Ellie Kisyombe granted leave to remain in IrelandThen asylum seeker’s local election run for Social Democrats caused controversy in partyMon Jul 22 2019 - 21:07
‘I moved from Australia to be a nurse in Ireland. People are always asking why’Peta Guthridge arrived from Australia in 2015Wed Jul 17 2019 - 06:00
‘The family is in the Constitution – and that doesn’t mean just native white Irish people’Actor Stephen Rea and poet Jessica Traynor’s asylum seekers project has one aim: to end direct provision for goodSat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00
All children must be taken out of emergency housing for asylum seekers, council saysIrish Refugee Council warns the State is in breach of EU law on asylum assessmentsFri Jul 12 2019 - 00:01
Noel Whelan ‘changed Ireland for the better’Tributes paid to barrister and political writer who died after short illnessThu Jul 11 2019 - 11:13
‘Irish racists believe Ireland should be pure. They know what they are doing’New to the Parish: Dagogo Hart arrived from Nigeria in 2010Wed Jul 10 2019 - 06:00
Young people being pushed out of family law system, says Children’s Rights AllianceIrish legal, education and healthcare systems built without ‘children’s rights blueprints’Tue Jul 09 2019 - 00:01
Risk of heart attack death higher in some hospitals, study findsIreland has highest rate of chronic benzodiazepine use in OECD among older adultsMon Jul 08 2019 - 10:54
State’s failure to carry out asylum seeker assessments a ‘breach of law’Irish Refugee Council warns assessing person seeking asylum’s vulnerability ‘crucial’Sun Jul 07 2019 - 20:04
‘Kids living here don’t have a normal childhood’No Child 2020: Children in Direct Provision suffer bullying and restricted educational accessSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00
Mulhuddart gun discovery: ‘People are terrified to let their children out on the streets’Councillors say more Garda resources urgently needed in Dublin 15Fri Jul 05 2019 - 14:06
Irish woman who joined Islamic State denies training young girls as fightersTaoiseach says former Army member could possibly face criminal charges if she returnsFri Jul 05 2019 - 10:31
Young Irish women suffer highest levels of depression in EuropeEU study finds Ireland has one of highest rates of cyberbullying; highest level of binge drinkingFri Jul 05 2019 - 09:28
Government urged to give refugee families chance to reunifyCommittee recommends that International Protection Bill proceed to Dáil committee stageThu Jul 04 2019 - 22:55
School imposing reduced timetables in a way that is ‘not solely child centred’Warning from the Oireachtas Committee on Education contained in first statutory report on the issueThu Jul 04 2019 - 22:22
Disadvantaged school scheme fails to resolve unfair system, report findsGeneric uniforms without badges and more financial back-to-school support needed, says committeeThu Jul 04 2019 - 16:06
Sitting Leaving Cert exam hours after appendix ruptured ‘inhumane’ – studentAmy Richards: ‘I have no idea what I wrote, I don’t know if it was complete gibberish’Thu Jul 04 2019 - 00:05
Immigrant teachers complete programme to teach in Irish schoolsMinister says the 34 graduates will help resolve national shortage of teachersThu Jul 04 2019 - 00:01
Updated application for Dublin drug-injecting facility submittedMedically supervised facility must open without delay, Merchant’s Quay saysWed Jul 03 2019 - 20:53
Companies investing in rental properties to keep staff, group claimsLiving wage for a single full-time worker rises to €12.30Wed Jul 03 2019 - 13:26
'My graduation day was a big day for mum, it felt like she was becoming a doctor’‘For the past five years they have been sacrificing for me but now I can pay them back’Wed Jul 03 2019 - 06:00
Undocumented children in State need ‘pathway to residency’Nearly 10% of undocumented children have spent decade in Irish education systemWed Jul 03 2019 - 01:58
Undocumented in Ireland: ‘I feel as Irish as they come’Rashmi (24) is campaigning for a pathway to residency for young undocumented peopleWed Jul 03 2019 - 00:02
Runner who suffered cardiac arrest says she owes her life to Irish Red CrossSiobhán Jordan was 100m from finish line during race in Dublin when she collapsedTue Jul 02 2019 - 21:48
Tributes paid to Air Corps helicopter crew who died in Tramore crash 20 years agoRescue 111 hit a sand dune in thick fog while returning from a rescue mission off the Waterford coastTue Jul 02 2019 - 12:41
Dubai royal family to fund TCD centre for Middle Eastern studiesAl-Maktoum family will have no control over new educational centre, Trinity College saysMon Jul 01 2019 - 21:02
Nearly 30,000 women in Ireland waiting to see gynaecologistIreland has lowest level in EU of consultants working in the health service, says campaignMon Jul 01 2019 - 00:07
Dozens of refugees at risk of homelessness as Hatch Hall closes213 residents at Hatch Hall to be relocated ahead of closure on July 15thSun Jun 30 2019 - 18:07
Tributes paid to Fair City actor Tom Jordan following his death‘He was the heart of Fair City’, says long-running RTÉ soap’s executive producerSun Jun 30 2019 - 16:11
Dublin Pride parade set to draw tens of thousandsSaturday’s event starts on O’Connell St at 1pm and ends with free event in Merrion SqFri Jun 28 2019 - 15:34
Extra human rights training needed for gardaí to protect protest rights, says reportICCL warns of ‘serious and urgent concerns’ at how State deals with protest and dissentThu Jun 27 2019 - 20:23
Defence Forces at ‘end of their tether’ over delay of pay commission reportPdforra tells Oireachtas committee members ‘want to see report good, bad or indifferent’Thu Jun 27 2019 - 12:46
Price of heroin in Ireland second highest in EuropeUN data shows street price of heroin in Ireland in 2017 was €136 per gramThu Jun 27 2019 - 11:42
Schools need to encourage girls to become pilots, says Aer LingusStudy finds only a third of women encouraged to pursue careers in StemWed Jun 26 2019 - 19:24
Immigrants in Ireland ‘appear to be concentrated in affluent areas’Migrants with poor grasp of English more likely to face segregation, says ESRI reportWed Jun 26 2019 - 10:45
‘When I came to Ireland, I suddenly realised maybe I was gay’Carlos Gonzalez, from Venezuela, feels he can be 100% himself in IrelandWed Jun 26 2019 - 06:00
Tech companies ‘must take responsibility’ for dating app safetyWomen’s council calls for State survey into sexual violence to include analysis of dating appsMon Jun 24 2019 - 20:14
Human trafficking definition preventing prosecutions, says barristerLack of convictions not due to inquiry flaws but fact employers are not prosecutableFri Jun 21 2019 - 21:35
Calls for Government to improve refugee reunification lawsIHREC criticises restriction of access to extended family and time limit on applicationsThu Jun 20 2019 - 19:39
‘In Dublin the roads were clean, and the air breathable, but I still missed India’New to the Parish: Sugandha Arora arrived from India in 2017Wed Jun 19 2019 - 06:00
More than 70 million people worldwide displaced, says UNNumber of Venezuelans forcibly displaced by instability and food shortages rapidly risingWed Jun 19 2019 - 06:00
Valerie French Kilroy’s family ‘heartbroken’ at her death‘It is all too much for us to take in’: Family members gather in west Cork for funeralTue Jun 18 2019 - 13:53
Spain to deploy 40,000 police to protect tourists from terrorismGovernment announces plan to protect holiday makers from potential terrorist activityTue Jun 18 2019 - 11:35
Irish man dies while on holiday in PortugalTom Griffin was kitesurfing when he suddenly became ill, according to local reportsTue Jun 18 2019 - 09:32
Time of ‘immense trauma’ for Valerie French Kilroy’s family, bishop saysMother of three’s body found at her home in Co Mayo last FridayMon Jun 17 2019 - 14:41
Bathers in Sandycove, Dublin warned after Lion’s Mane jellyfish sightingThe jellyfish can deliver venomous sting and cause medical complications, says councilThu Jun 13 2019 - 19:34
Fewer Irish women travelling to UK for abortions, figures showMore than 1,400 purchased abortion pill online in 2018, rising by 13% on previous yearThu Jun 13 2019 - 15:19
US academic to develop Irish language Siri during 6-month Gaeltacht stayProf Kevin Scannell awarded Fullbright Scholarship to develop Irish language computer resourcesWed Jun 12 2019 - 20:16
Siptu to attend WRC talks aimed at averting hospital workers’ strikeUp to 10,000 hospital workers set to strike on June 20th following dispute with the HSEWed Jun 12 2019 - 18:49
‘I was really shocked at the homelessness and drug use in Dublin’New to the Parish: Alex Dalkin originally arrived from Australia in 2016Wed Jun 12 2019 - 06:00
