Insurers criticised by disabled group over hiring of PAsGovernment urged to force firms to quote for employers’ and public liability insuranceMon Sept 13 2021 - 01:00
Government housing strategy ‘not based on reality’Housing for All data fails to reflect scale of challenge, says Social Justice IrelandMon Sept 13 2021 - 00:01
Thousands of State’s poorest children face losing after-school childcare placesChanges to new childcare scheme favours children of working parents, critics saySat Sept 11 2021 - 01:00
Children spent night with mother’s body in homeless accommodation, inquest toldAnne Marie Connors (30) died following overdose in Dublin in 2018Fri Sept 10 2021 - 16:37
More than one-third of under-13s play games online with strangers – studySome 93% of children own a smart device, according to CyberSafeKids researchThu Sept 09 2021 - 01:00
Former Threshold CEO Bob Jordan appointed as Housing Agency chiefMinister for Housing welcomes appointment of former Coveney adviser during ‘critical time’Wed Sept 08 2021 - 17:51
Gender-specific service for women in addiction ‘urgently needed’, says MQIMany women so inhibited from seeking help they never engage, it saysWed Sept 08 2021 - 17:29
Funding for NGOs will be ‘core question’ after Covid pandemic, says Mike RyanWHO health emergencies programme director says NGO sector provides core servicesWed Sept 08 2021 - 14:40
Taoiseach tells left-handed man beatings he got in primary school were ‘wrong’Sisters of Mercy told Gerry Kavanagh he would burn in hell if he wrote with left handWed Sept 08 2021 - 12:25
Reported discrimination by landlords over HAP almost doublesThreshold received 70 reports of landlords refusing to accept HAP in first half of yearTue Sept 07 2021 - 19:28
Recorded suicides in Ireland fall to lowest level in two decadesFigures belie warnings that Covid curbs and concerns would result in surge, scientist saysFri Sept 03 2021 - 21:06
Housing plan welcomed by agencies with hope rather than expectationKitty Holland: Housing For All is low on ambition and has a dearth of detailFri Sept 03 2021 - 07:09
‘Shame, hurt, terror’: Victim who had intimate video taken without knowing launches hotlineCampaign to combat sharing or threatening to share intimate images without consentThu Sept 02 2021 - 21:07
Older people may prematurely enter nursing homes due to housing plan aims – advocatesHousing for All seeks to ‘release’ vacant homes of nursing home residentsThu Sept 02 2021 - 20:36
M6 crash: ‘We are leaving Carlow and will arrive in Galway about 8.30’Karzan Sabah Ahmed, Shahen and Lina died on way back from viewing home for new jobFri Aug 27 2021 - 20:00
‘Pro-arrest’ approach to perpetrators of domestic abuse must continue – Women’s AidNGOs call for ‘urgently needed’ women’s refuges in submission to Oireachtas committeeThu Aug 26 2021 - 01:00
Mental health facilities criticised in inspection reportsCork hospital did not provide accommodation that always upheld ‘dignity of residents’Wed Aug 25 2021 - 19:52
Report on Traveller homelessness ‘suppressed’, says its authorPavee Point rejects claim report went unpublished after intervention from HSETue Aug 24 2021 - 04:00
Traveller living conditions are a ‘revolving door’ to homelessness – reportUnpublished report identifies overcrowding, evictions and discrimination as key issuesTue Aug 24 2021 - 03:45
First Afghan family accepted into State following Taliban takeover arrives in DublinRefugee council seeks wider criteria for family reunificationMon Aug 23 2021 - 21:56
‘It’s mental torture’: Traveller family living without running water or electricityFamily say county council was engaging over group housing until ‘contact broke off’Mon Aug 23 2021 - 03:00
Traveller children living in ‘dire’ conditions being reported across StateOmbudsman has brought concerns to UN children’s rights committeeMon Aug 23 2021 - 01:00
South Dublin flood risk should be ‘to the fore’ in planning decisions, councillor saysBusiness owners ‘paying the price of bad planning’, says Labour councillorSun Aug 22 2021 - 19:24
One-quarter of adults suffer mental health problems during pandemicSurvey of 842 respondents conducted on behalf of St Patrick’s Mental Health ServicesTue Aug 17 2021 - 15:40
Homeless organisations hit back at suggestion they encourage tent livingDublin City Council CEO’s remarks described as a ‘distraction from failed policies’Tue Aug 17 2021 - 13:35
Cork City Council ‘duplicitous’ in response to Traveller housing report – advocacy groupCouncil accepted Ombudsman findings in letter to group but challenged them with MinisterMon Aug 16 2021 - 18:38
Inspections of State-aided privately owned tenancies fall sharplyReviews of Housing Assistance Payment accommodation down two-thirds on last yearWed Aug 04 2021 - 01:00
HAP tenant: ‘I had to move bed away from wall as the sheets were soaked’Triona Coates calls for Cavan County Council to inspect home with mould, mildew and dampWed Aug 04 2021 - 01:00
Drug use in Dublin: ‘People are passing all the time. It’s disgusting, for me, for them’Addicts are injecting on the streets as permission for a facility has been set asideMon Jul 26 2021 - 02:00
Ashes of chef who died sleeping rough in Dún Laoghaire to be repatriated to Latvia‘Lovely chap’ dreamed of no longer being homeless and returning to workFri Jul 23 2021 - 17:09
Pride in Dublin’s inner city as ‘most loveliest’ Kellie Harrington carries flag for IrelandBunting and Irish flags as Portland Row gets ready to cheer on local Olympic heroFri Jul 23 2021 - 04:34
Taoiseach praises strength and bravery of Charlene MastersonWoman waived her anonymity to speak out about sustained sexual abuse by her fatherThu Jul 22 2021 - 21:06
Hate crimes up by more than 80% in first half of 2021 – Garda figuresForce launches new online portal for people to report hate crimes and other incidentsWed Jul 21 2021 - 20:37
City centre school defends blocking of supervised-injection centreSt Audoen’s says objection to Pleanála decision did not lack ‘compassion or empathy’Fri Jul 16 2021 - 19:29
Department of Health ‘bullying’ Dublin drug task forceActivities of north inner city group ‘suspended’ and appointment of chair rejectedThu Jul 15 2021 - 21:16
High Court decision on supervised injecting centre will cost lives, claims TDPlanning permission for facility on Merchant’s Quay was overturned after challengeThu Jul 15 2021 - 18:18
Rise in number of young people detained in Oberstown for ‘very serious crimes’Higher proportion detained on longer sentences for offences such as murderThu Jul 15 2021 - 16:18
Lack of ‘in-person’ prison visits could affect rehabilitation for parent and childImpact of separation ‘intensified’ for prisoners’ children during Covid, study showsThu Jul 15 2021 - 01:01
Majority of calls to human rights group related to disability discriminationPandemic caused ‘devastating’ rollback of services for people with disabilitiesWed Jul 14 2021 - 20:51
Local authorities failed to spend Traveller budgets, landmark inquiry findsInvestigation finds dearth of transparency in how councils decide on Traveller housingWed Jul 14 2021 - 01:44
‘Lack of transparency’ in council Traveller spending highlightedIHREC chief says too many Traveller families continue to live in ‘appalling conditions’Wed Jul 14 2021 - 00:01
Call for every death of a homeless person to have an ‘adult safeguarding review’Joint Committee on Housing is also calling for an increase in rent supports for homeless people outside Dublin trying to rent a homeMon Jul 12 2021 - 01:00
Psychiatric hospital admissions fall amid coronavirus restrictionsNumber of homeless and of young women with eating disorders admitted increasesSun Jul 11 2021 - 19:17
Sinn Féin TD accused of not condemning killers of Garda Jerry McCabeMartin Browne tells Oireachtas committee he ‘condemns everything about’ the murderThu Jul 08 2021 - 17:23
Government urged to end ‘voluntary’ school contributions and set living wage in budgetSociety of St Vincent de Paul says economy should be redesigned as State exits pandemicWed Jul 07 2021 - 18:09
Ireland underestimating ‘tsunmai of mental health issues’ from pandemic - Mike RyanSeminar told Travellers were disproportionately affected during the pandemicWed Jul 07 2021 - 15:56
Housing the reason Dublin Bay South voters not all so satisfied, says DooleyIndependent candidate an outsider but still believes he can give voice to ‘ordinary people’Tue Jul 06 2021 - 16:02
‘No way’ to end cycle of transmission without vaccinating children‘Really good idea’ to inoculate students, says expert, as Covid-19 spreads among teenagersSun Jul 04 2021 - 17:40
Irish inaction creating culture of ‘impunity for traffickers’US State Department document suggests response to issue among worst in EUThu Jul 01 2021 - 20:17
‘Room for improvement’ in Freedom of Information legislation – CommissionerMore difficult to direct public bodies to release records after court ruling says TyndallThu Jul 01 2021 - 18:44
