15 abortions carried out in Irish hospitals in 2017Number fell markedly compared with the previous three years of the operation of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy ActThu Jun 28 2018 - 18:54
International report highlights use of videos in Jobstown trialInternational Network of Civil Liberties Organisations report published in GenevaWed Jun 27 2018 - 22:02
Residents vow to resist eviction order over fire safety issueHouseholders in Leeside apartments in Cork say repairs could be done with tenants in situTue Jun 26 2018 - 19:53
Ireland’s asylum system: ‘A two-tier system has clearly emerged’State failing commitment to give sanctuary to 4,000 people fleeing war, poverty – reportMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:35
Hundreds with intellectual disabilities still in institutions despite pledgeHSE commitment failing, as just over 650 of 2,370 adults moved from group homesMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:29
Almost 75% of drugs offences last year were ‘possession for personal use’Group says State resources could be used better helping drug-users and tackling serious drug crimeSun Jun 24 2018 - 20:10
Staff strike over pay and conditions at 34 Lloyd’s pharmacy branches‘I’m on €11 an hour and I haven’t had a raise in five years,’ says one strikerFri Jun 22 2018 - 18:12
‘Mistreatment of survivors’ of institutional abuse a ‘greater national shame’‘Caranua failed. As a former board member I can state this with the utmost truth and confidence’Thu Jun 21 2018 - 19:22
Tusla cannot eliminate all risk to children: it needs our supportHelping vulnerable families starts with tackling disadvantage in societyThu Jun 21 2018 - 02:00
Homeless families refuse tenancies in private sector, report findsMany stay in emergency accommodation until they can secure a local authority homeWed Jun 20 2018 - 05:00
Failings at Tusla leave children at risk of sex abuseDamning health watchdog report calls for urgent action at child protection agencyWed Jun 20 2018 - 00:10
Tusla ‘does not always learn from mistakes,’ chief executive admitsFred McBride says a repeat of Sgt Maurice McCabe errors ‘highly unlikely’Tue Jun 19 2018 - 20:06
‘Why are young mothers taking their own lives?’Women in some of the poorest parts of Dublin are taking their lives in the same numbers as men for the first timeSun Jun 17 2018 - 19:42
Safety concerns delay improvement works at St Mary’s halting siteFourteen families face rodent problems and issues with water and electricitySat Jun 16 2018 - 01:00
Traveller family accuses Dublin City Council of destroying homeAnn and Michael Connors say they were alerted while in a mediation meetingThu Jun 14 2018 - 21:31
Children being failed on mental health and housing – ombudsmanReports highlights problems with suicide prevention, direct provision, Tusla and HSEWed Jun 13 2018 - 00:01
Housing Assistance Payments bands ‘need to be changed’Homeless families in Dublin willing to move county are missing out on propertiesMon Jun 11 2018 - 01:00
Young people with disabilities are ‘being trapped in nursing homes’Disability Federation of Ireland warns of human rights violations over PA shortageMon Jun 11 2018 - 00:52
Most tenants rent ‘as they cannot get mortgage or social housing’Almost half of renters feel insecure in their tenancy, according to Threshold surveyMon Jun 11 2018 - 00:00
Inquiries under way into alleged assaults at nursing homeRape and assault claims in northeast care facility trigger three seperate investigationsSat Jun 09 2018 - 02:00
Housing crisis: ‘The system has totally failed me’A Dublin woman and her daughter face homelessness for second time in two yearsFri Jun 08 2018 - 01:01
Almost one-third of newly homeless families are non-nationalsReport highlights services’ reliance on private-rented sector and HHAP to house peopleThu Jun 07 2018 - 19:12
Asylum seekers now waiting longer to move through initial stage of processWaiting times have increased to an average of 18 to 20 months compared with about 11 weeks in 2015Wed Jun 06 2018 - 00:01
Child protection cases taking several years to be dealt withLack of co-operation between gardaí and social workers and inadequate supports for many district courts are contributing factorsTue Jun 05 2018 - 19:34
Lone parents speak out: 'Mothers have had such an ordeal'Single parents hopeful shift in opinion evidenced by Yes vote will bring positive changeTue Jun 05 2018 - 01:00
Adoption controversy: ‘My son was stolen and illegally adopted’‘I screamed and roared at his disappearance, and a nun slapped me right across the face’Sat Jun 02 2018 - 03:00
Tusla says it cannot investigate all of its adoption recordsAgency says it does not have the ‘remit’ for such an audit amid birth registration scandalThu May 31 2018 - 23:46
Number of people in homeless accommodation down slightlyDepartment of Housing figure down 1% from March to April, but up 20% on April 2017Wed May 30 2018 - 19:55
Number of Irish teenagers giving birth falls slightly, CSO findsOf 1,041 teens who gave birth in Ireland last year, 923 were first-time mothersWed May 30 2018 - 19:04
How the death of Savita Halappanavar revolutionised IrelandThe 2012 tragedy unified Irish women and feminist groups behind change on abortionMon May 28 2018 - 02:26
‘We’re the majority of decent people, not killers, not murderers’Anne Conway (69), who had abortion in UK in 1970, ‘vindicated’ by referendum resultSun May 27 2018 - 16:46
Flowers, notes and messages placed at mural of Savita in DublinMural has become a focal point of remembrance of Ms HalappanavarSun May 27 2018 - 07:31
Savita Halappanavar’s parents ‘really, really happy’ after abortion voteFather asks for legislation to be named ‘Savita’s law’ after thanking Irish peopleSat May 26 2018 - 12:30
Suicide on the rise among mothers in poorer Dublin areas37 deaths by suspected suicide in Dublin South-Central in 2017; 50% were womenMon May 21 2018 - 01:05
Fatal foetal diagnosis: ‘I had a choice about his life, a choice to know him’Cliona Johnson’s son John Paul lived for 17 minutes after being born with anencephalyMon May 21 2018 - 01:00
Savita’s father calls for repeal as campaigns target undecided‘I hope the people of Ireland will remember the fate of our daughter on the day of the referendum’Sun May 20 2018 - 10:02
Ó Broin says Eoghan Murphy ‘not competent or not fit’ to hold officeSinn Féin housing spokesman tells Minister definition of homelessness ‘crystal clear’Thu May 17 2018 - 20:31
Trafficked fishermen taken into State carePermit scheme called into question amid reports of €2.40 an hour wages and 20-hour working daysThu May 17 2018 - 19:49
‘There must be more of us out there. We must know each other’Through the 1970s some 15,259 women gave Irish addresses at British abortion clinicsThu May 17 2018 - 01:00
Limerick council removed families from homeless tally at request of MinisterCouncil the fourth local authority to confirm it recategorised some people on listWed May 16 2018 - 20:33
Terminations group felt ‘ignored, jeered’ during RTÉ abortion debateBroadcaster insists programme was balanced but says viewer complaints receivedTue May 15 2018 - 18:34
Abortion vote: Socio-economic engagement divide in north Dublin‘I know people get pregnant by rape, but there’s a lot of counselling out there for that’Tue May 15 2018 - 01:00
Councils refuse to remove families from homeless tallyKildare, Meath and Wicklow authorities urged to recategorise some people on listMon May 14 2018 - 01:00
Brave journalism ‘has never been so important’Newsbrands 2018 awards will include a new category for ‘campaign of the year’Sun May 13 2018 - 20:02
Baby ‘Jack’ died while co-sleeping with his mother who allegedly used drugsCase is among six reports into deaths of children in care or known to TuslaThu May 10 2018 - 16:51
Minister to be questioned over ‘reclassification’ of homeless figuresEoghan Murphy set for appearance before Oireachtas group after testy Dáil exchangesWed May 09 2018 - 18:44
Residents ‘blocked in behind a prison wall’ by new Dublin hotelConcerns over Kevin Street Maldron hotel were ‘ignored and ridiculed’, say localsMon May 07 2018 - 01:01
Are middle-class ‘birthzillas’ harassing hospital staff?Dr Aoife Mullally says increasing number of women have unrealistic expectations about ‘perfect births’Fri May 04 2018 - 17:51
HSE communications chief learned of smear-test audit from RTÉPaul Connors says that CervicalCheck’s reputation will be difficult to rebuildThu May 03 2018 - 22:17
Smear services report big upsurge in women seeking testsWell Woman Centre, Irish Family Planning Association and GPs ‘inundated with calls’Wed May 02 2018 - 19:49
