Murdered children and their mother laid to rest in single plotFather and husband of victims strokes their faces and weeps at funeralFri Nov 06 2020 - 19:01
Paid parent’s leave not meeting policy objective, report statesScheme entitles parents to two weeks’ paid leave in child’s first year – at €245 per weekThu Nov 05 2020 - 18:09
Mental health crisis among drug addicts ‘deepening’Merchants Quay Ireland reports surge in demand for services driven by pandemicThu Nov 05 2020 - 00:01
Irish citizen unable to renew passport left ‘trapped’ in LibyaMan with serious health problems is ‘desperate’ to see his children before he diesMon Nov 02 2020 - 01:38
Man who died while kite-surfing on Dollymount beach named locallyTributes paid to experienced athlete and ‘true gentleman’ Ger Fennelly (39)Sun Nov 01 2020 - 14:35
Illegal fireworks: ‘People are realising the harm they can do’Some Dublin areas have seen a very early start to firework season due to the pandemicFri Oct 30 2020 - 15:27
Rape victims will be treated with ‘dignity, respect and support’, says McEnteeState strategy to help victims in sexual violence cases described as a ‘sea change’Wed Oct 28 2020 - 20:31
Young homeless mother may have been dead in tent for a number of daysWoman was one of two homeless people found dead in Dublin over weekendWed Oct 28 2020 - 17:41
Rape victims to be legally represented at trial if their sexual history is examinedSweeping reforms aim to improve victims’ experiences of the criminal justice systemWed Oct 28 2020 - 02:17
Covid restrictions make it difficult for Irish women seeking abortions to travelNumber travelling for abortions halved in first six months compared with 2019Wed Oct 28 2020 - 01:00
Covid-19 in a cramped inner-city flat: ‘It felt like the walls were closing in’The pandemic has exacerbated hardship and isolation for many in Dublin flat complexesTue Oct 27 2020 - 01:50
Stardust campaigner Eugene Kelly dies suddenly aged 62Dubliner spent much of his life seeking justice for his brother Robert (17), who died in nightclub blazeMon Oct 26 2020 - 10:03
Organisation led by survivors of Mother and Baby homes needed ‘urgently’Speakers said Bill was another example of State ‘re-traumatising’ and ‘not listening’ to survivorsSat Oct 24 2020 - 22:20
Des Bishop apologises to Traveller community for comments in interviewComedian said Travellers ‘drink a lot’ and are ‘very paranoid’ during a 2018 interviewWed Oct 21 2020 - 18:22
Residents support elderly man in bid to resist notice to quit apartmentTuath says it is not evicting Eddie Lyons (81) but has concern for his ‘health and safety’Tue Oct 20 2020 - 01:00
Red tape puts homeless families at risk of sleeping rough, says Dublin charityDue to Covid restrictions, families can be ‘waiting days’ to see homelessness officerMon Oct 19 2020 - 04:05
Big rise in employment and housing queries to community legal serviceCommunity Law & Mediation services in greater demand as pandemic takes tollMon Oct 19 2020 - 00:01
Stardust preliminary inquest hearing a ‘momentous step’ in path to justiceFamilies of 1981 fire victims have to now ‘been met with obstacle after obstacle’, solicitor saysWed Oct 14 2020 - 17:45
Budget 2021: Inequality will increase, poor will be left behind – think-tankSocial Justice Ireland expresses ‘regret’ that core social welfare rates remain unchangedWed Oct 14 2020 - 15:42
Budget 2021: Fuel and living alone allowances rise, PUP to be reviewedPandemic payment stays at lower rate but those on it for four months will get Christmas bonusTue Oct 13 2020 - 20:44
Dublin Airport workers accuse daa of ‘threatening behaviour’ over pay cutsEssential maintenance staff say airport authority plans will end secure jobs in sectorMon Oct 12 2020 - 18:10
Social welfare ‘chaos’ experienced by airline staffPay-cut Aer Lingus employees complain of forms with errors and inconsistent outcomesFri Oct 09 2020 - 20:10
Limerick disability centre’s service ‘unacceptable’ due to funding shortfallPre-Covid Ian Carmody (24) attended St Vincent’s full-time, now he has just five hoursFri Oct 09 2020 - 01:00
Warning over lack of resources for people with disabilitiesFuture generations will hang their heads in shame, warns committee chairmanFri Oct 09 2020 - 01:00
Travellers feel ‘left behind’ by representative organisations, activists say‘We have the haves and the have-nots and that’s creating the divide in our community’Wed Oct 07 2020 - 18:55
Youth feel ‘unfairly scapegoated’ for Covid spikesHow’s your Head pandemic survey from Department of Children and Spunout.ieMon Oct 05 2020 - 00:17
Lone parents who lost work should continue to get PUP, report saysMany families already experience high rates of poverty and have lost access to childcare provided by relativesFri Oct 02 2020 - 01:00
Calls on domestic violence to free legal advice centres ‘rise almost a quarter’ in 2019Flac annual report says workplace bullying calls increase by 36 per cent compared with 2018Thu Oct 01 2020 - 07:06
Food bank in Dublin’s working-class Bluebell feeding hungry hundredsCommunity endeavour delivering 2.4 tonnes weekly, but in growing need of State supportThu Oct 01 2020 - 02:43
Levels of food poverty since pandemic ‘tragic’, single parent body says‘Before Covid everything had been masked by schools - breakfast clubs, school meals’Tue Sept 29 2020 - 21:17
‘The top of my finger was gone’: Fireworks a clear and present danger in Halloween run-upLocal residents report areas as being ‘like a war zone’ amid use of fireworksSat Sept 26 2020 - 03:45
High rent costs driving rise in number of homeless single adultsWhile homeless total overall fell by 26 last month, single adult homelessness is risingFri Sept 25 2020 - 17:47
Aer Lingus staff say they are living in ‘near poverty’ and unable to cover rentAirline insists it has acted in accordance with official guidance on Covid-19 wage schemeFri Sept 25 2020 - 03:11
Traveller poverty, work and discrimination focus of EU reportIrish Travellers participate relatively highly in school but do less well in wider societyWed Sept 23 2020 - 00:01
Replacement wards of court system to be delayed without Budget fundingDecision Support Service has yet to begin operating due to ongoing funding shortfallsMon Sept 21 2020 - 01:46
Mercy Law Resource Centre provides free legal advice to 500 homeless familiesGroup’s annual report says emergency accommodation conditions violating rights accounts for 28% of casesMon Sept 21 2020 - 00:01
Government told it should end ‘help-to-buy’ scheme and tackle povertySocial Justice Ireland says Budget 2021 needs to focus on social housing and tax increasesMon Sept 21 2020 - 00:01
Martin ‘seriously concerned’ at Covid complacency amid pressure over church eventsArchbishop says he is worried about parishes taking initiatives to ‘get First Communions done’Sun Sept 20 2020 - 10:20
‘It will be hard for people . . . they’ll miss it’: Dublin’s religious once again close their doorsDublin’s religious to re-embrace online ceremonies as capital moves to Level 3 restrictionsFri Sept 18 2020 - 21:44
More than half of young people ‘confused’ about sexual consent - reportRepurcussions and fear of saying ‘no’ was mentioned by some of those surveyedFri Sept 18 2020 - 01:07
‘I felt like I was just an incubator for Tusla’Advocacy group highlights ‘inconsistent’ rates of children taken into care around StateFri Sept 18 2020 - 01:00
Ex-Aramark staff mount unofficial picket after receiving week’s notice of job lossCatering staff say they were ‘dumped after years of loyalty’, call on former employer AIB for supportWed Sept 16 2020 - 19:05
Residents ‘distressed’ over St Mary’s nursing home closureHealth watchdog surveys 19 residents of Dublin care home set for closureWed Sept 16 2020 - 00:36
Sale of sex rises since Covid-19 restrictions lifted, advocacy group saysRuhama calls on Government for better enforcement of legislation on purchasing sexMon Sept 14 2020 - 01:00
Homeless in the pandemic: Meet Ciara and Shane, Darragh and GaryThe number sleeping rough in Dublin fell to just 25 in March, but is now over 100 a night. With many services closed by the pandemic, their plight is severeSat Sept 12 2020 - 06:00
Coronavirus: All direct provision residents and staff to be offered Covid-19 testingGovernment and HSE confirm rollout of voluntary and free testing for asylum seekersFri Sept 11 2020 - 18:25
Report calls for law on purchasing sex to be repealedMaynooth university report warns sex workers feel less safe since law introducedThu Sept 10 2020 - 21:48
Quotas for young people in politics suggested to attract themTasc online forum heard from young people involved in activism, media and OireachtasThu Sept 10 2020 - 19:33
National Maternity Hospital Covid-19 restrictions may be eased this weekHope partners may be soon be allowed accompany women to 20-week scanMon Sept 07 2020 - 20:35
Rape Crisis Centre records 10% increase in callsChief executive echoes ‘fervent calls’ for reform of the criminal justice systemMon Sept 07 2020 - 01:00
