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
Rise in pensioners and disability payments swell welfare bill by one third in a decadeSocial welfare payments are spiralling - from €19.9 billion in 2015 to €27 billion a decade later Fri Jul 11 2025 - 06:00
Teen in follow-on care choosing life on street with man she ‘identifies as romantic partner’, High Court hearsGirl’s situation ‘not positive’ and she sometimes ‘minds her aunt’s children’, judge is toldThu Jul 10 2025 - 20:23
Heartbreak as Palestinian GAA players are refused visas to visit Ireland West Bank dance troupe is also facing problems over permits from Irish authorities, so is postponing its visitWed Jul 09 2025 - 21:10
Oberstown staff member ‘punched in face in unprovoked attack’ by young person, union saysInsufficient staffing a major issue at children’s detention centre, says Forsa, as alleged assault comes a month after nine staff were injuredTue Jul 08 2025 - 06:00
‘He gave his whole life to the poor’: Capuchin centre visitors among those paying respects to Br Kevin CrowleyHe founded day centre that has fed and cared for the capital’s needy for more than 50 yearsFri Jul 04 2025 - 20:22
Boy found ‘passed out in St Stephen’s Green’ after absconding from care remains ‘missing’, High Court hearsSeparately, a teenage girl with active wish to get pregnant is absent from her aftercare placement, judge is toldThu Jul 03 2025 - 17:24
Capuchin Day Centre founder Br Kevin Crowley recalled as ‘champion of the poor’Capuchin colourWed Jul 02 2025 - 19:53
Concern over law causing separated parents to lose widow’s pensionPeople Before Profit’s Ruth Coppinger uses her own story to highlight legislative issue Tue Jul 01 2025 - 06:00
Rising number of neurodivergent children on disability payments prompts welfare dependency fearsNumber receiving domiciliary care allowance up by as much as 46% in some areas over five yearsMon Jun 30 2025 - 06:00
People with right to remain in Ireland stuck in direct provision centres due to lack of housing, Hiqa finds Inspections covered IPAS centres in Cork, Kerry, Louth, Galway and Waterford Fri Jun 27 2025 - 17:04
Homelessness: Number of people in emergency accommodation rises to new high of 15,747Almost 5,000 children included in total, which has risen by 11 per cent since May 2024, Department of Housing figures showFri Jun 27 2025 - 14:24
Court hears 13-year-old girl with history of drug use and sexual exploitation needs to switch care unit Child with history of more than 200 incidents involving gardaí ‘wants to be part of something, she is lost’, judge told Fri Jun 27 2025 - 06:00
Despair among young people ‘really, really scary’, Brendan Gleeson says at hospice fundraiserActor spoke in support of fundraising drive for hospice services on Dublin’s northsideWed Jun 25 2025 - 20:05
‘I sleep easier here’: The makeshift homeless community under the M50Rats and rubbish surround the camp at Finglas Road, but to some residents it’s better than other optionsWed Jun 25 2025 - 06:00
More than 130 properties offered for IP accommodation as Government looks to buy, not rentPlan to provide 14,000 State-owned beds for asylum seekers, with purchase of Citywest a step towards goalSun Jun 22 2025 - 06:00
Oberstown: Nine staff injured in incident involving one young personImprovised weapons used in latest incident at children’s detention campus, says trade unionThu Jun 19 2025 - 18:58
Judge hails special care progress as ‘no beds’ list drops to zeroFirst clear list in more than six months like ‘winning the All Ireland’, judge saysThu Jun 19 2025 - 17:27
‘It feels like home to me’: Mr Price staff demonstrate value of employing disabled people Ireland has ‘one of the lowest employment rates’ in Europe for people with disabilities, which is ‘just not acceptable’, says MinisterWed Jun 18 2025 - 19:07
