‘Not a whole lot in it for people like me’: how the budget went for people with disabilities
Small increases to various benefits ‘all helps’, but no big change overall
Q&A: How will social welfare changes affect you?
€10-a-week increase in all core payments from January
Muted welcome for childcare cost reduction measures including €550 cap on fees
Sligo mother of three wants to see ‘more strategic thinking’ in Minister’s long-term plan for childcare
‘I won’t be having any plush holidays’: A Dublin pensioner reacts to Budget 2027
Robert Walker, who lives alone in north Dublin, struggles with energy bills, and especially running electric storage heaters
From minimum wage to affordable childcare: Tackling child poverty demands policies geared to ‘keep parents at work’
States must also provide adequate income support and accessible, high-quality services, says OECD report
‘I feel broken’: Ukrainians in Ireland face an uncertain future
Contracts with hotels housing more than 4,000 Ukrainians end next month, while private host payments end in March
The budget I want: A home owner, house hunter, parent, pensioner and business owner
Parents, homeowners, professionals, farmers, healthcare workers and people with disabilities discuss their priorities
Misadventure verdict at inquest of boy (10) who died after being hit by van in Shannon
Dylan Coady-Coleman could not see approaching vehicle and the driver could not see him due to parked cars, court told
Ageing population in Ireland will see rise of up to 58 per cent in need for family care
Report says demographic change will put increasing pressure on family carers and formal care services
‘What’s happening is not working’: Dublin needs homelessness ‘tsar’, says charity
Latest data shows Dublin’s emergency accommodation population reached 12,429 last month
Homeless numbers rise 9% in a year as latest figures show fresh increase
More than 5,800 children in 2,800 families among those in emergency accommodation
Budget 2027: Permanent disability support grant to be introduced
Payment seen in Department of Social Protection as ‘first step’ in acknowledging additional costs people with disabilities face
Care organisations criticise rhetoric against ‘vulnerable children’ over wrong-way M9 crash
Government approach will ‘do nothing’ to prevent similar tragedies, children’s care alliance says
Children trafficked into criminality face ‘horrific’ level of victim blaming, report says
Eighteen child victims of trafficking were identified in the State last year, but none were born in Ireland
‘I was in crisis’: Dublin woman did not want ‘to be alive’ before finding support
Case study: Mother and daughter were both struggling with mental health issues and sought help from Barnardos