One in Four charity sees more men than women come forward for first timeProportion of male survivors reached ‘historic high’ after Blackrock Boys radio documentary and scoping inquiryMon Oct 20 2025 - 06:00
‘Almost like a tsunami now’: Irish language draws younger voters to Catherine ConnollyIrish Times opinion poll features ‘speaks Irish’ as a choice for ‘most important’ value in presidential candidate for first timeSun Oct 19 2025 - 06:00
Ukrainian community in Ireland urge Tusla review after death of teen Vadym DavydenkoThey want agency to look at how unaccompanied minors seeking international protection are cared forSat Oct 18 2025 - 06:00
Teen arrested over fatal stabbing of Ukrainian boy Vadym Davydenko (17) in DublinIncident at Tusla residential unit in Donaghmede occurred less than a week after the boy had arrived in DublinFri Oct 17 2025 - 15:01
Dublin stabbing: Tusla flat where 17-year-old died was unregulatedDublin apartment that Vadym Davydenko was staying in had been contracted out by agencyFri Oct 17 2025 - 06:00
Ukrainian teen Vadym Davydenko killed in Dublin had only just arrived in IrelandTwo others injured in violent incident at shared accommodation in DonaghmedeThu Oct 16 2025 - 14:43
Women who take HRT after menopause less likely to develop dementia, study indicatesHaving more children and higher blood estrogen levels is associated with reduced risk of dementiaTue Oct 14 2025 - 00:01
Deaths in Carrickmines fire were like a ‘devastating earthquake’, anniversary Mass hears 10 people died at Traveller halting site a decade ago Fri Oct 10 2025 - 17:07
Q&A: How will social welfare changes affect you?Budget 2026: Minister will be hoping children in poverty and disabled people will feel the greatest uplift – but will they?Tue Oct 07 2025 - 20:27
Tackling child poverty and helping people with disabilities priority for Dara CallearyRaising benefit rates, upping thresholds and removing barriers to work among measuresTue Oct 07 2025 - 19:53
‘There’s no way I will be able to buy a house’: What people want from Budget 2026 A renter, a landlord, a teacher, a farmer, a pensioner, a business owner share their viewsMon Oct 06 2025 - 13:57
Fire in Carrickmines, 10 years on: ‘Some don’t want to talk, some are angry’In the early hours of October 10th, 2015, a fire engulfed a mobile home on a Dublin halting site, killing 10 people. A decade on, relatives left behind still struggle with their loss Sun Oct 05 2025 - 06:00
Human remains discovered during excavation of Tuam site Five sets of skeletal remains are believed to predate mother and baby home as operation continues Fri Oct 03 2025 - 15:01
Budget 2026 should raise social welfare payments to cut child poverty, says Dara CallearyMinister for Social Protection says Ireland’s disabled unemployment rate is ‘just not acceptable’Sat Sept 20 2025 - 06:00
Children in need of special school place promised ‘clear roadmaps’ by MinisterAnyone in need of a special school place or a special class in a mainstream school in September 2026 will know where they are going before the end of this yearWed Sept 17 2025 - 16:57
‘We have gone back to basics’: McVerry Trust seeks reset after finance issues and bailoutOrganisation unveils newly refurbished housing complex on Townsend Street in DublinMon Sept 15 2025 - 06:00
Tusla funding boost should be top budget priority, say 150 children’s organisationsChildren’s Rights Alliance says child protection and welfare services must be prioritisedMon Sept 15 2025 - 00:01
New 600-metre section of Dodder Greenway opens in Ballsbridge, south DublinWhen complete, 17km greenway will run from Dublin city centre to BohernabreenaFri Sept 12 2025 - 15:40
Missing Dublin boy: NRP chair calls on Children’s Ombudsman to retract ‘baffling’ commentsHelen Buckley’s call comes as National Review Panel prepares to review case of missing Dublin boyFri Sept 12 2025 - 10:00
Dublin Simon Community in the ‘eye of homeless crisis’ as it expands services Charity’s annual report cites 25% increase in demand for rough-sleeper outreach teamThu Sept 11 2025 - 11:00
School phone bans ‘not in best interests of children’, says OmbudsmanPolicy needs to ‘move beyond an over-simplistic focus on bans’, says reportWed Sept 10 2025 - 14:48
How can a child just disappear without the State even noticing? Search for remains Co Dublin boy – the second child to vanish in a year – raises concerns about welfare of vulnerable children during Covid pandemicFri Sept 05 2025 - 12:30
Gardaí believe remains of missing boy assumed dead are buried in north Dublin No response from cadaver dog brought on to search siteThu Sept 04 2025 - 21:02
Disability rights strategy ‘very vague’ and lacks ambition, says activistStrategy lacks specific targets, says rights campaigner Amy HassettWed Sept 03 2025 - 20:21
Conflicting witness statements emerge concerning missing boy, presumed deadAccount provided to investigators last week states child killed at age of three by someone known to himWed Sept 03 2025 - 18:34
More public sector and Civil Service jobs earmarked for disabled people Much-anticipated national strategy to be published on Wednesday, setting out commitmentsWed Sept 03 2025 - 11:41
Boy missing, presumed dead, spent time in care before being returned to familyGardaí suspect child died aged three and remains were disposed of to conceal deathTue Sept 02 2025 - 19:41
Warm and wet Tuesday ahead as summer winds down Temperatures could reach as high as 19 degrees in Wexford Tue Sept 02 2025 - 06:00
Bob Geldof speaks to Micheál Martin about presidencyBut Fianna Fáil leader says he cannot back musician activist as he is committed to supporting Jim GavinMon Sept 01 2025 - 19:36
Commission of investigation into ‘Grace’ case excluded those most affectedNon-verbal and disabled, including advocates, not involved in drawing up Farrelly commission terms of reference Mon Sept 01 2025 - 06:00
Luas faces disruption as bridge to be demolished and rebuilt following fireReplacement bus service will cover affected line, says spokesman for Transdev Dublin Light RailSun Aug 31 2025 - 21:16
Motorcyclist (40s) dies following collision in DroghedaMan sustains critical injuries in incident with van at John Street, Dublin RoadSun Aug 31 2025 - 18:21
A decade ago homelessness was branded a ‘crisis’, so why are numbers still climbing?For the first time, the number of homeless children has climbed above 5,000 Sun Aug 31 2025 - 06:00
More than 5,000 children in emergency accommodation as homelessness hit new highNumber of people homeless surpasses 16,000 for the first time with crisis most acute in DublinFri Aug 29 2025 - 14:14
No bed available for child ordered into special care for her own safety High Court says order must be met to protect ‘life and safety, development and welfare’ of teenagerThu Aug 28 2025 - 18:35
Suspected Irish case of human trafficking for forced organ removal highlighted in reportMonitoring report identifies 162 cases of human trafficking between 2022 and 2024Thu Aug 28 2025 - 00:01
A night with Dublin’s street cleaners: ‘I have no idea why seagulls are protected. They are a nightmare’An early morning start with Dublin City Council’s army of sweepers, power-washers and vacuum-cleanersWed Aug 06 2025 - 06:00
Thousands of Tusla data breaches since 2019 raise child protection concernsBreaches have given rise to child-protection concerns, including alleged abusers gaining informationSat Aug 02 2025 - 10:13
Person pretending to be Tusla worker turned up at children’s residential unit on night shiftIncident was one of series of data breaches including ‘lost’ files being found at ex-staff member’s home after 26 yearsSat Aug 02 2025 - 06:00
Ireland cannot blame housing shortages for not accommodating asylum seekers, EU’s highest court rulesHigh Court referred issue to EU’s most senior judges after cases taken by international protection applicantsFri Aug 01 2025 - 15:17
Teen who left care and lost follow-on housing tried to take their own life, court hearsCase shows why mental health legislation should be re-examined, says judgeFri Aug 01 2025 - 06:00
Rights watchdog failed to prove breach of homeless asylum seekers’ fundamental rights, appeal court findsSenior judges overturn High Court ruling that government breached duty to provide basic needsWed Jul 30 2025 - 13:22
Inside special care: ‘They’re not monsters. They’re kids that went through difficult things’System for vulnerable youths is hampered by staffing issues and deemed ‘dysfunctional’ by High Court judgeMon Jul 28 2025 - 06:00
Taoiseach asks to see report on alleged anti-Semitism in Irish school booksThe report identifies ‘concerning misrepresentations of the Holocaust’ in some Irish textbooks Fri Jul 25 2025 - 11:00
Nineteen children and young people connected to care system died last yearNone were in care, but two were in aftercare and others were known to social work servicesFri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
Parents at ‘wits end’ over failure to provide bed for teenager with ‘overdose tendencies’Child unlikely to be accommodated until late AugustFri Jul 25 2025 - 06:00
Girl (16) ‘exchanging sex for money’ among three children for whom no secure beds availableCourt hears it is ‘likely’ two beds will be available next TuesdayFri Jul 18 2025 - 06:00
Immigration law change: ‘Grave concerns’ over Ireland’s rush to adopt EU plan - watchdogOverhaul could end up mired in legal challenges and dysfunction, IHREC warnsTue Jul 15 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí investigate alleged slashing of asylum seekers’ tents in Herbert ParkThose working with unaccommodated asylum seekers warn of ‘tangible increase in risk’ Sun Jul 13 2025 - 17:24
Olympian Abigail Lyle’s abuse at the hands of Jonathan Creswell: ‘He hit my head off the window, off the dashboard’Olympic rider was in a relationship with Creswell for almost a year. He went on to murder showjumper, Katie SimpsonSat Jul 12 2025 - 06:00
