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
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
‘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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
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
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
‘Unavoidable’ tax increases on the cards in Budget 2023, claims Social Justice Ireland‘Reductions in income taxes, indirect taxes, excise duties and levies represent poorly targeted measures and should be avoided’, urges SJIMon Jun 27 2022 - 00:01
‘Gulf of misunderstanding’ between judiciary and Travellers must be addressed, judge saysUL report found 91% of Travellers felt disrespected by gardaí, with 59% believing they were subjects of racial profiling when stoppedThu Jun 23 2022 - 19:41
Explicit ban on racial profiling of Travellers by gardaí needed, new report recommendsUniversity of Limerick report notes Travellers ‘overpoliced as suspects and under-policed as victims’Thu Jun 23 2022 - 07:00
Almost no trust in the justice system among Travellers, study findsDistrust stems from widespread discrimination, including profiling by gardaí and regular raids on their homesThu Jun 23 2022 - 00:01
‘I said I wasn’t taking off my shoes, I hadn’t done anything wrong’: A Traveller man on his experience with gardaíPatrick McCann believes he was stopped because he was identifiably a Traveller ‘in quite a posh area’Thu Jun 23 2022 - 00:01
Oireachtas committee told profit-driven care has ‘demoralised and dehumanised’ the sector‘Care cannot be done in measurable time because it is about meeting need,’ UCD professor saysThu Jun 16 2022 - 21:00
HSE report says families of 28 victims of Donegal abuse will not be informedThose who won’t be informed include cases where the victims are now deceasedThu Jun 16 2022 - 02:00
Coroner hopes Stardust inquests will begin before more victims’ family members dieFifteen family members of 1981 inferno victims have died since inquests reopened in 2019Wed Jun 15 2022 - 18:29
Assaults with hammers, golf clubs and hurls among thousands of domestic violence reports last yearScale of alleged abuse illustrates how second year of pandemic made problem worseTue Jun 14 2022 - 00:01
Dun Laoghaire’s former ferry terminal to be leased as co-worker space Former minister for education Mary Hanafin elected Cathaoirleach of Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County CouncilMon Jun 13 2022 - 20:37
Budget 2023 must focus on lifting people out of poverty, says Green Party Party highlights ESRI report showing targeted increases to key welfare payments will reduce poverty rateMon Jun 13 2022 - 00:01
Increasing women’s labour force participation key to meeting poverty reduction targets - ESRI reportReport also recommends enhanced welfare packages targeting children and their familiesMon Jun 13 2022 - 00:01
Cocaine overtakes heroin in treatment numbers for first timeCrack cocaine accounts for 17% of all cases where cocaine is a main problem — up from 9% in 2015Mon Jun 13 2022 - 00:01
More than 10 abusers identified at Donegal HSE centreAt least 40 intellectually-disabled residents subjected to ongoing sexual assaults over 11-year period, review of files findsSat Jun 11 2022 - 05:30
‘Revolution’ needed in how care work provided, conference hearsWork of caring for children, elderly, disabled and the sick essential to smooth functioning of societyThu Jun 09 2022 - 19:54
Cocaine use: ‘You’d have it for a night out, like the way people have a few cigarettes’Dealers stay anonymous through Snapchat, say young people who use drug that is ‘accessible everywhere’Wed Jun 08 2022 - 19:00
Cocaine use by young women in Ireland rising significantly, study findsChildren and young adults drinking less than in previous yearsWed Jun 08 2022 - 00:00
Intellectually disabled resident at HSE centre living with peers they could not converse withResident at Ard Gréine Court in Donegal told inspectors they ‘would like to move out’Fri Jun 03 2022 - 07:27
Lone parents deserve more than ‘low-paid, precarious work’, say advocates‘Decoupling’ of welfare system from labour market needed to lift lone parents out of poverty, committee toldFri Jun 03 2022 - 02:00
Foster carers ‘quitting’ over lack of State support, Oireachtas committee toldCarers risk poverty because they are not entitled to the contributory State pension, advocates sayWed Jun 01 2022 - 22:04
