Shankill family service to close unless it secures Government fundingCottage Home service has worked with more than 100 vulnerable families since opening 7 years agoMon Nov 19 2018 - 01:00
Coombe hospital’s premature ‘graduates’ reuniteJoyous occasion for 200 who spent first weeks struggling for life in venerable alma materSun Nov 18 2018 - 19:39
Homeless figures show families ‘not gaming system’, says charityFamily homelessness continues to rise in Dublin, new data showsFri Nov 16 2018 - 19:03
Children on reduced timetables ‘denied education’Barnardos, Inclusion Ireland and Irish Traveller Movement slate State-wide trendFri Nov 16 2018 - 06:00
Schools imposing reduced hours on disadvantaged childrenPlacing pupils on reduced timetable without consent considered ‘a form of suspension’Fri Nov 16 2018 - 01:00
More than 300 extra beds for homeless will open in DublinCold weather strategy includes 203 permanent and 130 ‘temporary contingency’ bedsWed Nov 14 2018 - 19:30
Warning housing supports could become big part of public expenditure‘The social welfare pension system in Ireland is based on the assumption pensioners don’t have rent to pay and don’t have significant mortgage payments’Tue Nov 13 2018 - 19:02
Varadkar urged to focus on child poverty as ‘crisis of our times’Middle classes must be convinced afflicted children worth investing in, forum hearsFri Nov 09 2018 - 21:10
Just €1.7m of €12m earmarked for Traveller housing drawn downMore than half of local authorities have spent none of their 2018 allocationFri Nov 09 2018 - 21:06
Minister for Housing has ‘undermined confidence’ in homelessness statsOireachtas committee told rationale for removal of some people from data ‘unclear’Thu Nov 08 2018 - 18:53
Councils could face sanctions over Traveller accommodation budgetsGovernment-appointed expert group proposes financial penalty for underspendingWed Nov 07 2018 - 06:00
Row stalls work on Traveller accommodation programmeCommittee has not met since April as result of incident at Labre Park, BallyfermotThu Nov 01 2018 - 01:00
Kitty Holland: Support for Casey reflects rage of those feeling left behindBusinessman seen by many as recognising struggles of post-austerity IrelandMon Oct 29 2018 - 06:00
More than 1,600 removed from homeless figures ‘still accessing services’Eoghan Murphy accused of ‘political manipulation’ as families taken off monthly listSat Oct 27 2018 - 00:41
Lack of statutory oversight of voluntary housing bodies criticisedC&AG notes just 246 of 547 housing bodies have signed up for regulatory systemFri Oct 26 2018 - 01:00
Almost 200 children became homeless in the past month in DublinFocus Ireland figures reveal 9,698 people in emergency accommodation in SeptemberWed Oct 24 2018 - 20:40
Head of Dublin Rape Crisis Centre calls for sentencing databaseNoeline Blackwell suggests lack of information on sentencing may put victims offMon Oct 22 2018 - 20:08
Man arrested after woman’s body found in Dublin apartmentGardaí alerted after paramedics called to scene in Cabra on Sunday afternoonSun Oct 21 2018 - 22:09
Children who sexually abuse must receive support, says ombudsmanAbout 25 per cent of all sexual offences are carried out by children, conference hearsSat Oct 20 2018 - 01:00
Traveller families to protest Tipperary visit by CaseyPresidential candidate claims families sought stables and paddocks with houses built for themThu Oct 18 2018 - 14:02
Agency may demand over 40% social and affordable housing on idle landsNegotiations will have ‘quid pro quo’ for facilitating developmentWed Oct 17 2018 - 00:04
Depaul calls on HSE and Department of Health to do moreCharity ‘surprised’ at lack of health funding in homeless projectMon Oct 15 2018 - 17:31
Travellers and council clash over grazing land for horsesStand-off shows ‘lack of understanding’ between Travellers and settled communityMon Oct 15 2018 - 01:00
Budget will benefit higher earners, claims Social Justice IrelandSingle person on €75,000 a year will gain 10 times as much as a single earning €25,000Wed Oct 10 2018 - 23:44
Teachers’ racism towards Traveller pupils ‘must be addressed’Education expert makes call amid proposals to mandate teaching of Traveller historyWed Oct 10 2018 - 17:13
Care homes: ‘We’re well looked after – it would be terrible if it was to close’Residents of low-dependency ‘care homes’ in the southeast face an uncertain futureWed Oct 10 2018 - 00:05
Child poverty targeting by Regina Doherty not enoughAnalysis: Despite welcome measures, more must be done to help worst-off childrenTue Oct 09 2018 - 21:41
Budget contains ‘no reference to need to improve pay for childcare workers’Unions warn of staffing crisis in sector and say Budget 2019 a ‘missed opportunity’ to improve conditionsTue Oct 09 2018 - 17:38
Budget 2019: Social welfare rates to rise by €5 a weekMinister for Finance Paschal Donohoe also announces new paid parental leave schemeTue Oct 09 2018 - 14:39
Asylum seekers ‘shocked’ at decision to close Clondalkin centreThe capital’s largest direct provision centre, in west Dublin, has 225 residentsTue Oct 09 2018 - 05:00
Council to vote on sale of Mount Anville site set aside for TravellersSite earmarked for Traveller accommodation has lain idle due to residents’ objectionsMon Oct 08 2018 - 00:47
Drug decriminalisation ‘would benefit wide range of users’Potential change in law being considered by working group expected to report in 2019Mon Oct 08 2018 - 00:22
Family who lost seven members to suicide plead for mental health servicesFamily in Co Wexford grieving for lost siblings suffering due to ‘lack of compassion’Mon Oct 08 2018 - 00:20
Number of under-26s in long-term unemployment nears 8,000Youth council seeks €22m State investment as it aims to halve figure in coming yearMon Oct 08 2018 - 00:02
More than 200 asylum seekers may lose homes before ChristmasClondalkin Towers Hotel to close December 3rd when management company pulls outFri Oct 05 2018 - 21:55
Up to 10,000 attend rally demanding end to housing crisis‘At least half a million people...whose housing situation is causing them serious distress’ - Fr Peter McVerryWed Oct 03 2018 - 19:01
Beaten: The Irish childhoods ruined by corporal punishment‘It’s time to talk about what these teachers did ... My childhood was stolen’Sat Sept 29 2018 - 06:00
Rise in number of people becoming homeless after leaving State careFocus Ireland: 15% of the care-leavers it works with in Dublin are homelessSat Sept 29 2018 - 01:00
March demanding abortion legislation planned in DublinEvent to act as ‘reminder’ to Government that ‘nothing on the ground has changed’Fri Sept 28 2018 - 20:21
Over 1,600 removed from homeless figures in ‘recategorisation’ exerciseDepartment of Housing accused of manipulating figures to stay below 10,000 thresholdThu Sept 27 2018 - 19:16
Only 4% of new social houses built by local authoritiesFigures show the heavy reliance on the private sector has increasedThu Sept 27 2018 - 14:41
Eoghan Murphy’s claim of social housing list drop ‘misleading’Eoin Ó Broin of Sinn Féin disputes claim number of households in need fell 14,000Thu Sept 27 2018 - 01:00
Parents struggling to make ends meet regularly go without foodStudy paints a stark picture of the reality of living long-term without an adequate incomeWed Sept 26 2018 - 19:52
Homeless crisis: ‘When I first came in here I couldn’t believe it was for me’Joe Shannon was destitute when the Housing First scheme was deployed by the McVerry trustWed Sept 26 2018 - 16:52
Minister targets 600 long-term homeless for housing‘We will work with local Simon communities, NGOs and the local authorities,’ says MurphyWed Sept 26 2018 - 16:07
Minister keen to reverse Joan Burton’s social protection ‘cuts’Regina Doherty says misogyny towards single mothers is ‘not diminishing fast enough’Tue Sept 25 2018 - 19:26
‘Working-class people have become so dehumanised by this drug’Grace Dyas’s ‘Heroin’ explores addiction and demonisation of addicts as ‘class genocide’Mon Sept 24 2018 - 00:01
Housing crisis: Dublin’s O’Connell Bridge scene of mass protestTake Back the City campaign rallies thousands in support of peaceful demonstrationSat Sept 22 2018 - 19:27
Vacant Glebe House in Crumlin occupied by activists‘This is our land . . . It doesn’t belong to vulture funds or millionaires who sit on property ’Sat Sept 22 2018 - 18:54
Budget the acid test for how ‘lone parents treated’‘Lone parents are in crisis . . . a rental and housing crisis,’ claim advocacy groupsThu Sept 20 2018 - 19:52
