Varadkar defends 80 cent increase to minimum wage amid criticism from unions and business groupsMove, which brings minimum wage to €11.30 an hour, described as an ‘insult to workers’Wed Sept 14 2022 - 17:08
Free contraception from GPs for women aged 17-25 under new schemeExtension of scheme to other age-groups likely, Minister for Health indicatesWed Sept 14 2022 - 10:28
Migrant women from outside EU at greater risk of homelessness, discrimination and violence, report findsESRI study points to a lack of policy to integrate the 89,000 non-EU women and girls living in IrelandWed Sept 14 2022 - 00:15
Income thresholds for social housing to rise in just five of 31 local authority areas next monthDepartment of Housing move described as ‘abandoning modest income families’ by Sinn Féin spokesmanWed Sept 14 2022 - 00:00
‘Sense of what is normal shattered’, mourners told at removal of three Tallaght siblingsLone piper and three white, horse-drawn carriages bore remains of Lisa Cash (18) and Christy and Chelsea Cawley (8) to churchThu Sept 08 2022 - 20:08
Q&A: Employment regulation order and ‘core funding’ explainedEntry-rate pay will increase from €11.57 to €13 an hour, with rates for ‘room leaders’ and managersWed Sept 07 2022 - 18:15
Childcare workers get wage hikes after ‘historic’ minimum pay orderEmployment regulation order for sector seen as first step in tackling decades of low pay, casualisation and staff retention crisesWed Sept 07 2022 - 16:54
Child suicide and destitution in State to be raised with UNOmbudsman for Children will deliver a report on Ireland to the UN Committee on the Rights of the ChildWed Sept 07 2022 - 05:00
Local authorities urged to purchase homes where tenants face evictionDepartment circular says ‘limited scope’ for acquisitions and these should be focused on ‘priority areas’Tue Sept 06 2022 - 19:54
Number of electricity disconnections up on last year, regulator says Regulation commission expands period of time in which more vulnerable customers cannot be disconnectedMon Sept 05 2022 - 19:00
Man held over killing of three siblings knew victims and suspected of prior violence Chief suspect, who is in his 20s, barricaded himself into the house after going there on Saturday nightMon Sept 05 2022 - 06:00
Standoff between church and creche in Carlow leaves more than 30 families without childcareParents may have to give up their jobs due to lack of childcare services in area, says local motherMon Sept 05 2022 - 05:00
Tallaght stabbings: ‘I had to sit my seven-year-old down and tell him two of his friends have gone to heaven’A man in his 20s has been detained in connection with the violent deaths of three siblings in TallaghtSun Sept 04 2022 - 19:41
Three siblings who died in violent stabbing at Tallaght house are namedMan in early 20s arrested over death of twin boy and girl (8) and older sister (18)Sun Sept 04 2022 - 16:33
Smaller nursing home operators fear closure in face of ‘no future’Warning of social value of facilities with fewer than 40 residents as Hiqa concerned about loss of ‘homely’ model of careFri Sept 02 2022 - 00:05
More small nursing homes will close without action from Government, Daly warns Nursing Homes Ireland ceo says rising costs, stringent regulations and no increase in public funding is creating a crisisThu Sept 01 2022 - 11:54
Mother and baby homes testimony decision down to survivor ‘key ask’, says Minister Grievances emerged about the use of evidence in 2021 report, where survivors say testimony was misrepresented or amalgamatedThu Sept 01 2022 - 04:35
Tusla-run residential centre posed ‘significant risk to children’s safety and protection’Staff at Coovagh House unit in Limerick tell Hiqa they ‘no longer had capacity to safely provide a service’Wed Aug 31 2022 - 11:47
Some gardaí sought sexual services from sex workers, study findsAct criminalising purchase of sex has ‘drastically marginalised’ already vulnerable populations, says reportThu Aug 25 2022 - 00:05
Toddler struck by SUV remembered as a ‘gorgeous’ boy who ‘was full of love and gave so much love to everyone he met’Parents of Brandon Thomas Byrne say the death of their 21-month-old son has ‘left a huge void’ in their heartsTue Aug 23 2022 - 17:58
Only a third of Traveller housing budget spent Of €18m allocated for Traveller housing in 2022, just €6.2m has been drawn down, Department of Housing saysMon Aug 22 2022 - 05:00
More than 1,000 Traveller households living in unsafe, unsanitary conditionsNumber of Traveller households increased to 11,118 in 2020 from previous year, which is an estimated 59,000 peopleMon Aug 22 2022 - 05:00
‘All I want is for somewhere to put my head at night’Former chef Joe Mulvaney (53) has been looking for somewhere to rent in Dublin for almost a year and faces the possibility of homelessnessSat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
How a failing rental market threatens social and economic catastropheFixing the rental market requires a radical, Covid-style response from the State, experts saySat Aug 20 2022 - 05:00
New Zealand judge joins Irish judges in resigning from Dubai courtWilliam Young becomes third newly appointed member of controversial DIFC Courts to quit in past three weeksFri Aug 19 2022 - 22:00
More landlords being ordered to bring Dublin properties up to ‘minimum standards’, figures showTenants forced to ‘put up with’ damp, mould, rotting floors and broken heating, charities sayMon Jul 25 2022 - 00:00
Families being excluded from social housing waiting list due to ‘badly worded’ circular, advocates say Councils applying rigid interpretation of ‘badly worded’ departmental circular, housing advocates sayFri Jul 22 2022 - 02:00
Advocates want homecare recipients to be able to choose type of care they wantHomecare recipient who has haemophilia feels he is being ‘forced’ to choose between using a hoist, which he says hurts his limbs, or being confined to bedWed Jul 20 2022 - 00:00
Ireland’s ‘increasing efforts’ to combat human trafficking lauded by United StatesRepublic ‘making significant efforts’ towards compliance, notes Trafficking in People reportTue Jul 19 2022 - 19:41
Free hot meals should be extended to early childcare settings, Minister saysFood poverty will ‘damage’ poorest children a lot more than any other cohort in society without urgent action, says MinisterMon Jul 18 2022 - 03:00
Why is food poverty a reality in Ireland?Those at the coalface point to inadequate public services compounding desperate situationsMon Jul 18 2022 - 03:00
Food poverty: ‘I have cut back on meat. Sometimes I don’t have any dinner’ Mother of two juggles energy bills with shopping and accommodation costs and the toll on mental healthMon Jul 18 2022 - 03:00
Almost 4,000 people trapped in direct provision due to housing crisisMany people who are now legally allowed to remain in Ireland have nowhere else to goFri Jul 15 2022 - 01:00
Stuck in direct provision: ‘I just want to move on and live a life’Ashraf Ahmed was granted refugee status in 2020 but has struggled to escape the system despite securing a jobFri Jul 15 2022 - 01:00
Abortion numbers reported by providers fell sharply last yearMedical practitioners asked to review records after decline of 2,000 from 2020 total, down to 4,577Wed Jul 13 2022 - 19:30
Free childcare is key in addressing child poverty, advocacy group saysGovernment response to the cost-of-living crisis hasn’t gone ‘far enough’, says the Children’s Rights AllianceWed Jul 13 2022 - 00:01
Stories of women who travelled for abortion are ‘heartbreaking’, Donnelly saysMinister responds to accounts of women facing fatal foetal anomaly diagnoses who did not qualify for care in the RepublicTue Jul 12 2022 - 20:59
Abortion in Ireland: ‘My country washed its hands of us. For women like me nothing has changed’Emma Connors had to travel to England despite being told her unborn baby had a fatal foetal anomalyTue Jul 12 2022 - 08:22
Difficulties in accessing abortion in cases of fatal foetal anomaly, review finds‘Conditions put in place by the legislation are anything but compassionate’, notes UnPac study of abortion availability post repeal of Eighth AmendmentTue Jul 12 2022 - 01:38
Abortion law falls short of women’s needs and creates ‘chilling effect’ on clinicians, HSE report warnsLegislation ‘problematic’ for women, and ‘harrowing’ for those awaiting diagnoses of fatal foetal anomaliesTue Jul 12 2022 - 01:00
Abortion case study: Two doctors and their polar views on terminationSome practitioners see abortion as basic healthcare while others see it as the opposite of good medicineTue Jul 12 2022 - 01:00
Ireland’s abortion legislation ‘inhumane’ and discriminatory, UN rights body told UN human rights council is examining Ireland’s compliance with covenant on civil and political rightsMon Jul 04 2022 - 20:39
Social housing umbrella group says NIMBYism among politicians is letting down Traveller communityCouncillors accused of praising the work of housing bodies yet opposing efforts to house marginalised groups such as Travellers and the homelessThu Jun 30 2022 - 21:58
‘Men commit 99% of rapes. Why is rape a women’s issue?’ says activist Jackson Katz Leading US academic says men’s violence against women ‘fundamentally a leadership issue for men’Thu Jun 30 2022 - 20:43
Survivors accuse HSE of blocking treatment for women with mesh implants Oireachtas committee hears from groups representing more than 650 women suffering as a result of vaginal implantsWed Jun 29 2022 - 18:12
Zero-tolerance plan on domestic, sexual and gender-based violence publishedFive-year strategy and €363m fund involves new agency, refuge spaces, legislation, education and sentencesTue Jun 28 2022 - 22:12
Gender-based violence plan a ‘step change’ in tackling ‘large-scale social problem’Zero tolerance strategy will require consistent, multiannual funding if it is to realise real change, groups sayTue Jun 28 2022 - 19:25
Government to unveil €363m plan to tackle domestic and gender violence Doubling of sentences for assault and a 100 per cent increase in refuge places at centre of planTue Jun 28 2022 - 01:00
Hundreds with serious vaginal mesh injuries still fighting for ‘basic care’Two groups will appear before the Oireachtas Committee on Health on Wednesday calling for ‘choice, access and funding’ regarding potential careMon Jun 27 2022 - 06:00
Vaginal mesh injury: ‘I really thought I was going to die’Woman says infections started immediately after mesh was inserted in 2002 to treat urinary incontinenceMon Jun 27 2022 - 06:00
