New child support agency plannedA NEW Child and Family Support Agency would be one of the new bodies established under the aegis of the new Department of Children…Sat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
Missing fishermen search continuesTHE IRISH Naval service will stay with the search off the north Dublin coast for two missing fishermen “for as long as we are…Tue Apr 05 2011 - 01:00
Naval Service to join search for two fishermen missing since FridayTHE IRISH Naval Service will join the search for two missing fishermen off the coast of Dublin this morning, joining the RNLI…Mon Apr 04 2011 - 01:00
Horses seized from private land put downSOME 19 horses and ponies owned by young people in west Dublin were put down by South Dublin County Council five days after being…Mon Apr 04 2011 - 01:00
'Ghost Light' shines: O'Connor book chosen for festivalHAVING HIS novel, Ghost Light , chosen for this year’s Dublin: One City, One Book festival, was “the best thing to have ever …Wed Mar 30 2011 - 01:00
New social housing rulesHOUSING AUTHORITIES must ensure potential new tenants and existing ones know about changes to the regulations for assessment …Tue Mar 29 2011 - 01:00
Elder abuse still going unreported, says expertTHERE IS a “massive gap” between the extent of elder abuse and levels of reporting, an expert on the issue has said.Tue Mar 29 2011 - 01:00
Council estate rife with mould and dampUP TO 400 local authority houses in west Dublin, which were built between four and seven years ago and won architectural design…Mon Mar 28 2011 - 01:00
'I was getting headaches . . . my clothes and furniture have been wrecked'JOHN KINSELLA moved his bed into his kitchen when the dark-green and black mould reached four feet up his bedroom walls.Mon Mar 28 2011 - 01:00
Horse 'amnesty' offered to ownersTHE DUBLIN Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) is appealing to horse and pony owners unwilling or unable…Sat Mar 26 2011 - 00:00
DSPCA appeals for horsesThe Dublin Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (DSPCA) is appealing to horse and pony owners who are no longer willing…Fri Mar 25 2011 - 00:00
A new step out onto the catwalkA MODELLING agency for people with Down syndrome was launched in Dublin yesterday, World Down Syndrome DayTue Mar 22 2011 - 00:00
Complaints about solicitors increaseCOMPLAINTS TO the Law Society about solicitors increased by more than 20 per cent in the 12 months to last September, compared…Mon Mar 21 2011 - 00:00
Anti-war group says intervention unlikely to lead to democracyIRISH MOVEMENT: THE WESTERN-led military intervention in Libya will make things worse for the people of that country and is …Mon Mar 21 2011 - 00:00
Mother says she has to leave child in hospitalTHE MOTHER of a blind five-year-old girl with severe cerebral palsy, who is unlikely to live for more than a few years, has said…Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00
Medieval discovery: pottery and leather shoes found in digREMNANTS of what appears to have been a medieval mill, including “very well-preserved” timber beams, pottery and leather shoes…Tue Mar 15 2011 - 00:00
Culture and literature to fore for St Patrick's DayTHE FOCUS of this year’s St Patrick’s Festival may be firmly on the literary but space will still be made for musicians, dancers…Tue Mar 15 2011 - 00:00
Increase in kidney transplants as organ donations riseTHE NUMBER of kidney transplants increased by 150 per cent in the first two months of this year compared with January and February…Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Arcade Fire return to top bill at PicnicCANADIAN BAND Arcade Fire and dance duo the Chemical Brothers are among the headline acts for this year’s Electric Picnic.Fri Mar 11 2011 - 00:00
Arcade Fire, Pulp to headline PicnicOrganisers of the Electric Picnic say they are confident of selling all 32,500 tickets "well in advance" of the three-day music…Thu Mar 10 2011 - 00:00
O'Connor commits Siptu to equalityWOMEN'S CHARTER: EQUALITY FOR women has been shown to be an economically superior way of running society, Siptu president Jack…Wed Mar 09 2011 - 00:00
Without women's full input we're 'flying on one wing'GENDER BIAS: TO EXCLUDE women’s full contribution was to be a country “flying on one wing instead of two”, President Mary McAleese…Wed Mar 09 2011 - 00:00
Failure to restore school book grant to schools and libraries challengedIT WAS a “major concern” that the new programme for government made no commitment to reinstate the school book grant to schools…Tue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Gender imbalance in public life highlighted ahead of Women's DayTHE REPRESENTATION of women in Irish public life remains “pathetic and embarrassing” for a modern nation, the chief executive…Tue Mar 08 2011 - 00:00
Call for return of school book grantsIt was a "major concern" that the new programme for government made no commitment to reinstate the school book grant to schools…Mon Mar 07 2011 - 00:00
RTÉ suspends presenter over drink-drivingRTÉ HAS suspended radio presenter Baz Ashmawy for one month without pay following a drink-driving incident last weekend.Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Treating cancer to become more expensiveCANCER TREATMENTS are going to get significantly more expensive with implications for patients’ access to them and for health…Sat Mar 05 2011 - 00:00
Labour, FG share Dublin MW spoilsDublin Mid West has returned two Labour Party and two Fine Gael TDs, with two women coming home first.Sat Feb 26 2011 - 00:00
Hotel staff say they will continue with picket until they are reinstatedHOUSEKEEPING STAFF in dispute with a major hotel operator in Dublin over cuts to the minimum wage say they are determined to …Thu Feb 24 2011 - 00:00
Prison votes: Almost 200 inmates cast ballotsALMOST 200 prisoners around the State have cast their votes in the general electionThu Feb 24 2011 - 00:00
Pre-school workers key to identifying abuseChildcare staff who work with the 97 per cent of children in pre-schools, creches or montessori schools could be key to protecting…Tue Feb 22 2011 - 00:00
ULA attacks main parties over cutsCohesive opposition to welfare and spending cuts will only come from a strong left-wing presence in the Dáil, the United Left…Tue Feb 22 2011 - 00:00
Intellectually disabled must be enabled to vote, says charityINCLUSION IRELAND: PEOPLE WITH intellectual disabilities must be enabled to exercise their right to vote, the Inclusion Ireland…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
RCSI executive travels to Bahrain to check on college students and staffIRISH NATIONALS: THE CHIEF executive of the Royal College of Students in Ireland (RCSI) has travelled to Bahrain – where the…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
'Part of not voting for Fianna Fáil will be about revenge'About half of those interviewed in Ballymun D area last week said they did not plan to voteFri Feb 18 2011 - 00:00
Parties 'scored' on disability policiesPeople with intellectual disabilities must be enabled to exercise their to vote, the Inclusion Ireland organisation has said.Fri Feb 18 2011 - 00:00
Prospect of Fine Gael majority 'worrying'JOBLESS FORUM: THE PROSPECT of single-party government by Fine Gael is “very worrying”, the Irish National Organisation of the…Fri Feb 18 2011 - 00:00
Single-party rule 'worrying' - INOUThe prospect of single-party government lead by Fine Gael is "very worrying", the Irish National Organisation of the Unemployed…Thu Feb 17 2011 - 00:00
Welfare appeals taking 'up to a year'UP TO 11,000 people who were refused unemployment assistance last year had to wait up to a year to have their appeals decided…Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
Warning to heroin users after deathsHEROIN USERS across the State are being urged to exercise extreme caution with the drug after three more people died as a result…Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
President urges people to volunteerPRESIDENT MARY McAleese spent Saturday afternoon with what she described as “the best people on the whole island”, and urged …Mon Feb 14 2011 - 00:00
Preoccupation with bank bailouts 'deeply worrying''CHILDREN'S MANIFESTO': THE “TOTAL preoccupation of election candidates with bank bailouts and the IMF” to the exclusion of …Wed Feb 09 2011 - 00:00
Call for overhaul of social welfareA drastic change is needed to radically overhaul child welfare and protection systems, a leading charity warned today.Tue Feb 08 2011 - 00:00
Group blames 'deeply faulty' social analysis for country's woesSOCIAL JUSTICE IRELAND: FAULTY SOCIAL analysis has brought Ireland on an unsustainable journey marked by greed and anxiety, …Mon Feb 07 2011 - 00:00
Candidates protest over water servicesUNITED LEFT ALLIANCE: PRESSURE on the Government from the EU to privatise domestic water supply must stop, United Left Alliance…Fri Feb 04 2011 - 00:00
Concerns of carers may be 'lost' in electionCAMPAIGN: THE MOST pressing social issues, particularly the situation of carers, could “get lost” in this election campaign, …Fri Feb 04 2011 - 00:00
Travellers 'denied promised housing'TRAVELLER FAMILIES are being forced to move from unauthorised sites and into private rented accommodation against their will, …Tue Feb 01 2011 - 00:00
Protest against Cote d'Ivoire president-electMEMBERS OF Ireland’s small Cote d’Ivoire community will stage a series of protests against what they see as the international…Sat Jan 22 2011 - 00:00
UCD pays €5,000 for age discriminationAN EMPLOYEE of University College Dublin has been awarded €5,000 by the Equality Tribunal for being discriminated against on …Tue Jan 18 2011 - 00:00
Irish still willing to visit MauritiusEvery person in Mauritius had "gone into shock and deep sorrow" following the murder of Michaela Harte, the director of the Mauritius…Fri Jan 14 2011 - 00:00
