Over a third of approved posts in network of services for children with disabilities are unfilled
In 2022 there were over 700 vacancies across the country’s 91 Children’s Disability Network Teams
Central Remedial Clinic
RocDoc signs for new HQ facility at Swords Business Campus
Irish healthcare provider agrees to occupy 22,500sq ft of office space on 10-year lease
Coronavirus: Community spread mostly under control, but evidence of people moving about
Tony Holohan warns against complacency, pointing increased seismilogical activity
Advocacy groups call for reversal of removal of disabilities training allowance
Conor Dillon says Government decision is ‘discriminating’ against him
Calls for fully accessible train platforms across rail network
Wheelchair users upset and exhausted by constant breakdown of lifts at train stations
Polio survivors angry over being ‘abandoned’ by Rehab
Charity cut off support in 2015, although 60% of survivors may develop post-polio syndrome
Teenager’s hospital discharge delay due to lack of care services
Morgan D'Arcy has been an inpatient at Crumlin children's hospital for five years
Special needs assistants offered €650 in gift vouchers in return for ‘toileting’ pupils
Labour Court proposal aimed at resolving dispute between Scoil Mochua and SNAs
CRC to review ‘aging’ Clontarf head office
Charity to hire consultant to assess future of “at capacity” north Dublin campus
‘Walk While You Can’ with motor neuron disease
Fr Tony Coote, who was recently diagnosed with motor neuron disease, will walk from Donegal to Cork to raise vital funds to provide services for fellow patients
Screening crisis brings O’Brien’s long goodbye to abrupt end
HSE director-general’s final months in office marred by multiple controveries
More than half of Irish charities fail to disclose income sources
Irish charities lag UK counterparts in reporting financial information, study finds
St John of God services not affected despite issues - HSE
‘Robust engagement’ between charity and funder over relationship promised - HSE chief
HSE audit scathing over St John of God secret payments to managers
Order’s organisational culture failed to meet required standards, audit says
Government criticised for 10-year failure to ratify UN disability pact
Protest told Ireland ‘stating on international stage that disability rights do not matter’
CRC a ‘significantly better place’ after rebuilding, says chief
Central Remedial Clinic reformed after scandal over use of donations to top up salaries
Rehab investigation became ‘battle between egos’
Despite court ruling, some officials abhor how Angela Kerins was treated by committee
Oliver Callan: It’s Christmas, the season of charity guilt-tripping
Ireland’s charity sector is in urgent need of tough regulation and downsizing
TD accuses IPT, Mercer, Irish Life of pension scheme mismanagement
Clare Daly calls for inquiry into ‘cabal at top of pensions industry’
Five things you need to know today
Wallace’s Nama claims; Pat Hickey’s bail; CRC publishes strategic plan
Business Week: State staring in to widening pensions hole
Government also struggling with housing crisis despite growth in construction
Government needs to act on pensions
Cantillon: State pension at risk over growing hole in Social Insurance Fund
Simon Harris pleased with outcome of CRC pension talks
Staff at charity will be granted access to public service pension scheme
CRC staff vote overwhelmingly for industrial action
Union members back potential strikes following closure of pension scheme
CRC staff expected to back industrial action
Organisation wants Government to allow staff access to public service pension scheme
Central Remedial Clinic will not pursue ex-chief over €741,000 severance package
Board concluded cost of taking legal case would outweigh amount it could recoup
Water commission’s Joe O’Toole a hostage to fortune
Inside Politics: Chairman faces calls for resignation after repeating support for water charges
Timing could not be worse for St John of God revelations
Senior figures in charity are not saying how €1.64m pot received in 2013 was shared
Console controversy: Every crisis can damage all charities
Charities Act 2009 is strong but many of its provisions long-fingered despite scandals
Staff at CRC to ballot on industrial action in dispute over pensions
Collapse of pension scheme means action seems ‘inevitable’, says trade union Impact
Clare Daly urges action over Central Remedial Clinic pension closure
Independent TD says employee with 44 years service to get nothing in sudden shutdown
CRC called before Oireachtas over sudden ending of pension scheme
Finian McGrath said case raised ‘serious questions of financial corporate governance’
Seán Kenny used his computer expertise to help the disabled
Obituary: A pioneer in the development of assistive technology
When paying their way is not an option for graduates
University scholarships and bursaries can make further study a possibility for many
‘My son has no voice in the school yard’
Parents of children with special educational needs face a tiring labyrinth of twists and turns
Almost 40% of charities say income was down in 2015
Ivan Cooper from The Wheel says economic recovery is yet to reach social services
Warning National Lottery would stop people gambling on horses
Fears raised that decision to run lottery would be at expense of Hospitals Sweepstake
CRC fundraising arm writes off €3m pension loan
Dublin-based care centre for people with disabilities cannot ‘undo’ actions of past
Health managers to be allowed keep top-ups
Attorney General says hospitals did not act outside their powers in making payments
Politicians know higher pay in health is a ‘toxic’ issue
Analysis: Varadkar is aware raising salary rates for health managers is a difficult sell
Manahan wins corporate governance scholarship
The 30% Club agreed to sponsor a place on the course this year for one woman
Hospital groups should set pay rates, Leo Varadkar says
Minister for Health wants trusts to be permitted to behave like semi-State companies
Regulator ‘cannot force’ disclosure of charity executive salaries
Chairman designate Patrick Hopkins says power would be ‘helpful’ for transparency
Paediatrician tells inquiry he was ‘delighted’ at baby’s improvements
Dr Mohammad Ilyas Khan accused of poor professional performance over newborn
‘Serious failures’ in care of baby who later developed cerebral palsy
Paediatrician accused of poor professional performance over newborn
Bid to allow hospital chief to keep €30,000 allowance rejected
Department of Health says St James’s Hospital may not receive extra money for lecturing
National Maternity Hospital faces fine for continuing top-ups
Hospital on Holles Street still making top-up payments to three senior executives
Public ‘lost trust’ in charities following ‘top-up’ scandals
Jack and Jill chief executive says organisations faced drastic drop in donations
Miriam Lord: review of the year
Ongoing controversy over water charges has left the Coalition listing badly
Health considers allowing 85 managers keep top up pay
Executives may retain money on a personal basis
Charities must question senior staff salaries - former AIB executive
Charities controversy ‘devastating’ for sector already dealing with cutbacks, says ICTR
New website aims to promote transparency in charitable sector
GoodCharity.ie will help donors evaluate charities before they hand over money
CRC rejects report it is to axe Santa Bear appeal
New chief executive says charity working to inject clear leadership and ‘good governance’
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