Poorest households in Ireland see biggest increase in Covid-19 cases – CSOSome 23% of cases occurred in more affluent households, according to new studyFri May 29 2020 - 14:35
Women’s Aid helpline sees calls increase almost 40% during lockdown‘We have been answering calls from women trapped at home with very dangerous abusers’Fri May 29 2020 - 00:05
Maternity leave exclusion from wage scheme could breach EU law, rights body saysWelfare system and economy must be ‘re-imagined with a feminist agenda’, seminar toldThu May 28 2020 - 21:31
Young Irish women the most depressed and lonely in EuropePoll shows 18- to 34-year-old EU citizens more likely to be depressed, lonely or anxious than older peersThu May 28 2020 - 19:47
Traveller realities amid the pandemic: ‘I thought I’d never see a sup from a tap again’Traveller families fear facilities put in place will be taken away after Covid-19 crisis endsMon May 25 2020 - 01:00
Drimnagh house fire victims named as men in their 60sResident described by several neighbours as ‘very quiet’ and ‘a man who kept to himself’Sun May 24 2020 - 16:37
Ombudsman sees spike in complaints about public bodiesLast year Peter Tyndall’s office received the highest number of complaints since 2010Wed May 20 2020 - 00:00
Women’s well-being worst affected by pandemic, CSO reportsFemales more likely to be ‘extremely concerned’ about health than men, study findsTue May 19 2020 - 14:54
Demand for free food doubles amid coronavirus pandemic‘We need more large-volume food donations from the food industry’ – FoodCloud bossTue May 19 2020 - 00:45
More than €4m in Traveller housing funding left unspentTen councils did not spend any money, three didn't apply for funding, three spent less than halfMon May 18 2020 - 10:52
Covid-19: Pregnant women report significant rise in anxietyCoombe hospital study found women were least concerned about their own healthFri May 15 2020 - 19:25
Debenhams workers protest ahead of consultation closing on MondayGarda took names and addresses of protesters, telling them they were breaching emergency restrictionsFri May 15 2020 - 17:07
Care order granted for child trafficked into IrelandTusla concerned girl could be taken back to Middle East for exploitation - CCLRP reportWed May 13 2020 - 17:50
Gardaí must be 'more assertive' at large funerals – Traveller advocateMourners asked on social media to attend graveyard only if they could socially distanceWed May 13 2020 - 01:00
Migrant election candidates say they were racially abused during campaignImmigrant Council of Ireland report highlights underrepresentation of people from migrants backgrounds in local governmentWed May 06 2020 - 22:30
Covid-19 jobless face ‘multiple layers of uncertainty’, study findsTasc study is surveying people across the labour force affected by pandemic impactTue May 05 2020 - 00:05
Call for ‘precarious’ contracts of frontline nurses to be clarifiedConcern over employment rights of hundreds of people recruited to fight Covid-19Sat May 02 2020 - 02:00
Hundreds take to a Zoom rally in support of Debenhams workersGardaí look on as 30 people stage protest observing social distancing in Henry StreetWed Apr 29 2020 - 18:31
Drug used to manage hospital Covid-19 withheld from nursing homesOperator of nursing home says if drug ‘works in hospitals why can it not be allowed in care homes?’Mon Apr 27 2020 - 06:29
‘The rule in the hub was we could only cook once a day’Family who exited homelessness last month tell of difficulties they faced in family hubMon Apr 27 2020 - 02:52
Dentists in dire need of support, says dental association chiefProfession ‘collapsing’ under strain of restrictions and government help needed urgentlySun Apr 26 2020 - 16:27
Coronavirus: Rise in calls by older people having suicidal thoughtsCharity Alone says mental health problems surfacing as loneliness takes holdSat Apr 25 2020 - 01:00
Cocooning from coronavirus: ‘The spring is coming out of my step’One older woman is content in Blackrock, while ‘life stopped’ for a man in InchicoreSat Apr 25 2020 - 01:00
Newly homeless people refused emergency accommodationSome hostels only providing breakfast and shared rooms, says MendicityFri Apr 24 2020 - 00:25
Nursing or care homes account for almost 60% of coronavirus-related deathsOne in five residents believed to have died of Covid-19 were never tested for diseaseTue Apr 21 2020 - 00:51
Covid-19 benefit: Applicants complain of difficulties getting paid‘I’m hardly eating’ says one woman (46), while others complain of stop-start paymentsMon Apr 20 2020 - 02:20
Coronavirus: Thousands of disabled people with PAs fearful about virus impactConcerns over continuing independence and implementation of HSE contingency planFri Apr 17 2020 - 06:00
Traveller babies three times more likely to die than those in settled populationInfant mortality rate is falling and more Traveller children are going to secondary school – reportWed Apr 15 2020 - 01:00
‘My sister is not a statistic’ – coronavirus victim from Mayo remembered in a poemRose ‘Billy’ Mitchell (81) who died in a nursing home in London is mourned by sister Dorothy Duffy and familyTue Apr 14 2020 - 18:46
Coalition of firms and unions calls for regularisation of undocumented workersOpen letter to FG and FF highlights importance of those who are undocumented, many of whom are in frontline sectorsTue Apr 14 2020 - 18:29
Older workers cry foul over being refused Covid-19 benefit‘Now when I need some help I don’t get it because of my age,’ says laid-off hotel worker (68)Tue Apr 14 2020 - 03:00
Families fleeing domestic violence leave refuge over Covid-19 concernsCouncil properties awaiting refurbishment used to house families in needTue Apr 14 2020 - 00:06
Coronavirus: 33 more people die from Covid-19 in the State with most new cases in a dayMinister says HSE expects to clear Covid-19 testing backlog by next weekSat Apr 11 2020 - 22:02
#ShineYourLight: Tributes to coronavirus victims and frontline workersHeritage sites, public buildings, window-sills and embassies across the world are lit upSat Apr 11 2020 - 21:58
Coronavirus: GP visits regarding abortions to take place remotelyRequirement to see GP in person twice waived for duration of Covid-19 crisisWed Apr 08 2020 - 02:00
Coronavirus: Lack of electronic transfers for blind allowance causing hardship“I am totally blind and when I need assistance it involves bringing people into my personal space”Tue Apr 07 2020 - 21:30
Anti-overdose medication training aims to protect drug usersShort classes teach how to administer Naloxone to opiate takers in Covid-19 contextTue Apr 07 2020 - 20:01
Impact of Covid-19 on Travelling people: ‘Worst that ever came’Families living through the coronavirus crisis on what are overcrowded and unsafe sitesFri Apr 03 2020 - 02:00
Covid-19 cutting drug users and recovering addicts off from key supportsMerchants Quay Ireland fears relapse and deaths among ‘very vulnerable demographic’Wed Apr 01 2020 - 06:00
Irish flight bringing PPE from China arrives in DublinAer Lingus plane is first of 10 due to bring equipment back for State’s health serviceSun Mar 29 2020 - 18:50
Coronavirus: No funeral Masses to be held in Clogher dioceseBishop announces bodies of the dead will be taken directly to the burial groundSat Mar 28 2020 - 22:03
Coronavirus: Ireland suffers highest daily death tollFurther 14 people die in Republic while 294 more cases reported bringing total to 2,415Sat Mar 28 2020 - 20:56
Coronavirus: Older people who leave houses may be asked to go home - HarrisLocal authority to lead community support service for people cocooningSat Mar 28 2020 - 19:44
Coronavirus: Concern crisis could prevent timely access to abortion servicesWomen’s groups say need to visit a GP twice in three days ‘irreconcilable’ with restricted travelFri Mar 27 2020 - 09:14
‘My three year old asked are we going to have to stay in here forever?’Families in accommodation hubs struggle amid Covid-19 clampdown conditionsFri Mar 27 2020 - 01:48
Coronavirus: Unions urge non-essential building sites to close until staff protectedConstruction Industry Federation says it has directed all sites to comply with guidelinesThu Mar 26 2020 - 20:26
Coronavirus: Dublin accommodation sourced for homeless peopleMore than 650 apartments, hotel rooms and single-occupancy rooms become available amid ‘unprecedented demand’ on servicesThu Mar 26 2020 - 12:56
‘Worried’ homeless diabetic with nowhere to self-isolate sleeps in his carA number of TDs have called for empty properties to be requisitioned during the pandemic to tackle overcrowding in hostelsTue Mar 24 2020 - 20:28
Housing crisis forcing 1,024 people to remain in direct provisionGovernment must ‘dramatically increase delivery of social housing’, says Eoin Ó BroinMon Mar 23 2020 - 13:36
Covid-19: Unions propose financial scheme to aid laid-off workersGovernment under pressure from unions and bosses to support those who lose jobsFri Mar 20 2020 - 20:39
