Four out of five drivers escape conviction over penalty pointsSome 150,000 drivers summonsed to court over penalty points offences are not prosecutedThu Oct 01 2015 - 01:01
Plan to provide alternative to methadone for heroin addictsClinicians say Suboxone could benefit problem drug users and provide treatment optionMon Sept 28 2015 - 01:00
Dublin star Philly McMahon on Ballymun: ‘I love the place’Three-time All-Ireland winner has become a role model for a new generation in the areaMon Sept 28 2015 - 01:00
Methadone maintenance: ‘I’d love to get this out of my system’More than 10,000 receive the heroin substitute, but an alternative medication is availableMon Sept 28 2015 - 01:00
March for Choice hears call for abortion referendumThousands of people take part in demonstration in central DublinSat Sept 26 2015 - 18:20
Over 180,000 children grow up in jobless homes - surveyNumber of people living in households with no one in employment falling, study findsWed Sept 23 2015 - 22:10
Campaigners will not support ban on alcohol sponsorshipAnti-binge drinking group says it will not back restrictions for sports and live eventsWed Sept 23 2015 - 01:00
Coalition mulls finance options to boost housing supplyDevelopers complain of difficulties raising finance from banks for new schemesTue Sept 22 2015 - 01:00
Government considers budget move to boost housing supplyCabinet sub-committee examines bigger role for Nama on construction of homes in DublinMon Sept 21 2015 - 17:02
Facial recognition helps detect welfare benefits fraudDepartment of Social Protection software blocks claimants using multiple identitiesSat Sept 05 2015 - 01:00
Multinationals ‘exaggerated’ research activity to lower tax billsDepartmental review indicates contentious tax credit plays vital role in supporting jobsThu Sept 03 2015 - 01:00
Workers on Government-funded building project ‘employees’Department ruling on status means workers may be entitled to range of PRSI benefitsWed Sept 02 2015 - 01:00
Big regional variations in childcare orders soughtDistrict Court dealt with just over 9,800 applications in 2014, up from about 8,700 in 2013Tue Sept 01 2015 - 01:00
Children in special care unit forced to urinate on floorHiqa concern over use of safe rooms and ‘single separation’ to manage behaviourMon Aug 31 2015 - 12:53
Peak-time restrictions sought on free travel schemeFunding freeze puts pressure on service which is being reviewed by the GovernmentMon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
Lobbyists must record details of contacts with public officialsRegulation of Lobbying Act aims to create transparency following controversiesMon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
Tighter measures net €60m more tax from high earnersMore than 900 people with six-figure incomes were obliged to contribute moreMon Aug 31 2015 - 01:00
Case study: ‘He’s a 10-year-old child with disabilities . . . I can’t see how isolating helps’Debbie Kennedy says the regular use of seclusion has worsened her son’s behaviourFri Aug 28 2015 - 01:00
Call to end putting special needs children in ‘seclusion rooms’Children as young as six placed in isolation for hours at a time, say campaignersFri Aug 28 2015 - 01:00
International Monitoring Commission found IRA ‘out of business’However, report claimed some members involved in criminal activity for ‘personal gain’Wed Aug 26 2015 - 12:00
Government losing tax revenue from bogus self-employmentEmployers are misclassifying workers as self-employed to maximise company profitsMon Aug 24 2015 - 13:23
300,000 children likely to require back-to-school paymentsAuthorities struggling to keep up with additional claims for means-tested allowancesMon Aug 24 2015 - 01:00
Line between employees and self-employed becoming blurredIn today’s diverse, complex workplace, the rights of workers are harder to protectMon Aug 24 2015 - 01:00
Irish rugby squad donates jersey for Aoife Beary fundraiserBerkeley balcony collapse survivor faces long path towards recovery from injuriesTue Aug 18 2015 - 13:00
Brown Thomas prepares for Christmas – with 127 days to goDublin, Cork and Limerick stores to launch Christmas markets from ThursdayTue Aug 18 2015 - 08:19
Welfare claimants with large savings repay €21mOne individual forced to repay €140,000 in benefits as part of Dirt tax investigationTue Aug 18 2015 - 00:28
Revenue targets local property tax on undervalued homesAlmost 250,000 homeowners declared value more than €100,000 below guide priceMon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
Revenue to crack down on builders taking ‘cash jobs’Failure to register with home renovation tax incentive scheme to be examinedMon Aug 17 2015 - 01:00
Forty-five tourists rescued from boat on River LiffeyNo injuries reported after water taxi lost power and struck Millennium BridgeSun Aug 16 2015 - 22:17
Simple steps could be taken to prevent deaths on our roadsDespite a fall in the number of fatalities this year, reckless driving remains a huge issueSat Aug 15 2015 - 01:00
Long-term joblessness remains a major problemAnalysis: A large ‘lost generation’ didn’t emerge in the way many fearedSat Aug 15 2015 - 01:00
The long road back to employment has many turnsIn all, some 127,000 people of working age are still long-term unemployedSat Aug 15 2015 - 01:00
Revenue collects €30m from over 500 medical consultantsOfficials discover that companies utilised for ‘aggressive’ tax planningFri Aug 14 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: No clean bill of health for medical consultants in Revenue tax probe550 health professionals’ financial affairs under scrutinyFri Aug 14 2015 - 01:00
Revenue targets rental sector as part of crackdownAudits yield some €55 million for the exchequer since 2013Fri Aug 14 2015 - 01:00
How can we make Ireland’s roads safer?Figures show the number of traffic-related deaths has been increasing in recent yearsSat Aug 08 2015 - 10:12
117 disqualified drivers charged under new lawsGardaí say removal of ‘high risk’ drivers will make roads safer for allThu Aug 06 2015 - 19:20
Memorials on Co Wicklow road reminder of high death toll33 dead, dozens injured on one of State’s most dangerous roadsThu Aug 06 2015 - 07:58
Summer most dangerous time to be on road, data showsAcross year pattern emerges where most deaths occur during evening rush-hourThu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
Driver fatalities down on Irish roads, but pedestrians and cyclists at more riskMost collisions occur during evening rush-hour, analysis of crash data showsThu Aug 06 2015 - 01:00
Death and injury toll among cyclists on the riseMiddle-aged and younger men account for most cycling fatalities in recent yearsWed Aug 05 2015 - 10:01
High death and injury rates among cyclists alarm road safety campaignersMost fatalities involve middle-aged men cycling in built-up areasWed Aug 05 2015 - 01:00
Same-sex marriage boosts view of Ireland as human rights leaderSharp divisions remain over attitudes towards minorities such as asylum seekersThu Jul 30 2015 - 01:00
Adoption case study: ‘It’s a tragedy I wasn’t given my birth cert’David Kinsella, like many adoptees, was refused access to his birth mother’s identityTue Jul 28 2015 - 01:00
Aftercare reforms will cut back foster family paymentsChild and Family Agency defends plan to revise allowances for over-18s in State careTue Jul 28 2015 - 01:00
Adopted people to gain right to information on birth parentsMinister for Children James Reilly says planned legislation is ‘major breakthrough’Mon Jul 27 2015 - 21:55
State spends €700m on asylum system over past five yearsCampaigners argue that costs illustrate a pressing need to change an unwieldy systemMon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
HSE concerned at cost of hiring agency staff to fill front-line health service gapsNeed to hire driven by low pay, geography and specific skill shortages, says memoMon Jul 27 2015 - 01:00
Nursing home problems revealed ‘unacceptable’, says VaradkarMinister for Health says issues are ‘not new’ and have been going on for decadesThu Jul 23 2015 - 22:12
Two out of five workers in Ireland reliant on ‘insecure contracts’Growing economy may not solve problem of precarious work, says labour professorThu Jul 23 2015 - 19:59
