New law will make it a criminal offence to destroy records of survivors of institutional abuseOrganisations or individuals holding ‘relevant records’ must preserve them under fast-tracked legislationTue Oct 15 2024 - 18:59
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre launches billboard campaign to raise awarenessSigns of Hope campaign contains messages from eight survivors who have benefited from the centre’s servicesMon Oct 14 2024 - 06:00
Israel Defence Forces soldiers cross Blue Line into Lebanon and forcibly enter UN position, says UnifilIsraeli prime minister Binyamin Netanyahu urges UN to evacuate peacekeepers from combat areas in LebanonSun Oct 13 2024 - 15:48
Horse-ownership ‘almost spiritual’ for Travellers and should be accommodated in housingMichael O’Flaherty of the Council of Europe says ‘casual racism’ towards Travellers and Roma is ‘so deep we are not even fully aware of the extent to which it affects how we act’Thu Oct 10 2024 - 20:33
Disabled people, routinely presumed incapable of managing their money, have had bank accounts frozenResearchers found ‘systemic barriers’ faced by people with disabilities trying to accessing their own moneyThu Oct 10 2024 - 19:25
Not enough data being collected on integration of migrants into Irish society, European body saysEuropean Migration Network says ‘clear need for more detailed and better quality data on migrants and their situation’Thu Oct 10 2024 - 16:56
Schools’ rules are discriminatory to autistic pupils, says autism charityAsIAm warns outdated codes of behaviour and lack of understanding of autism is leading to children being physically restrained, suspended and expelledWed Oct 09 2024 - 20:04
Fluent Irish requirement ‘a barrier’ to more working-class young people becoming teachersNineteen-year-old Alex Grogan ‘realised very early I wanted to be a teacher’ and give back to ‘my community’Wed Oct 09 2024 - 07:00
Men fare better than women from budget, notes analysis by National Women’s Council ‘Women continue to have lower incomes, less wealth, fewer resources, all while shouldering the greater share of unpaid care responsibilities’Fri Oct 04 2024 - 17:23
‘Ludicrous, irritating and very wrong’: E-Scooter users on public transport ban from MondayIncidents abroad involving lithium batteries overheating and causing fires on trains and buses have prompted a prohibition from next weekThu Oct 03 2024 - 16:40
Budget 2025 will only increase rich-poor gap, Social Justice Ireland saysBudget measures fail to match the stated ambition of tackling child poverty, says NGOWed Oct 02 2024 - 17:49
Once-off payments will be welcomed but the payback will be modest social welfare increasesBudget 2025: Voters will no doubt feel some warm glow of extra money in their pockets, but it will be short-livedTue Oct 01 2024 - 20:46
Double child benefit and increased welfare payments among record social protection budget Budget 2025: Weekly €12 increase across social welfare payments and double payments of child benefit - of €280 each - among rise in payments to families, pensioners and carersTue Oct 01 2024 - 19:07
South African family ‘feel like we are on death row waiting for deportation’ from IrelandNeels Heystek and his family feel they were denied asylum ‘due to the political climate’ in IrelandMon Sept 30 2024 - 06:00
We asked a renter, a landlord, a pensioner, a carer and a wheelchair user what they want from Budget 2025‘It was alright before my husband died. But on my own, coming into the winter, I am worried’Mon Sept 30 2024 - 06:00
More than 220 charged for arriving into State without passport or failing to produce oneTraffickers telling passengers to destroy fake passports upon arrival in Ireland, says Border Management Unit headSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:00
Have Irish immigration numbers risen ‘too quickly’? How Ireland compares to other European countriesAn analysis of immigration numbers following Leo Varadkar’s remark that people are ‘right’ to believe numbers have risen too quicklyFri Sept 27 2024 - 17:56
Number of homeless people in State rises 14% year-on-year to 14,486 A total of 4,419 children were in homelessness accommodation at the end of the summerFri Sept 27 2024 - 14:13
Varadkar says immigration numbers have risen too quickly in IrelandFormer taoiseach warns against populism and prejudice but concedes immigration a challenge for Irish societyFri Sept 27 2024 - 06:00
Homes hosting Ukrainian refugees quadruples with costs rising to €13m a monthNumber of 4,000 at the start of last year has now risen to more than 16,000Fri Sept 27 2024 - 06:00
Controversial fencing being removed along Dublin’s Grand Canal Move comes two weeks after Waterways Ireland started 24-hour patrols of the canal to stop homeless people erecting tents thereWed Sept 25 2024 - 17:54
Cocaine-related deaths rising but most fatal overdoses involve prescription drugsOverall number of drug-poisoning deaths decreased, according to newly published dataWed Sept 25 2024 - 06:00
People with low health literacy turning to AI for advice, study finds Ability to get, understand and use healthcare information ‘low’ among 40% of Irish people, says Sláintecare reportTue Sept 24 2024 - 20:19
Fact check: Are immigration and homelessness figures linked?Taoiseach appeared to conflate rising homelessness with increased numbers seeking asylum and international protection in weekend interviewTue Sept 24 2024 - 05:55
South Dublin creche worker accused of hitting toddler as colleague ‘laughed and joked’‘I still feel huge guilt – how did I not know?’ says parent after learning of Garda investigationFri Sept 20 2024 - 06:00
Numbers trafficked for sexual exploitation rise by nearly a third, support group findsRuhama’s annual report says 155 victims of human trafficking engaged with the charity in 2023Thu Sept 19 2024 - 18:27
Alan Shatter hasn’t ‘given thought’ to election bid as he seeks revolt over inheritance taxFormer Fine Gael TD says he is ‘gobsmacked’ by turnout at public meeting in south Dublin calling for end of ‘State-sponsored grave robbery’Tue Sept 17 2024 - 06:01
Department ‘just waiting for me to die’: Letterfrack abuse survivor left with unfinished bathroom and bedroomMartin Woodland was approved by Caranua for an en-suite bedroom extension in 2020. Four years on, he sleeps in a chair, urinates in a bottle and washes in the sinkMon Sept 16 2024 - 06:00
South Dublin creche staff accused of hitting, force-feeding and being ‘cold’ to childrenGardaí and Tusla conducting investigations concerning reported physical, verbal and emotional abuse of toddlersMon Sept 16 2024 - 05:00
Dublin Fire Brigade responds to gorse fire in KillineyTraffic restrictions remained in place as firefighters continued working to bring blaze under controlSun Sept 15 2024 - 20:19
‘We sleep with our eyes open’: Homeless asylum seekers in Dublin fear attack and the encroaching coldThese asylum seekers, who cannot access homelessness hostels, are ‘particularly vulnerable’ as the seasons changeSat Sept 14 2024 - 16:00
Waterways Ireland begins canal patrols to prevent tents being pitched and to safeguard fencingPilot scheme involving two security personnel walking banks could allow for the removal of barriers in place since MayFri Sept 13 2024 - 06:00
‘Beast in black inflicted sexual and physical abuse on little boys on a daily basis’Readers reveal their experiences following publication of scoping inquiry report on allegations of sexual abuse in schoolsThu Sept 12 2024 - 06:00
Transgender woman says she was unable to receive ‘basic healthcare’ at Dublin hospital after gender surgerySt James’s Hospital advised Paige Behan to go instead to Holles StreetFri Sept 06 2024 - 06:10
‘It means a lot to me’: Traveller who brought primary healthcare to her community to be honouredMissie Collins and 15 other Traveller women visited 85 families to survey them on their health and uptake of health servicesWed Sept 04 2024 - 06:00
‘Deepening’ homelessness crisis can be ended with right policies, says Focus Ireland headMore must be done to protect children with 4,401 children in emergency accommodation, charity chief said at report launchTue Sept 03 2024 - 17:05
Local authorities asked to audit all available land zoned and suitable for housing Amid ‘grim record’ for homelessness, Minister for Housing seeks locations for residential developmentsSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
Homeless figures reach record high with 14,429 people in emergency accommodationOver 4,000 children in some 2,000 families were homeless last monthFri Aug 30 2024 - 14:07
Most people in Ireland support welcoming immigrants, survey suggestsSurvey was conducted in July on behalf of the Migrants Rights Centre of IrelandThu Aug 29 2024 - 06:01
Funds raised to provide Letterfrack survivor with mobility scooter which HSE unable to provide Michael Dunne was confined to his house for more than two years while on HSE’s waiting listThu Aug 29 2024 - 06:00
Child with autism refused place by 19 schools Government accused of failing to uphold right to education for children with additional needsWed Aug 28 2024 - 06:00
Surge in applications to adoption authority for birth information and to trace relativesAuthority says it processed more than 3,500 applications for birth information last yearMon Aug 26 2024 - 20:21
HSE warns of rolling surges in respiratory infections, measles and Covid this winterHSE prepares to ramp up vaccination programmes, including new initiative targeting newborn babiesMon Aug 26 2024 - 02:00
Community calls on council to turn ‘unused’ inner city green space into ‘vibrant hub’Outreach worker says locals would love Sheriff Street Park to have benches, picnic tables, and play facilities for disabled children and young peopleSun Aug 25 2024 - 19:13
‘A strong woman, took no sh*t’: Members of public sign book of condolences for Nell McCaffertyOnline version of book to remain open until September 1st as journalist and civil rights activist remembered as a ‘beacon’ and ‘fearless’Thu Aug 22 2024 - 17:05
Nell McCafferty’s funeral to take place in Derry on FridayA book of condolences for the founding member of the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement has been openedThu Aug 22 2024 - 06:00
Woman with anorexia will probably die without nasal-gastric feeding, court hearsWoman addressed the court from her hospital bed as HSE applied for orders to continue necessary treatment to protect her right to lifeWed Aug 21 2024 - 21:31
Nell McCafferty: journalist and feminist campaigner dies aged 80Derry woman was founding member of Irish Women’s Liberation Movement and wrote about social injusticeWed Aug 21 2024 - 17:29
‘Why was Michael Shine allowed abuse me even though other people knew? He is Ireland’s Jimmy Savile’‘Even though I was only four I knew there was something not right’, says Drogheda man Gerard MurrayWed Aug 21 2024 - 06:00
Malahide homeowner seeking return of house offered to State for refugeesWillie Guerin donated house for two years in 2021 and is now struggling to get it back, while a family of eight is facing homelessnessSun Jul 28 2024 - 06:00
