - 01:00
Troubled children in State-run care locked up for 12 hours a dayHiqa report finds poor outcomes for children at State-run Crannóg Nua high support unitThu Jan 09 2014 - 18:27
Most homes face flat-rate fees when water charges startMajority of households will not have water meters by end of yearMon Jan 06 2014 - 07:23
Government contributing to development of nuclear reactorState pays €1.6m a year for membership of international nuclear energy groupsMon Jan 06 2014 - 01:01
Department chief warned cuts could reduce participation in education systemBudget cut spending by €33 million in 2014, including reductions for people in further education programmesFri Jan 03 2014 - 01:01
€225m spent on shelved Dublin transport projectsOnly €10m in residual value if Metro North and Dart Underground do not go aheadFri Jan 03 2014 - 01:01
Top 20 earning landlords get €5m in State rent subsidyIndividual payments ranged between €180,000 and €578,000 in 2012Thu Jan 02 2014 - 07:31
State pension age increases to 66Other increases will see qualifying age rise to 68 over the next decade and a halfThu Jan 02 2014 - 01:00
Foreign embassies instructed not to conduct ‘illegal’ marriage ceremoniesGovernment considers legalising up to 3,000 marriages on a once-off basisWed Jan 01 2014 - 22:03
Analysis: Crisis has cut qualms about informing on fraudstersNumber of anonymous welfare fraud tip-offs has soaredTue Dec 31 2013 - 11:34
Reports of welfare fraud up 2,500% since 200816 per cent of reports analysed saw welfare payments cut or stoppedTue Dec 31 2013 - 01:00
The year the sun came out – for someIreland’s economy is starting to look like the euro zone’s comeback kid, but with such a fragile and two-tiered recovery, a happy ending may yet be out of reachSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Crown alleges St Vincent's drug fraud led to deathsSenator claimed women died after clinical trials suspendedMon Dec 23 2013 - 09:23
Senior post at Cope paid from public donationsState-funded body’s fundraising chief’s €71,400 salary paid by charitable fundsSat Dec 21 2013 - 01:00
HSE has no evidence Mahony’s €45,000 from private feesHolles Street master told HSE payment relates to group practice for semi-private patientsFri Dec 20 2013 - 09:17
Vincent’s refuses to divulge details of top-up paymentsHospital warned over compliance with public sector pay guidelinesThu Dec 19 2013 - 19:03
Reilly warns Vincent’s of 'serious consequences' over top-upsMinister was speaking after hospital declined to provide details of allowances to senior staffThu Dec 19 2013 - 09:34
St Vincent’s refuses to provide allowance details for senior staffHSE audit into top-up payments shows senior staff in 13 hospitals received extra payThu Dec 19 2013 - 07:03
Dramatic differences across State in number of childcare orders soughtWhile 230 cases came before court in Letterkenny, just nine recorded in TullamoreTue Dec 17 2013 - 01:00
Gardaí objected to return of Roma child due to ‘flight risk’District Court told child appeared to be registered under two different namesMon Dec 16 2013 - 23:12
Gardaí feared blonde Roma child was ‘flight risk’Girl later returned to family after DNA tests proved she was biologically related to parentsMon Dec 16 2013 - 17:38
Charities will pay unless regulation is fast-trackedTragedy in CRC debacle is that so much good work depends on public trust in our charitiesFri Dec 13 2013 - 07:50
Couples to be given more time for Russian adoptionsFrances Fitzgerald to amend Act so couples have extra year to complete processFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Arrival of Troika led to major changes in social welfare systemReform is under way, but the cost-cutting has taken its toll on the young and people with disabilitiesFri Dec 13 2013 - 01:00
Little clarity - or humility - but plenty of searching questions for CRC executivesThe controversy over pay and governance issues at the CRC has posed a range of deeply troubling questions about how both charitable and State funding is being used.Thu Dec 12 2013 - 01:00
Acting head of CRC operations Joanne Hurley still receiving top-upDáil Public Accounts Committee hears four staff members at Central Remedial Clinic still receiving the paymentsThu Dec 12 2013 - 01:00
Former CRC chief executive received €200,000 lump sum from charitable fundsPaul Kiely’s €240,000 salary was also topped up with fundraising money, committee hearsWed Dec 11 2013 - 18:23
Mater rejects CRC claim over €660,000 pension paymentsOireachtas committee told fees relate to fund which no longer existsWed Dec 11 2013 - 18:22
CRC says it is legally obliged to continue top-up paymentsFormer chief executives defends €240,000 salary and admits pension has been part-funded by charitable donationsWed Dec 11 2013 - 16:14
CRC’s former chief executive repays HSE excess salaryBrian Conlan’s pay was at least €40,000 above official salary guidelinesWed Dec 11 2013 - 09:36
Twelve staff at Stewarts disability care facility suspended pending inquiryStewarts says it is working with Hiqa to address issues raised over Palmerstown centreWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
What the audits by the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church of Ireland say about six diocesesIn Cashel and Emly the audit found that all allegations were now promptly referred to the civil authoritiesWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Former CRC chief will not appear at Oireachtas committeeBrian Conlon was in receipt of a salary significantly in excess of that approved by the HSETue Dec 10 2013 - 09:22
Ten staff at care facility suspended pending investigationStewarts Care says external investigation team is examining abuse allegationsTue Dec 10 2013 - 01:00
Chief executive of Central Remedial Clinic resignsBrian Conlon appointed in controversial circumstances earlier this yearMon Dec 09 2013 - 16:57
Cultivating strong communitiesSocial housing for older or more vulnerable people is not just about putting roofs over people’s headsMon Dec 09 2013 - 15:00
Civil Service performance review deemed failure as majority passLess than 1% of staff ‘needing improvement’ while 6 per cent 'outstanding'Mon Dec 09 2013 - 11:43
Ten children in State care based abroad due to lack of places at home16 vulnerable children waiting for special care places due to support shortagesMon Dec 02 2013 - 01:00
‘I was a rape victim. Now I’m a survivor’While Irish prisons struggle with violence and overcrowding, ‘restorative justice’ is a quiet success story of the penal systemSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
CRC admits five senior staff still get top-up paymentsGovernment urged to investigate use of charitable funds to supplement salariesFri Nov 29 2013 - 07:45
Central Remedial Clinic: where the money comes fromClinic gets €19m in State funding to provide services for people with disabilitiesFri Nov 29 2013 - 01:00
Central Remedial Clinic used charity money to top up senior staff salariesCompany linked to disability group had €14 million in funds during cuts to servicesThu Nov 28 2013 - 16:43
HSE to investigate if charity money was used to top up salary at Central Remedial ClinicCharity linked to clinic has €14 million at a time of cuts to services, committee hearsThu Nov 28 2013 - 08:42
‘I’ll never forget the pain. It was excruciating’Matilda Behan is still coping with the effects of an operation carried out 55 years agoWed Nov 27 2013 - 10:53
Redress plan to be considered for survivors of controversial childbirth operationJudge Yvonne Murphy to advise on ‘just solution’ for symphysiotomy sufferersWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:00
Compensation plan considered for symphysiotomy survivorsControversial operation resulted in chronic pain and incontinence for manyTue Nov 26 2013 - 18:43
Holles Street called Mahony fee ‘private allowance’ - HSEMaster of National Maternity Hospital says €45,000 was fees from private patientsTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
HSE service plan cuts may cost thousands of medical cardsHealth spending plans to be validated by three Government departmentsTue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
Revenue targets 60 wealthy individuals over non-payment of domicile levy€200,000 levy aimed at high net-worth individuals who choose to live abroad for tax reasonsMon Nov 25 2013 - 08:24
Legalities may block efforts to recoup executives’ top-upsHSE legal advice says payments may form part of contractual arrangementMon Nov 25 2013 - 01:00
