High quality childcare service can only be delivered with public supportOpinion: We are still paying for the quick-fix system several years agoThu May 30 2013 - 01:00
Gaps in standards and inspection need to be tackled if parents can have confidence in systemMistreatment of children a symptom of wider failures in early years educationWed May 29 2013 - 01:14
Creches and pre-schools left uninspected for up to four yearsConcern over services has grown following airing of RTÉ’s ‘Prime Time’ programmeWed May 29 2013 - 01:00
It’s quality versus quantity in battle for hearts and minds of preschool childrenGovernment Ministers want to extend the free preschool year to two years, but is it too early given the variable quality of existing services?Mon May 20 2013 - 01:00
Quality issues found in preschool tuitionWeaknesses found in range and quality of activities for children in most preschools inspected by Department of Education and Health Service ExecutiveMon May 20 2013 - 01:00
Schools to be obliged to accept special needs students under new proposalsMajor changes planned to the way learning support teachers are allocated to schoolsSat May 18 2013 - 06:28
Is Ireland is danger of being left behind due to lack of stem cell research laws?No legislation or guidelines in place to support research using human embryosFri May 17 2013 - 01:00
HSE did not report cases of suspected child abuse or neglectHiqa report finds serious failings in child protection services in Carlow/KilkennySat May 11 2013 - 01:10
No desks. No staff. No tax. Ireland’s shadow banksIreland’s unregulated and barely visible ‘shadow banking’ industry is 10 times the size of our GNP. Is it a benefit or a threat to the economy?Sat May 11 2013 - 01:00
Report's findings are shocking - but familiarOur poorly managed child protection system is placing vulnerable children at riskSat May 11 2013 - 01:00
Children at risk due to HSE care failures, Hiqa report findsAuthority says gardaí were not always notified of suspected physical, sexual abuse or neglect of a childFri May 10 2013 - 12:38
No welfare cuts planned for funding free pre-school year, says QuinnExtending scheme would benefit up to 65,000 children each yearFri May 10 2013 - 01:00
Ministers support move to use of child benefit to fund extra pre-school yearProposals to either tax or means-test child benefit would deliver enough money to pay for the moveThu May 09 2013 - 06:05
Major delays assessing the needs of hundreds of children with disabilitiesVulnerable young people regressing due to long waiting times for services, say advocatesWed May 08 2013 - 05:41
Bruton sought multinational tax breaksMinister for Jobs requested an income tax rate of 23% for those earning up to €500,000 in Budget 2013Tue May 07 2013 - 06:00
Grandparents Bill aims to protect family tiesNew legislation to remove legal obstacles for grandparents over access to grandchildrenMon May 06 2013 - 07:00
Minister ‘appalled’ by HSE over staff recruitment misinformationMinister of State told HSE she was shocked to learn that most of the 400-plus staff due to be hired by the end of 2012 were not in placeMon May 06 2013 - 06:00
Legislation labelling disabled as ‘lunatics’ to be replacedRights of thousands of people with intellectual disabilities to be expandedMon May 06 2013 - 01:00
Report says austerity could end in 2016However budget forecast involves a lot of variablesWed May 01 2013 - 06:34
Charities to review deals with private clothes bank operatorsMajority of profits for some groups go to private firms instead of charitable causesSat Apr 27 2013 - 06:00
Rent supplement changes will allow recipients who work to retain paymentNew ‘housing assistance payment’ aimed at tackling poverty trapsMon Apr 22 2013 - 06:00
Residential centres for disabled to face inspectionsHealth Information and Quality Authority will monitor care standards in centresMon Apr 22 2013 - 06:00
Revenue to pursue 400,000 over household chargeInterest and penalties will increase tax to €200Fri Apr 19 2013 - 06:00
Strong bonds between young and old helping families to withstand recessionResearch finds no sign of tension between older and younger generations over debt burdenThu Apr 18 2013 - 06:00
Redress for women who underwent ‘brutal’ operationLegislation would set aside legal obstacle for women who underwent symphysiotomiesTue Apr 16 2013 - 17:06
Business booming for the financial middlemenBanks told to fund independent advice services for debtorsSat Apr 13 2013 - 07:00
Life inside the banks’ arrears collection unitsTo witness the specialised teams at work at KBC and AIB is to realise just how difficult it will be to fix the country’s complex debt problemsFri Apr 12 2013 - 06:00
Disability allowance for under-18s should be axed - reportExpert group report says payment is causing welfare dependencyTue Apr 09 2013 - 22:31
Only eight families use deal on mortgagesNumber of mortgage-holders in arrears continues to increase despite schemeMon Apr 08 2013 - 06:00
Creches forced to turn away children with special needsSurvey shows difficulties getting therapy for children with autism and other disabilitiesMon Apr 08 2013 - 06:00
Vast majority of State’s 30,000 childminders not declaring incomeJust 450 childminders out of estimated number availed of tax exemptionMon Apr 08 2013 - 06:00
Celtic comeback: How Enda Kenny is selling IrelandThe Taoiseach has been painting a positive picture of Ireland’s recovery on his trade mission to the US this week, but is it true?Sat Mar 23 2013 - 00:00
Spielberg ‘keenly interested’ in possible work in IrelandDirector tells Taoiseach he is ‘aware of potential’ during Hollywood meetingThu Mar 21 2013 - 17:17
Taoiseach to meet Spielberg in Los AngelesEnda Kenny will brief director on incentives available for filming in IrelandWed Mar 20 2013 - 15:20
Kenny to discuss illegal Irish immigrants with ObamaTaoiseach to present shamrock at White House todayTue Mar 19 2013 - 06:01
Six decades of shamrock in the White HouseHow a piece of diplomatic bridge-building became an annual fixtureTue Mar 19 2013 - 06:00
‘I think, in his own way, he’s galvanised the community... he’s taught us about the need for compassion’Inner city community buries homeless man who slept rough for more than 20 yearsThu Mar 14 2013 - 12:00
Crescent into Munster Senior finalCastletroy also over come Ard Scoil Ris to reach Junior deciderThu Mar 14 2013 - 00:00
Mediation needed to heal ‘divisions’ between Travellers and settled community in Rathkeale‘Uneasy tolerance’ and ‘practical apartheid’ in town, says reportMon Mar 11 2013 - 06:00
A life spent helping the less fortunateIRISH LIVES: It’s early morning and a queue is already forming outside the old red-brick basement.Sat Mar 09 2013 - 00:00
Surrogacy case gives mothers new legal statusUp to 200 mothers of children born by surrogacy are now entitled to go to court to be named as the legal parents of their children…Fri Mar 08 2013 - 00:00
Stability will lead to jobs, says GilmoreTánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said he shared many people’s frustration at the impact of austerity, but insisted economic stability…Fri Mar 08 2013 - 00:00
Schooling falls short in psychiatric unit - reportChildren in a psychiatric facility for young people were missing out on vital education due to a shortage of school places, the…Fri Mar 01 2013 - 00:00
Call for greater choice in disability servicesPeople with disabilities should have greater access to individually chosen supports – such as supported living and therapy – …Fri Mar 01 2013 - 00:00
Friends tell Kate Fitzgerald inquest of overdoses and struggle with depressionFriends of former public relations consultant Kate Fitzgerald told an inquest into her death yesterday that she suffered from…Thu Feb 28 2013 - 00:00
The missing link to mental health servicesThe opening of the Phoenix Care Centre is a sign that the days of the ‘granite building on the hill’ are coming to an endTue Feb 26 2013 - 00:00
All State child welfare services face inspectionAll of the State’s child protection services will be subject to independent inspections for the first time to ensure they are…Tue Feb 26 2013 - 00:00
Pool to be closed to disabled children on weekendsFamilies of disabled children who helped fundraise for a specially-adapted swimming pool have been told they can no longer use…Mon Feb 25 2013 - 00:00
