Norma Foley

In Co Kildare, where the population has doubled and is predicted to double again, parents are pushing for more

Jim O’Callaghan and Peter Burke have made promising starts, James Browne has a lot of catching up to do

More centres expected to withdraw from scheme in coming weeks, citing growing costs

Workplace issues ‘one of the biggest challenges’ for those undergoing IVF

Organisations warn about ‘extreme risk’ to capacity for expanding services or sustaining existing operations

Introduction of alcohol warning labels to be deferred for two years, Ministers to hear

Residents of the old St Patrick’s Infant and Dietetic Hospital are excluded from redress schemes despite its role in adoptions

Concerns raised by holiday home owners and politicians over plans aimed at freeing up housing for long-term rental market

The excavation will begin on Monday, some 11 years after research by local historian Catherine Corless revealed 796 children died at the institution

Groups due to benefit from funds asked to reapply with no guarantee they will receive grant

Mr Justice Michael McGrath to be nominated to chair inquiry under proposal brought to Cabinet meeting by Helen McEntee

Insufficient staffing a major issue at children’s detention centre, says Forsa, as alleged assault comes a month after nine staff were injured

‘No mention’ of babies who died at Sean Ross Abbey or of need to investigate anomalies on land, says campaigner

New study explores experiences of people who were adopted from other countries by Irish families

Nine years after revelations, service to guard interest of children in care proceedings remains unregulated

`If you weren’t on fire, you weren’t seen as a priority’ says former foster child, of stretched social workers

Government has pledged €45 million to help childcare providers pay an extra 10 per cent per hour

Patricia Carey says she has been approached by institutional survivors hoping to find where their babies were buried

Coalition could face a backlash from ministers in affected areas

Lack of space at State’s main youth detention centre for teenagers accused of being armed with machine gun during burglary

Government Ministers working to update planning regulations to prevent change of use of childcare facilities

Board reports 50 per cent rise in number of claims lodged this year in wake of scoping inquiry into religious schools

Labour Party criticises delay to proposals to introduce leave for pregnancy loss

Proposed measure is bid to activate developments such as large-scale apartment schemes which might otherwise go beyond their permission timeline

Cara Darmody’s campaign was sparked by the huge delays in providing assessments of need for children with autisim

Ministers admit no quick fix for system estimated to have waiting list of 25,000 by end of year

Micheál Martin said he would make disability services a priority after Harris’s encounter with carer in Kanturk

Government set to face intense pressure on services as Cara Darmody (14) to hold 50-hour protest outside Leinster House

There are countless cases of institutional retaliation against whistleblowers who expose wrongdoing and of silencing citizens who seek truth or justice from the State

A review found that ‘there is little recognition of the differing play and recreation needs of adolescent girls, who are even more underserved than adolescent boys’

Fianna Fáil’s John McGuinness renews criticism of inquiry, telling Norma Foley: ‘You cannot walk away from this’

Marie Claire Butler issued an unusual statement ‘in the public interest’ on Tuesday

No progress made in transition of CBS Synge Street to a coeducational Irish-medium Gaelcholáiste, campaigners say

Plans for new Strategic Housing Activation Office as well as asylum system overhaul and military radar due before Cabinet

Airbnb is popular in a county that relies heavily on tourism, but locals fear the impact of the Government’s new rules on short-term letting

More than 40 intellectually disabled adults were abused in two HSE facilities in Stranorlar, Co Donegal

Amid more than 2,000 pages of dense legalese and Beckettian obsession with process, there are few glimpses of Grace and even fewer answers

A whistleblower has described the investigation into the alleged abuse of a vulnerable young woman as Kafkaesque

Farrelly commission’s report, running to almost 2,000 pages, published on Tuesday

Students will be competing for college places against applicants with bumper grades from previous years