Use of illegal drugs has nearly doubled since early 2000sCannabis, ecstasy and cocaine use at highest level since 2002Tue Nov 08 2016 - 18:12
Autistic man’s return from care in England deemed ‘catastrophic’Judge suggests best solution would be HSE continuing to fund specialist care in UKMon Nov 07 2016 - 18:57
What next for the children of the Calais ‘Jungle’?The camp is gone, but the future for hundreds of child refugees remains utterly bleakSat Nov 05 2016 - 01:00
Severely autistic man to return to UK unit after HSE decisionMan has become ‘dangerous’ since returning to his family home, court hearsSat Nov 05 2016 - 01:00
FG MEP rows in behind call to take Calais childrenBrian Hayes says Republic should move to accept minors as ‘humanitarian gesture’Wed Nov 02 2016 - 01:00
Children in creches ‘fare as well’ as those at homeESRI report shows other factors are more important for wellbeing of five-year-oldsWed Nov 02 2016 - 00:01
Majority of Traveller housing funds have yet to be claimedJust one-third of the money for this year has been drawn down by local authoritiesTue Nov 01 2016 - 17:17
Brian Hayes urges Government to ‘move quickly’ on Calais minorsFine Gael MEP says relocation of 200 unaccompanied minors to State ‘right thing to do’Tue Nov 01 2016 - 13:47
FG’s Regina Doherty says taking Calais minors a ‘no-brainer’Government Chief Whip says accommodating children is the ‘responsible thing to do’Tue Nov 01 2016 - 12:00
Council to discuss naming street after Savita HalappanavarCouncillor argues woman who ‘was denied basic medical care’ should be rememberedTue Nov 01 2016 - 01:00
Irish pregnant women have highest rates of depression in OECDOne in six women ‘are at probable risk of depression’, Trinity antenatal study findsTue Nov 01 2016 - 01:00
Children left in limbo as Calais ‘Jungle’ is demolishedWith 1,400 minors still at the migrant camp waiting to be relocated, pressure is building upMon Oct 31 2016 - 08:45
Migrant Crisis: Call for State to admit 200 children from CalaisMotion calling for relocation of minors from the ‘Jungle’ camp to be debated in DáilMon Oct 31 2016 - 01:00
Dublin’s north inner city calls for radical changeNew taskforce wants firms in the neighbouring IFSC to help local young peopleSat Oct 29 2016 - 01:00
Action urged to tackle discrimination against the poorEqual Rights Alliance report calls for more wide-ranging legislation to combat problemWed Oct 26 2016 - 17:57
Pressure growing over discrimination against TravellersRights commissioner Emily Logan says human rights commissioner at the Council of Europe plans to visit IrelandWed Oct 26 2016 - 16:41
Ban on surrogacy in Ireland urged by campaignerPractice not illegal in State but largely unregulated despite calls for legislative clarityWed Oct 26 2016 - 01:00
Mood in the Calais ‘Jungle’ resigned as camp slowly cleared‘People don’t necessarily want a hot shower. They want to get to family’ says Irish volunteerMon Oct 24 2016 - 23:53
UN chief says potential of too many of world’s girls is unfulfilledIrish launch of UN Population Fund report hears of worldwide discrimination against girlsSat Oct 22 2016 - 01:00
Three new emergency shelters to open for Dublin’s homelessCoveney says if more such beds are required it will show Government housing plans failingFri Oct 21 2016 - 18:23
Racism and poverty affect Roma lives in Ireland, report findsMinister of State David Stanton says members of community are ‘valued’ in the StateWed Oct 19 2016 - 15:16
Goal appoints new manager to regain trust of donorsCeline Fitzgerald appointed and says next 12 months will be ‘critical’ for the aid agencyWed Oct 19 2016 - 01:00
Concern State childcare scheme could ‘increase costs for poorest’Spark says lone parents on subsidised schemes while in training may have to quit coursesTue Oct 18 2016 - 17:38
Couple facing repossession claim rights breach in EU lawGeraldine and Martin Grant say registrar failed to consider if mortgage contract fairTue Oct 18 2016 - 01:00
Zappone seeks early report on Midlands foster-care issuesMinister ‘very disappointed’ with lack of progress after Hiqa finds deficienciesMon Oct 17 2016 - 19:51
Children in Midlands foster care had to share beds, report findsHiqa says children placed with carers who were refused permission in pastMon Oct 17 2016 - 15:25
Four children fleeing Syria to arrive in Ireland by end OctoberFour will be first of 20 welcomed under the Irish Refugee Protection ProgrammeMon Oct 17 2016 - 01:00
Give me back my deported husband, woman urges MinisterHSE says Brazilian deportee’s marriage to Galway woman Harriet Bruce was genuineMon Oct 17 2016 - 01:00
European Commission launches inquiry into treatment of TravellersEquality director says Ireland may be breaching EU rules on ethnic discriminationSat Oct 15 2016 - 01:10
Budget 2017: Childcare providers voice concerns over extra placesIndustry may not be able to cope with demand caused by Minister’s scheme, says groupThu Oct 13 2016 - 01:00
Older people want to live in own homes due to location, study findsNew report says there is a gap in the housing and support options for the elderlyWed Oct 12 2016 - 20:00
Budget 2017: Leo Varadkar hails ‘socially just’ packageMove to exclude young unemployed from €5 increase called ‘mean’ and ‘disappointing’Tue Oct 11 2016 - 21:35
Budget 2017: Zappone defends new early childcare schemeNew affordable childcare plan will be provided from September, 2017Tue Oct 11 2016 - 20:14
Budget 2017: Social welfare payments to rise €5 from next MarchChristmas bonus to rise from 75% of weekly payment last year to 85% this ChristmasTue Oct 11 2016 - 15:23
Traveller fire deaths: Overcoming prejudice critical, Mass toldFirst anniversary Masses to mark 10 deaths in Carrickmines mobile home told ‘more is needed’Mon Oct 10 2016 - 17:45
Traveller families hit by fire disaster prepare for anniversaryMasses on Monday to commemorate 10 lives of young Travellers lost a year ago in CarrickminesSat Oct 08 2016 - 01:00
Some 5,584 Travellers live in overcrowded conditionsThe system of providing adequate and safe accommodation is clearly not workingSat Oct 08 2016 - 01:00
Plan aims to provide 50,000 social houses by 2021New houses and apartments to be built and 750 vacant houses to be refurbishedThu Oct 06 2016 - 01:00
Those on rent supplement ‘could afford 20% of available rentals’Simon Community report shows 55% reduction in properties available at any priceWed Oct 05 2016 - 14:19
Joan Burton’s policy may be making lone parents poorerUnesco resport says a change introduced in 2012 could encourage welfare dependencyWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:05
Garda Representatives Association reticent on talks to avert strikeStalemate over four 24-hour withdrawals of service by gardaí on Fridays in NovemberMon Oct 03 2016 - 01:00
Housing problems dominate calls to legal advice helplineFree Legal Advice Centres report reveals problems faced by ‘accidental’ landlordsMon Oct 03 2016 - 00:14
Family of eight split up as no accommodation availableColleen and John McDonagh and their six children have been homeless for a weekSun Oct 02 2016 - 22:34
‘I can’t take this another night, sitting in a car with six kids’Homeless nights in Dún Laoghaire, Navan and DublinFri Sept 30 2016 - 10:13
Homeless families ‘spending the night in fast-food restaurants’Focus Ireland says some Dublin families are unable to access emergency accommodationFri Sept 30 2016 - 07:16
Evicted Travellers still on Dundalk roadside with no waterFamilies say site was to be ready by October but council says work only starting nowThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Record number of complaints made to Ombudsman for ChildrenTusla must get better at responding to complaints about its care of children, Muldoon saysWed Sept 28 2016 - 11:50
Response to UN on reproductive rights ‘deeply concerning’Irish rejection of 16 recommendations is raised at session of UN Human Rights CouncilFri Sept 23 2016 - 21:18
Merchants Quay cafe serves food and floor space to homelessIt’s an improvised but inadequate solution that manages to take in 70 people a nightFri Sept 23 2016 - 01:00
Bernadette McAliskey: ‘I am astounded I survived. I made mad decisions’McAliskey, now an elder stateswoman of anti-establishment politics, reflects on a career driven by a fierce sense of justice – and how that has not been achieved in the NorthThu Sept 22 2016 - 06:00
