Private firms with offshore links running asylum seeker centresState has spent almost €800m on direct provisionMon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00
Asylum industry has become a cash cow for big businessPrivate hostel owners have been the real beneficiaries of direct provision systemMon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00
People with disabilities wait up to 13 years for residential placeDemand for services at ‘breaking point’, say campaignersFri Oct 11 2013 - 07:56
One third would not vote for politician with depression - studyWhile attitudes towards mental health have improved, research shows stigma remainsFri Oct 11 2013 - 07:22
More mental disorders among young Irish, study showsResearch finds one third of young people experience a mental disorder by age 13Thu Oct 10 2013 - 11:36
Shatter pledges to publish all inspection reports for asylum accommodation centresThere are 34 asylum accommodation centres run by private companies which accommodate 4,600 peopleThu Oct 10 2013 - 08:06
Staff at ‘unsafe’ residential centre repeatedly raised concerns over children’s welfareEmployees say HSE management did not respond to their complaintsThu Oct 10 2013 - 01:09
21,000 people urge Government to invest promised funds in mental health servicesMental and emotional distress has increased during recession, experts sayWed Oct 09 2013 - 22:39
Government urged to end direct provision system for asylum seekersAlternative proposal could save money and improve standards, says refugee bodyWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:01
Inspections reveal poor standards in asylum centresThree units given closure threat as a result of lapses in health, safety and hygieneTue Oct 08 2013 - 11:52
Children’s unit to close following damning inspection reportInspectors find evidence of bullying, self-harm and fire safety risksTue Oct 08 2013 - 11:45
Inspection reportsExtracts from examinations of standards in direct provision centres for asylum seekersTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:00
Concern grows as strains on mental health policy intensifyDwindling staff numbers and poor governance have taken their toll on mental health servicesTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:00
Bleak picture of conditions at asylum centresCampaigners warn hostels will be subject of State apology in years to comeTue Oct 08 2013 - 01:00
State paid private firms €60m to house asylum seekers last yearCampaigners say direct provision system causes suffering and wastes State resourcesMon Oct 07 2013 - 22:20
In the shadow of Athlone, how real is stranger danger?The alleged rape of two young girls has sparked anger and anxiety. How big are the risks of abuse by strangers?Sat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
Remanded Athlone rape suspect to be given protection in prison30-year-old arrived at Longford courthouse flanked by members of the armed support unitWed Oct 02 2013 - 10:06
Man charged with raping two young girls30-year-old defendant placed on suicide watch ahead of further court appearanceTue Oct 01 2013 - 11:26
Hundreds gather at Athlone Garda station in solidarity and anger over alleged child abuse‘People are sickened,’ says organiser of protest on Barrack StreetTue Oct 01 2013 - 09:07
Man due in court over sexual assault on girls in AthloneSuspect charged in connection with ‘horrific’ attack on two children attending birthday partyTue Oct 01 2013 - 08:47
Man for court in connection with Athlone attackCrowd gathers outside Garda station where man is being questionedMon Sept 30 2013 - 20:56
Adoption patterns have changed a lot in recent decades, forum hearsGiving up of children from unwed parents down from 97% in 1967 to less than 1%Mon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
Report says children should get two years of free pre-schoolGovernment advisory group proposes increase in investment in early years educationSat Sept 28 2013 - 08:19
Limerick’s revived regeneration plan: smaller and cheaper but no less challengingDemolishing homes is easy - but undoing decades of social neglect is the real challengeSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:01
Government advised to increase parental leaveAdvisory group proposes fathers share paid parental leave with mothersSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
Government tells UN it has no plans to outlaw slapping of childrenBalance to be struck between ‘protecting children and criminalising parents’ - reportFri Sept 27 2013 - 01:00
Geoghegan shot while crouching on ground, inquest toldCoroner’s court hears rugby player received five gunshot wounds to head and bodyWed Sept 25 2013 - 15:44
Big fall in equality and human rights-related casesConcerns over resources available to watchdog bodies to combat discriminationTue Sept 24 2013 - 11:00
Minimum pricing an effective way of reducing alcohol consumptionPublic meeting hears of concern over rise in alcohol-related health problemsTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Child poverty’s life-long scars end up leaving society poorerReport provides a frightening insight into how deprivation affects young childrenFri Sept 20 2013 - 20:39
State’s mishandling of child abuse has led to 29 inquiries and 550 recommendationsHSE chief says reports are ‘high in condemnation and low in systemic analysis’Thu Sept 19 2013 - 01:00
Violent computer games linked to increased aggression among adolescents – studyResearchers claim regular exposure to ‘brutal’ video games may desensitise teensWed Sept 18 2013 - 06:51
Studies highlight risks posed by social networking sites to childrenAlmost one in five youngsters have been upset by personal messages onlineWed Sept 18 2013 - 01:00
Violent computer games linked to increased aggression among adolescentsResearchers claim regular exposure to ‘brutal’ video games may desensitise teensTue Sept 17 2013 - 18:11
Researchers find key differences in brains of abused and neglected young peopleFindings suggest abnormalities may be linked to early exposure to mistreatmentTue Sept 17 2013 - 01:03
Baby boom poses challenge for child protection and welfare servicesReferrals of suspected child abuse or neglect almost doubled since 2006Tue Sept 17 2013 - 01:00
Irish Lives: the ‘Downturn Diaries’ revisitedIn early 2010 The Irish Times asked a group of people to record their fortunes in recession-hit Ireland. Some were badly hit by the downturn but hoped things would get better. Others were just starting out in careers and feared having to emigrate. So how has reality matched up to expectation? These are the accounts of three of the original participantsThu Sept 12 2013 - 01:00
Renewed pressure for ban on smacking of childrenChildren’s groups complained to Council of Europe over ‘reasonable chastisement’Mon Sept 02 2013 - 02:22
A death in a Dublin bin truckThe death of the homeless Polish man Henryk Piotrowski in a waste collection truck highlights the precarious lives of Ireland’s migrant homelessSat Aug 31 2013 - 01:00
Priory Hall mother urges solution after partner suicide‘The worry of not being able to provide a safe home for us . . . eventually took its toll’Fri Aug 30 2013 - 01:00
‘Everything possible’ done to help homeless Polish manHomeless support agency says extensive efforts made to assist Henryk PiotrowskiTue Aug 27 2013 - 01:00
Polish man crushed to death in bin 'let down by system'Henryk Piotrowski came in search of a better life but died homeless and aloneMon Aug 26 2013 - 01:16
Welfare authorities receive 1,000 applications for back-to-school payments every weekdaySurge in applications puts Government under pressure to contain cost of allowanceMon Aug 26 2013 - 01:00
Industry argued axing pay-TV services under insolvency rules would be ‘draconian’Groups said Sky and UPC subscriptions should be retained under debt dealsSun Aug 25 2013 - 22:04
Privacy under pressureIreland has been silent on mass surveillance of foreign citizens by US compared to other European countriesSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
School-leavers with intellectual disabilities face ‘crisis’ due to funding cutsHundreds of young people will not get services to meet their assessed needsSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
‘Our children are citizens of the State, but they’re being left in limbo’Hundreds of families of young people with intellectual disabilities face cuts to day servicesSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Tax status removed from 651 charitiesMany charities have ceased activity or failed to fulfil terms of exemption, says RevenueThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Slane sex act photos: a salutary lesson of how social media can exploit and abuseExperts say more awareness needed of consequences of sharing material onlineWed Aug 21 2013 - 01:00
