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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Poor toilet and shower facilities at HSE-run nursing homeSacred Heart Hospital is second publicly-run home to face criticism this weekThu Jul 23 2015 - 13:21
Childcare analysis: Challenge of turning rhetoric into realityAmbitious proposals needed to complement sustained investment and political resolveThu Jul 23 2015 - 01:00
Blueprint proposes subsidised childcare for working parentsPaid parental leave should be extended from six months to a full yearWed Jul 22 2015 - 16:55
‘Cultural change’ required in mental health serviceMental Health Commission report finds suicide risk assessment insufficientWed Jul 22 2015 - 08:14
‘No showers for a month’ for some residents of nursing homeHiqa report finds St Patrick’s Community Hospital is in breach of care standardsTue Jul 21 2015 - 15:34
Right to access birth cert for up to 50,000 adoptedCabinet to discuss draft legislation which will apply to all past and future adoptionsMon Jul 20 2015 - 01:00
Nordic-style public services need dramatic tax hike, forum toldA person on average wages in Denmark pays up to 13 times the rate in Ireland, says expertFri Jul 17 2015 - 01:00
It’s official: We’re happy, satisfied and feel life’s worthwhileCSO study shows three out of four rank satisfaction with life as highThu Jul 16 2015 - 21:22
Over a quarter of population does volunteer workCSO report indicates value of people giving their time for free is €2 billion annuallyThu Jul 16 2015 - 19:41
Majority support regularisation of undocumented workers – pollProposal to give thousands of migrants right to live here being considered by GovernmentWed Jul 15 2015 - 00:15
New section of M11 in Wicklow bypasses road death blackspotArklow/Rathnew motorway to reduce journey time by between 10 and 20 minutesMon Jul 13 2015 - 21:11
Garda is sanctioned following rape allegationWoman said she felt compelled to have sex with officer as she feared further prosecutionMon Jul 13 2015 - 01:00
Call for inquiry into HSE’s handling of vulnerable teen’s legal action€1 million spent on legal fees in case of girl detained in English psychiatric unitThu Jul 09 2015 - 20:36
Government considers proposal on undocumented migrantsOfficials review programme aimed at regularising the status of up to 20,000 residentsThu Jul 09 2015 - 09:48
State spends €3m a year abroad for care of young peopleWoman (20) detained for 20 months in psychiatric unit in England returns homeThu Jul 09 2015 - 01:00
Case study: The children of undocumented migrant workersAmanthi (18): ‘We’d like to pay taxes properly and want to progress. It’s wasted potential’Thu Jul 09 2015 - 01:00
Analysis: Teenager case a wake-up call for decision-makersYoung Irish people are being detained abroad because of a lack of services hereWed Jul 08 2015 - 01:00
Care assistant: ‘I worry my job will disappear at any moment’Elizabeth Cloherty and others in a like situation have no contract and little sense of securityTue Jul 07 2015 - 01:00
Precarious work: Five solutions to employment stand-offHow State can ensure economic flexibility for employers and job security for workersTue Jul 07 2015 - 01:00
Clerys worker: ‘I assumed laws would stop a firm closing like this’Keith Doran got a call from HR manager to say there was no need to come in the next dayTue Jul 07 2015 - 01:00
‘I can’t plan for the future. I don’t have security or finance’Sinead Pembroke is one of a rising number of academics reliant on precarious workMon Jul 06 2015 - 12:24
