Homeless children experiencing ‘significant’ mental health difficultiesChildren in emergency accommodation ‘more likely to be bullied’, study findsWed Nov 20 2019 - 02:00
Public services card requirement for childcare payments ‘illegal’Irish Council for Civil Liberties criticises parents’ need to have card to avail of schemeTue Nov 19 2019 - 20:06
Woman claims work denied on building site as not a manExperienced civil engineer’s dismay at construction company ‘looking for a man’Mon Nov 18 2019 - 01:00
Clifford-Lee Traveller comments ‘painful’ and apology not sincere, activists sayAccepting the apology amounted to ‘letting her away with it’ – Dr Sindy JoyceFri Nov 15 2019 - 16:37
Alliance blames law for spate of attacks on sex-workersCampaign group say criminalising purchase of sex is directly linked to assaults, robberiesThu Nov 14 2019 - 19:53
Oireachtas committees say emergency legislation needed to tackle homelessnessMeasures could include imposing restrictions on landlords’ rights and ending use of one-night-only accommodation for familiesThu Nov 14 2019 - 18:36
Landlords’ eviction rights could be curbed following Oireachtas reportThe new review also calls for a constitutional right to housing to be considered as a 'matter of urgency'Thu Nov 14 2019 - 01:00
Drug-related intimidation causing ‘havoc’ in Traveller communityFamilies fear reporting matter to gardaí as Drogheda drug feud continues, says Pavee PointWed Nov 13 2019 - 20:40
Michael D Higgins moves to protect plants and wildlife in Phoenix ParkSpecialist team to carry out year-long ‘bio-diversity’ audit of 52-hectare siteSun Nov 10 2019 - 20:23
Funeral of woman who died after prison suicide attempt told of ‘love and beauty’Monika Nawrat (30), originally from Poland, lived in Ireland for over ten yearsFri Nov 08 2019 - 13:33
Claim taxpayers here funding ‘moral crimes’ in MediterraneanIrish nurse says she witnessed torture of migrants in EU-funded detention centres in LibyaThu Nov 07 2019 - 20:15
Over 123,000 foreign nationals issued with PPS numbers in 2018UK, Romania and Brazil accounted for most new allocationsFri Oct 25 2019 - 17:45
Woman lay dead in undergrowth for 11 weeks, inquest hearsCoroner says Geraldine McGuinness (56) ‘most likely’ died after going to sleep in ditchThu Oct 24 2019 - 14:57
Dara Quigley’s family ‘battling State’ to find out key events before deathJournalist and activist died by suicide after intimate images of her were shared onlineWed Oct 23 2019 - 18:33
Travellers must have ‘control and direction’ over health strategies, committee toldDepartment of Health behaved like ‘an absentee landlord’ on Traveller health issueTue Oct 22 2019 - 21:50
Investigations into death of mother who tried to take her life in jailSolicitor says Monika Nawrat was ‘let down by a fractured and broken system’Tue Oct 22 2019 - 01:00
Man (30s) shot in both legs ‘by appointment’ in Co Antrim‘This is totally barbaric and must stop’ said police officer who appealed for informationSat Oct 19 2019 - 11:38
Budget took important ‘small steps’ on No Child 2020 themesAnti-child-poverty initiatives were ‘really significant’, says Children’s Rights AllianceSat Oct 19 2019 - 06:15
Coroners to be asked to record ethnicity of people who die by suicideOireachtas committee hears the move will help assess suicide rates among TravellersTue Oct 15 2019 - 18:21
Coroner flags Savita guidelines ahead of McEvoy inquestCounsel ‘should study protocols’ before hearing into mother’s death after giving birthMon Oct 14 2019 - 18:44
Hospitality workers ‘crying out for protection’ from wide abusesHigh numbers of workers report verbal and physical abuse, and sexual harassmentThu Oct 10 2019 - 17:42
Childcare workers and some lone parents dismayed at €94m packageLone parent group claims fewer chances to train and work under new childcare schemeWed Oct 09 2019 - 22:08
Budget 2020 ‘betrayed the vulnerable’, Social Justice Ireland has saidPoorest 30 per cent will be hit hardest, particularly with rising food costs, says CEOWed Oct 09 2019 - 21:38
‘Brexit budget’ leaves poorest at biggest risk of losing outUnder no-deal shadow, scarcer resources go to social groupings deemed most vulnerableTue Oct 08 2019 - 21:48
Free school meals pilot scheme to be allocated €160,000 in 2020Child poverty intervention is in addition to hot meals pilot running in 36 primary schoolsTue Oct 08 2019 - 18:45
Elderly and disabled living alone ‘targeted’ in Budget 2020Income allowed while still qualifying for One Parent Family Payment up €15 to €145Tue Oct 08 2019 - 15:29
‘Mental health crisis’ among Travellers must be addressed, committee toldMost Travellers felt the State was ‘indifferent’ to their sufferingTue Oct 08 2019 - 13:52
Co Meath couple ‘lay low’ due to racist abuse after Lidl advertFiona Ryan and Jonathan Mathis urge people to sign online petition for hate-crime lawMon Oct 07 2019 - 03:01
Less than 4% of rental home available to rent supplement, HAP usersProperties suitable for four household ‘types’ examined in new Simon Communities reportSun Oct 06 2019 - 22:14
Beating inner city Dublin’s criminal stigma with positive role modelsPoverty-fuelled drug-dealing and violence can stop being normalised by community effortFri Oct 04 2019 - 20:09
Victims of online abuse should be able to sue social media, Oireachtas committee toldOnline regulator ‘with teeth’ needed, committee discussing online harassment toldThu Oct 03 2019 - 20:28
Survey of gay, bisexual men finds high rate of mental health problemsA third of men who have sex with men reported being stared at or intimidated in past yearThu Oct 03 2019 - 17:55
Dual diagnosis protocols could have saved man (28), family believesSeán O’Keeffe died of an overdose after ‘desperately’ seeking psychiatric helpThu Oct 03 2019 - 02:05
Ideology the ‘only obstacle’ to social and affordable housing, say protestersFine Gael needs to ‘step back’ from its current policy, protesters outside Dáil toldWed Oct 02 2019 - 18:38
Garda role in ‘vetting’ Travellers for social housing criticisedLegal advice body expresses concern over information given by gardaí to local authoritiesWed Oct 02 2019 - 01:00
Varadkar describes racial abuse of couple in Lidl advert as ‘disgusting’Taoiseach said Government is working on hate crime legislationFri Sept 27 2019 - 18:52
Couple in ad campaign left ‘shaking and fearful’ after online abuse‘We actually thank Gemma O’Doherty for highlighting there is no real hate-crime legislation’Fri Sept 27 2019 - 03:30
‘It’s affected my whole life, every relationship. It’s the loss that’s always there’Families of the victims of the Stardust fire hope new inquests will help bring healingFri Sept 27 2019 - 01:00
Stardust families cite Hillsborough inquest in fight for justiceInquest will see official narrative of how 48 people died challenged in court of law for first time since 1982Thu Sept 26 2019 - 22:39
Stardust inquests another step on the long road to justice for families‘The reality is there are people who must be held accountable for what happened that night’Thu Sept 26 2019 - 19:09
New Tusla chief keen to tackle ‘deep mistrust in the Irish psyche’ of agencyBernard Gloster says key objective of his tenure will be winning public’s confidenceWed Sept 25 2019 - 03:00
Housing crisis has created perfect storm for predatory landlords, TD tells DáilRuth Coppinger says she has received more disclosures, particularly from three women in the Hap sectorTue Sept 24 2019 - 16:27
Woman who felt sexually harassed by estate agent feared homelessness‘It was really inappropriate flirting, creepy. But ... I didn’t want to get on his wrong side’Tue Sept 24 2019 - 02:00
Direct provision: ‘I know people see our opposition as racist, but we are terrified’What lies behind Roosky, Lisdoonvarna and Oughterard’s objections to direct-provision centres?Sat Sept 21 2019 - 06:00
Tenants ‘tricked’ into leaving their homes, tribunal toldLandlord accused of issuing invalid notices to quit in two Dublin 4 propertiesThu Sept 12 2019 - 01:00
Dublin tenants under threat of eviction stage protestPursuit of vacant possession to refurbish and hike rent ‘like an epidemic across country’Wed Sept 11 2019 - 19:29
Closure of Dublin’s Bernard Shaw pub ‘just another sign the city is changing’‘It’s more than just a nightlife venue. It’s a genuine artistic and creative hub, with a social purpose’Tue Sept 10 2019 - 20:20
Minister open to idea of separate agency for child support paymentsDoherty unhappy with current situation whereby courts rule on relatively small sumsTue Sept 10 2019 - 17:46
Private bus firm Go-Ahead avoids fines over failures to allow ‘bedding in’NTA will not fine bus operator despite complaints about punctuality, buses not turning upMon Sept 09 2019 - 09:27
Northside Partnership launches ‘advantaged thinking’ strategySociety conditioned to overlook skills of people in poorer areas, says organisationMon Sept 09 2019 - 02:03
