Invalidity Pension appeal process ‘stressful and humiliating’‘I felt like I was stripped bare having to tell them all my problems again. You feel humiliated’Wed Feb 12 2014 - 06:18
More than 70% of invalidity pension appeals upheldPatrick Nulty says high number of refusals reversed on appeal indicate need for ‘complete overhaul’ of processWed Feb 12 2014 - 06:18
Garda investigation into allegations of Stardust perjuryInquiry triggered after complaint by researcher working with bereaved familiesTue Feb 11 2014 - 06:16
Inferno in club took 48 lives but no one has been chargedArson ruled out by second report into Stardust disaster but no conclusion made on causeTue Feb 11 2014 - 01:09
Cullen and Lavin claim banks did them ‘a great injustice’Apprentice star and partner speak out about loss of car dealership and hotel businessSat Feb 08 2014 - 14:51
Campaigners argue that caring should be classified as ‘public health concern’Study finds up to 15% of carers of children with special behavioural needs are depressedFri Feb 07 2014 - 01:00
‘Sit-in’ protest at Mount Carmel on last dayStaff spoke of their last day as `like ripping a family apart'Sat Feb 01 2014 - 01:00
Last day for Mount Carmel hospital after 65 yearsMost of the 300 staff are completing their last shift at the private hospital todayFri Jan 31 2014 - 18:15
Lufthansa workers appeal to Government to protect plantFirst 100 of the 411 highly skilled workers to be laid off tomorrowThu Jan 30 2014 - 13:23
Penalty point cancellations ‘horrifying’ and ‘depressing’, says Gay ByrneTraffic gardaí being undermined by senior officers, road safety chairman saysMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Gabriel Byrne says Government ‘paying lip-service’ to artsEx-cultural ambassador disappointed Culture Ireland was ‘summarily cancelled’Sat Jan 25 2014 - 16:06
Lack of nurses in community preventing ‘tracheostomy’ baby going homeBaby, aged 16 months, has been ready to go home since JulyFri Jan 24 2014 - 01:00
CRC service users and staff give their reaction to pension payments“If I think about it too much I just get really angry,” says father of woman whose physiotheray hours were reduced by halfSat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
Interim charities regulator to be appointed by next monthShatter moves swiftly to install regulatory body in wake of damning CRC revelationsFri Jan 17 2014 - 19:46
National day of action against closure of hospitals plannedFirst meeting of campaign to save local hospitals is heldSat Jan 11 2014 - 17:51
Labour to discuss grant eligibility criteriaCharity says changes would make it more difficult for frail older people to stay at homeFri Jan 10 2014 - 01:00
‘It feels like Government doesn’t care a damn about people like us’Spinal injury sufferer Mary Carey was refused a grant to adapt her home in Navan Co MeathFri Jan 10 2014 - 01:00
Taoiseach defends changes to funding scheme for elderlyKenny says funding for grant system was being increasedThu Jan 09 2014 - 16:58
Grant cuts to make it ‘harder’ for elderly to live at homeChanges to housing grants for older and disabled people to take immediate effectThu Jan 09 2014 - 01:00
GP group adds voice to worries about abortion ActDoctors “surprised and concerned” at enactment of abortion legislation without guidelinesSat Jan 04 2014 - 01:00
College tells psychiatrists not to do abortion assessmentsPsychiatrists say implementation of new abortion Act ‘completely unsatisfactory’Fri Jan 03 2014 - 00:25
Seizures of counterfeit alcohol up fourfold‘Jimmy Choo’ and ‘Ugg’ shoes among over €3m worth of fake goods seized by CustomsMon Dec 30 2013 - 01:00
Bootleg alcohol seizures rise dramaticallyRevenue figures suggest fall in smuggled tobacco and cigarette activitySat Dec 28 2013 - 16:57
Drop-in centre for homeless now facing its own funding crisisFocus Ireland’s services under threat next year as CRC scandal takes its tollFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:00
Housing units to be ‘ring-fenced’ for long-term homelessCivil servants will be charged with sourcing up to 2,000 units of accommodationFri Dec 20 2013 - 01:00
€1.2m funding for ‘tracheostomy’ babiesAdvocacy group ‘happy’ with funding streamThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
Simon Communities at ‘breaking point’ as numbers seeking help up 24%Charity says cuts being implemented disproportionately across the StateThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
Food poverty affects 457,000 people across the State‘Sometimes we eat noodles for dinner, just to make the food last longer in the week’Tue Dec 17 2013 - 01:00
Ireland ready to cast off shackles of bailout, says TaoiseachKenny says tackling child poverty a ‘critical issue’Fri Dec 13 2013 - 01:01
Call for end to religious discrimination by schoolsProtection afforded to denominational education could be protected, says ombudsmanThu Dec 12 2013 - 18:12
For children with no baptismal certificate the school gates seem to be closedOpinion: The State surely has a duty to offer parents access to secular education for their childrenThu Dec 12 2013 - 00:01
Some schools actively discourage children with special needs from enrolingPreference for children of past pupils a ‘significant’ obstacle to Travellers’ educationWed Dec 11 2013 - 21:51
Share of household income from welfare up 50%Report stresses need to target child povertyWed Dec 11 2013 - 07:51
Keeping my baby: the single-parent choiceDocumentary tells of isolation and hatred faced by unmarried Irish women in the not-too-distant pastWed Dec 11 2013 - 01:00
Boy refused school place for almost two yearsChildren’s Ombudsman says it is responsibility of Department of Education to ensure schools in a catchment area can cater for all pupilsTue Dec 10 2013 - 22:11
Condolence book signed for ‘greatest African leader of his time’Book of condolences for Nelson Mandela opened at the South African ambassador’s residenceMon Dec 09 2013 - 17:49
Former Dunnes Stores strikers begin ‘emotional’ journey back to South AfricaWorkers went to South Africa in 1985 when on strike but were denied entryMon Dec 09 2013 - 01:00
Call for Dunnes strikers to attend Mandela funeral‘We were determined we were not going back to work if we had to handle South African goods’Sat Dec 07 2013 - 07:31
Retailers support call to bring back ‘Christmas bonus’ paymentNGOs and TDs say it would boost economy and alleviate poverty at ChristmasThu Dec 05 2013 - 01:01
Atlantic Philanthropies’ $1.1bn is ‘drop in ocean’ next to what State can investVulnerable are being pushed away from central decision-making, says foundation memberThu Dec 05 2013 - 01:00
Family awaits decision from AG on inquest into Sligo deathDhara Kivlehan died of multi-organ failure a week after the birth of her first childWed Dec 04 2013 - 07:21
Women’s prison has ‘lost its way’, says inspectorMassive overcrowding at the root of all problems in management of Dóchas CentreWed Dec 04 2013 - 01:00
Study finds almost 80% of transgender people have considered suicide44 per cent have engaged in some form of self-harm.Mon Dec 02 2013 - 01:01
Lifting the lid on a decade of domestic slavery in Ireland‘Maria’ recently emerged from a 10-year ordeal, the longest case yet discovered in Ireland. Her experience suggests we have poor supports for dealing with such casesSat Nov 30 2013 - 01:00
Minister commits to protocol for timely ‘tracheostomy' dischargesAdvocacy group meets Dr James Reilly over crisisWed Nov 27 2013 - 22:38
Call for local authorities to transfer empty properties to housing associationsFocus Ireland conference hears 3,500 dwellings vacant but too expensive for councils to make habitableWed Nov 27 2013 - 18:05
HSE homecare package ‘falling apart’, say parents of tracheostomy twinsKildare couple fear they will have to bring baby boys back to hospitalWed Nov 27 2013 - 05:29
Tracheostomy Group to meet MinisterGroups seeks implementation of 2008 protocol on babies’ discharge from hospitalWed Nov 27 2013 - 01:00
Traveller protest at ‘total failure’ of accommodation strategyTraveller accommodation committee says more than 1,200 families effectively homeless, more than in 1999Tue Nov 26 2013 - 01:00
