Mobile health units to assess sexual assault victims to be rolled outGovernment holds special Cabinet meeting on gender equality, ratification of Istanbul ConventionFri Mar 08 2019 - 19:59
Government ratifies Istanbul Convention obliging it to tackle violence against womenWomen’s Aid says move is ‘major milestone in tackling domestic, sexual and gender based violence’Fri Mar 08 2019 - 11:41
Funding has not run out for home loan scheme, says Minister for HousingMemo instructing Department of Housing not to take more applications under scheme was never seen by Eoghan MurphyWed Mar 06 2019 - 18:32
A community project for Communion season’s best-dressedBallymun Child and Family Resource Centre’s first pop-up Communion-wear shop is big successWed Mar 06 2019 - 00:26
Couple in damp house cannot get fuel allowance because income is €9 too highElderly pair, who have chronic illnesses, also turned down for insulation and housing grantsTue Mar 05 2019 - 00:08
Possibility of providing free contraception to be examinedMinister keen that working group reviews the obstacles to people using birth controlMon Mar 04 2019 - 00:01
Teenager’s hospital discharge delay due to lack of care servicesMorgan D'Arcy has been an inpatient at Crumlin children's hospital for five yearsSat Mar 02 2019 - 01:00
Independent midwife Philomena Canning asks to be let ‘die in peace’Terminally ill midwife sought speedy settlement against HSE to buy anti-cancer drugFri Mar 01 2019 - 17:41
Housing aid payment vital for 80,000 families, PAC hearsSpend on housing payment schemes ‘going directly to the private market’ to hit €423mThu Feb 28 2019 - 18:28
Report calls for ‘innovative thinking’ to match housing to older people’s needsEnglish says within five years half of all new apartments and one third of new housing will have to be suitable for older peopleWed Feb 27 2019 - 20:11
Number of homeless children increases by 10% in past yearTotal number of people listed as homeless across the State is now just under 10,000Wed Feb 27 2019 - 18:17
Council seeks to evict Travellers from west Dublin siteCampaigners say move is in breach of agreement to postpone Balgaddy eviction plansWed Feb 27 2019 - 15:25
Elderly Dublin City Council tenants protest poor conditionsRefurbishment of draughty and mouldy flats cancelled after councillors’ voteWed Feb 27 2019 - 01:00
‘I can’t afford to think about healthy eating’ – a mother’s lifeNo Child 2020: In the world’s ‘most food-secure’ country, 140,000 children have inadequate dietsSat Feb 23 2019 - 06:00
Travellers feel they have been 'left to die' on rat-infested site‘We don’t want to live like this, but we have nowhere else to go.’Mon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
Guests on new Traveller-led channel to include Peter CaseyPresidential candidate saw popularity rise after controversial remarks about Traveller cultureFri Feb 01 2019 - 02:10
Death of woman from sepsis examined by three separate inquiries‘Serious questions to be answered’, says National Women’s Council of Ireland directorFri Feb 01 2019 - 00:21
Woman (24) who died a week after giving birth had sepsis, says coronerKaren McEvoy’s partner calls for inquiry into her death in Naas hospital on Christmas DayThu Jan 31 2019 - 00:08
Housing crisis ‘forcing families to choose between food and rent’Children’s Rights Alliance warns of impact of homelessness on education and healthWed Jan 30 2019 - 14:55
Families of women who died in childbirth left in the dark, says midwifePartner of Karen McEvoy, who died on Christmas Day, not given ‘any information’Wed Jan 30 2019 - 00:16
Man calls for independent investigation into partner’s deathKaren McEvoy (24) died a week after giving birth at Coombe hospitalTue Jan 29 2019 - 03:00
Woman (24) died on Christmas Day one week after giving birthPartner says he has 'to be mammy and daddy now' to their three childrenTue Jan 29 2019 - 03:00
Donegal ‘plunged into grief’ after four die in crashYoung friends who died in ‘devastating’ incident near Gortahork described as ‘lovely lads’Mon Jan 28 2019 - 18:50
Traveller accommodation remains inadequate, says Council of EuropeSocial rights committee also notes continued violations on trade union rules for gardaíThu Jan 24 2019 - 00:01
The inquest is over but is anything going to change for Travellers?Number of Traveller families living in unsafe conditions has risen since Carrickmines fireTue Jan 22 2019 - 20:05
What is child poverty and why must we try to solve it?No Child 2020: Not everyone has enough to eat in Ireland. But poverty is more complex than thatSat Jan 19 2019 - 06:01
Coombe letter refusing abortion ‘suggests chilling effect’ of lawCouple say they were told anomaly was fatal before hospital dubbed it ‘complex anomaly’Sat Jan 19 2019 - 03:00
Woman refused abortion says she was told of fatal abnormalityCoombe says medics not of opinion foetus would die before or within 28 days of birthSat Jan 19 2019 - 03:00
Free meals every day for the Finnish kids. A packet of noodles for the Irish kidsNo Child 2020: Ireland and Finland take different approaches to single working mothersSat Jan 19 2019 - 01:00
Woman ‘refused’ abortion will travel to United Kingdom‘This is not what the people of Ireland voted for. This is not what I voted for’Fri Jan 18 2019 - 01:10
Parents who regularly take three or more drinks a day may be abusing childrenAddiction specialist warns parents on impact of their drinking on familyThu Jan 17 2019 - 16:38
Homeless family drive 160km to and from school every dayPatricia and William Maguire are living with their five children in emergency accommodation in WicklowWed Jan 16 2019 - 02:00
Stand-off over Traveller families occupying site reaches stalemateSouth Dublin County Council says it has no duty of care for families, who have 28 childrenFri Jan 11 2019 - 19:29
Traveller family with 28 children to be evicted from west Dublin siteSouth Dublin County Council says it has no ‘duty of care’ as family are not from the areaThu Jan 10 2019 - 17:28
Minister vows to improve living conditions on Traveller sitesLocal councils failing to deliver on agreed targets may be subject to financial sanctionFri Jan 04 2019 - 01:58
Education system fails Travellers, report findsTravellers in Wexford ‘severely disadvantaged’ when compared with settled populationFri Jan 04 2019 - 00:39
Call for clarity on homeless family housing entitlementsThird of families presenting as homeless are foreign nationals whose rights are ‘unclear’Wed Jan 02 2019 - 00:43
Homeless people like ‘puppy at Christmas’, says director of homeless servicesEileen Gleeson says some fundraising ‘stigmatises’ homeless peopleSun Dec 30 2018 - 16:19
Man dies in single vehicle crash in Co CorkGardaí appeal for witnesses to collision near GlanmireSun Dec 30 2018 - 15:30
Deloitte doing ‘all it can’ for tenants bereft of power or waterTrio in unfit Coombe flat say alternatives on offer are ‘humiliating’Thu Dec 27 2018 - 01:50
Invitation to Mass a ‘silly mistake’, says National Maternity HospitalHospital claims interfaith ceremony will mark inauguration of MasterSun Dec 23 2018 - 14:36
Thousands of Dublin’s poorest collect food parcels before ChristmasBasics like tea, cheese, cold meats and biscuits provided at Capuchin centreFri Dec 21 2018 - 13:58
Louth woman appeals to Minister after partner deportedSouth African national Mark Morris is the father and primary carer of their five childrenMon Dec 17 2018 - 01:00
Homeless children with mental health issues not receiving support, says charityImpact of homelessness ‘a child welfare issue’, says Focus Ireland reportFri Dec 14 2018 - 01:46
Homeless families headed by young adults particularly vulnerableReport says some professionals use ‘very strong terms’ about young parentsThu Dec 13 2018 - 00:21
Feeding the homeless: ‘It is upsetting how many children come now’A day spent between Dublin’s homeless charities shows a system under severe strainTue Dec 11 2018 - 00:23
Homeless lives ‘changed’ by Mater Hospital’s new liaison nurseAppointment of Jess Kenny is in response to increasing number of homeless patientsMon Dec 10 2018 - 01:00
Former heroin addicts feel badly served by methadone regimeMany feel their recovery is being thwarted by narrow approach to managing addictionMon Dec 10 2018 - 00:04
Families in transitional housing welcome commitment they will not be evictedMinister for Housing Eoghan Murphy tells Dáil families will not be evictedThu Dec 06 2018 - 19:42
That’s a wrap: Fill a Luas initiative a gift to the homelessThe event invites people to fill wrapped shoeboxes to be given to homeless peopleThu Dec 06 2018 - 17:50
