Deported Romanian tells of plightAngelica Incze (28) is ashamed to look at the passport of her baby daughter, AislingFri Jan 23 2004 - 00:00
Deportation orders face legal testHundreds of legal challenges to deportation orders against the parents of Irish children are likely in coming months, the Free…Fri Jan 23 2004 - 00:00
No creche places for special needs childrenChildren with social and emotional needs are unable to take up crèche places because of the abolition of the Crèche Supplement…Mon Jan 12 2004 - 00:00
Welfare officers to join voluntary groups in opposing cutsCommunity Welfare Officers are to join forces with 13 voluntary organisations in opposing a series of social welfare cuts due…Wed Jan 07 2004 - 00:00
Funds to fight child prostitution cutA service to combat homelessness, drug abuse and sexual exploitation of young people in Dundalk is at risk since funding was …Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Supplement cuts to take effect amid concernsCuts to the rent supplement will come into effect at the end of January, while creche supplements and a supplement to help with…Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Report calls for body to aid work training for TravellersThe establishment of a central body to champion Travellers' participation in training programmes is among the recommendations…Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
An Post moves to distance itself from US parcel costs complaintsAn Post has moved to distance itself from charges being levied on people receiving air-mail parcels from the United States.Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Refugee body fears growth of 'underclass'There is a real risk that a new underclass will develop if the "short-sighted" current policies on asylum-seekers and refugees…Tue Dec 30 2003 - 00:00
Irish disaster relief experts to assess devastationBAM EARTHQUAKE: Two experts in disaster relief will leave Ireland to fly to Iran tomorrow to assess the devastation around Bam…Mon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
Gilt-edged wedding for Dublin's first citizenThe weekend saw Dublin gain a new first lady - a lass from Co DonegalMon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
Reverse welfare cuts - anti-poverty groupsAnti-poverty groups will meet the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Ms Coughlan, today hoping she will revise some of the…Tue Dec 16 2003 - 00:00
MHB to decide on pregnant teenagerThe Pro-Life Campaign will "look at its legal options" if the Midland Health Board decides to take a 14-year-old girl in its …Thu Dec 11 2003 - 00:00
Groups to discuss welfare cuts with MinisterGroups fighting the social welfare cuts announced in last month's Estimates are to meet the Minister for Social and Family Affairs…Wed Dec 10 2003 - 00:00
Some types of poverty growing, says ESRIRelative poverty has more than doubled since 1994, while the depth of poverty being experienced has increased substantially, …Wed Dec 10 2003 - 00:00
Number of calls to immigrant help centre increasesThe number of calls for help to the Immigrant Council of Ireland has increased substantially since June.Mon Dec 08 2003 - 00:00
Concern over education of 32 teenage asylum-seekersThe education of 32 teenage asylum-seekers is at risk following a decision to move them from children's accommodation into adult…Sat Dec 06 2003 - 00:00
Deeley family is still living in hopeJust the word "December" makes Michelle Deeley shiverSat Dec 06 2003 - 00:00
CORI sees gap between rich and poor wideningBudget 2004 has widened the gap between rich and poor to €294 per week since the current Government took office in 1997, the …Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:00
Department concerns over rent supplement cutA senior official in the Department of Social and Family Affairs has confirmed there are concerns within the Department that …Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:00
Room for row back on cutsSocial Welfare There is "wriggle room" for some row back on the 16 social welfare cuts announced in last month's Book of Estimates…Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:00
Strong criticism over child allowance increasesChild poverty The Budget has done nothing to address child poverty, groups working to end disadvantage among families and children…Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:00
Stealth taxes squeezing the low paid, says charityStealth taxes are the "biggest single" factor behind increasing poverty and growing inequality, the vice president of the Society…Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Welfare cuts likely to go aheadNo row-back is expected in €58 million of social welfare cuts announced in last month's Estimates.Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Council may end its role in housingDublin City Council is examining options to end its role as a local authority landlord.Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Policies hinder treatment of African women with HIVMore than half of new diagnoses of HIV here are among people from sub-Saharan Africa, and over three-quarters of these are women…Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Omagh health services issue sees parties uniteTyrone West: Each of the other five successful candidates joined West Tyrone's poll-topper, Independent Dr Kieran Deeny in declaring…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Doctor voted in on a wave of angerDr Kieran Deeny, the one real surprise breakthrough candidate in the Assembly election, has always been a bit of a rebel.Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Election is over but a familiar chill remainsFermanagh-South Tyrone: Relations between the DUP and Sinn Féin looked as cold as ever in Fermanagh-South Tyrone, with the re…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
DUP man leaves rostrum before SF members speakFermanagh-South Tyrone: Shortly before lunchtime the six MLAs for Fermanagh-South Tyrone took to the rostrum in the coffee shop…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
State needs €1b for homelessness crisis, says FocusThe Government must borrow €1 billion to tackle the homelessness crisis, the housing charity Focus Ireland has said.Thu Nov 27 2003 - 00:00
Supplement cut may close Ballymun crecheA crèche catering for 58 children in one of the most disadvantaged areas of the State faces closure due to cuts announced this…Thu Nov 27 2003 - 00:00
Scheme to return foreign nationals criticisedGroups working with immigrants have criticised three new voluntary programmes to assist asylum-seekers wishing to return to their…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Welfare officers oppose rent cutsRepresentatives of the State's 600 community welfare officers will express their "fury" at social welfare cuts announced in the…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Agency says Ahern wrong on child poverty figuresThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, was wrong to deny that 300,000 children were living in families with incomes of less than €175 a week…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Random street attack leaves Chinese man scarred and scaredA victim's story: They held him down on the ground, one holding his shoulders, the other grabbing his chinMon Nov 24 2003 - 00:00
Women have no means to pay billThe four women at the centre of a legal battle with the South Western Area and the East Coast Area Health Boards over the provision…Thu Nov 20 2003 - 00:00
'Amazing' response yields room for homeless manA man who had been living in his car since August last year has been housed in a transitional housing project and promised the…Tue Nov 18 2003 - 00:00
Bad health and loss of job force man to live in car by the seaMr Des Hirsch (58) has lived in his car since August last yearMon Nov 17 2003 - 00:00
Majority in survey say homeless should be housed at any costOver three-quarters of Irish people believe that, whatever the cost, housing should be provided for the homeless, while 63 per…Mon Nov 17 2003 - 00:00
Concern that cuts in lone parent allowance may lead to more child povertySocial and family affairs: Cuts in lone parent allowance, rent allowance and supplement, the back to education allowance and…Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:00
Youth remanded over death in MountmellickA 15-year-old youth last night appeared before a special sitting of Carlow District Court charged in connection with the death…Thu Nov 13 2003 - 00:00
New security system to make mobile phone theft 'pointless'Mobile phone theft will be a "pointless" exercise with the introduction of a new security system in the next few weeks, according…Mon Nov 10 2003 - 00:00
Up to 2,000 mobiles stolen each week, firms estimateThe Government must introduce new legislation to make the reprogramming of a mobile phone's identity number a criminal offence…Mon Nov 10 2003 - 00:00
Requests for help to the St Vincent de Paul doubleThe number of calls for help to the Society of St Vincent de Paul has more than doubled in the past year, the charity's Social…Mon Nov 10 2003 - 00:00
Minister asked to curtail orders to deportThirteen human rights and immigrant organisations have written to the Minister for Justice urging him not to deport up to 11,…Sat Nov 08 2003 - 00:00
Hospital alarmed by home birth deathsObstetric and paediatric staff at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin wrote to the Department of Health three times in the last two…Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
Dying man gives redress testimony in LondonA terminally-ill man, who gave his testimony to the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) from his sickbed in England…Thu Nov 06 2003 - 00:00
Redress board hears abuse claim in BritainA terminally ill man, who says he was physically and sexually abused while in the care of religious, has called on the Residential…Wed Nov 05 2003 - 00:00
Concern over child poverty targetsGovernment targets to reduce child poverty would in fact increase relative poverty among children, a leading economist has said…Wed Nov 05 2003 - 00:00
