Staff at Cork mental health unit found to be dismissive and negative around patientsSt Stephen’s hospital operating culture reminiscent of one from ‘decades ago’ – reportFri Dec 17 2021 - 20:04
Risk of poverty among workers would have doubled last year without Covid supportsCSO data shows 6.7 per cent of people employed were at risk of poverty in 2020Fri Dec 17 2021 - 16:19
Details of ‘Brandon’ report make for devastating readingSummary confirms extent of abuse but full report paints a far more comprehensive pictureThu Dec 16 2021 - 21:19
Publishing Brandon report in full could ‘compromise’ disciplinary review - ReidReport on sex abuse at Donegal centre published before it was seen by all familiesThu Dec 16 2021 - 21:06
Brandon report: ‘Rights-based’ approach still absent at HSE centreReport finds 18 intellectually disabled residents subjected to ‘sustained sexual abuse’Thu Dec 16 2021 - 16:03
Report summary into abuse at Donegal disability centre to be publishedFamilies of ‘Brandon’s’ victims to get advance notice of findings on WednesdayWed Dec 15 2021 - 05:01
Free childcare urged for all one-parent familiesOireachtas hears child poverty caused by ‘structural barriers’ to education and jobsTue Dec 14 2021 - 22:04
Known abuser lived at home for 18 months before safeguarding plan was produced‘Brandon’, who is now dead, found to have perpetrated 108 incidents of sexual abuseMon Dec 13 2021 - 01:00
Teenage motorcyclist dies in Co Donegal crashPostmortem to be carried out on man fatally injured in collision with car in KillygordonFri Dec 10 2021 - 21:46
Travellers say ‘mental health epidemic’ in community needs urgent actionSupporters gather at Leinster House to mark UN’s Human Rights Day and submit letterFri Dec 10 2021 - 20:42
Winter flu vaccine to be made available free of charge to all adults over 50Niac recommended extending eligibility to adults between 50 and 64Fri Dec 10 2021 - 17:03
Having a disability can cost €9,500-€11,700 extra a yearSurvey of people with disabilities finds high unemployment and onerous living expensesThu Dec 09 2021 - 03:00
Disabled people face extra costs through no fault of their own, says campaigner‘I just feel lonely, invisible and left behind. It is about scraping by and surviving’ – reportWed Dec 08 2021 - 18:37
Tipperary man (79) thought his community hero award was ‘a set-up’Séamus O’Doherty says kindness of childhood neighbours sparked his desire to helpTue Dec 07 2021 - 21:37
Gardaí appeal for information on unexplained burn injuries over Tallaght shootingInvestigators also urge those with information on three vehicles to come forwardSat Dec 04 2021 - 16:56
Department urges schools to ‘engage with’ parents of children without masksFurther guidance on face masks for children will be issued to schools on MondaySat Dec 04 2021 - 13:09
‘It will be emotional’: Undocumented migrant has not seen children in 14 yearsGroup of migrants celebrate ‘massive win’ as their status is set to be regularisedSat Dec 04 2021 - 03:00
Scheme to regularise undocumented migrants welcomed as ‘historic’All undocumented migrants who have spent at least four years in the State can applySat Dec 04 2021 - 01:00
Community drugs groups claim they will be removed from Government bodyDepartment rejects assertions and says civil society will widen involvement of voluntary groupsWed Dec 01 2021 - 18:53
Men must ‘work in solidarity’ with women to tackle domestic violence – HigginsPresident tells Women’s Aid webinar urgent action needed on violence against womenThu Nov 25 2021 - 15:52
More families may turn to illegal lenders this Christmas, SVP warnsCharity says it expects calls for help this year to be ‘at their highest level’ in its historyThu Nov 25 2021 - 02:31
Young people struggle to identify relationship abuse ‘red flags’ - surveyWomen’s Aid highlights ‘information gap’ on spotting signs of abuse in a friend’s relationshipThu Nov 25 2021 - 00:00
Report criticises mental health services for childrenChild Care Law Reporting Project urges establishment of a dedicated family courtWed Nov 24 2021 - 00:01
Garda seeks full report into sexual abuse at Donegal disability centreStand-off delays publication of ‘Brandon’ report into abuse of 18 disabled residentsMon Nov 22 2021 - 01:00
No access to domestic violence refuge in Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown – reportOver 2,000 women, girls over 15 in area ‘will experience physical or sexual abuse by a partner’Sun Nov 21 2021 - 16:33
‘Most of the time you just cry’: Children speak about their experiences of homelessnessFocus Ireland releases new booklet amid concern child homelessness is falling off agendaFri Nov 19 2021 - 16:13
Workers who fought for better deal after losing jobs an ‘inspiration’ says CampbellFormer rugby international describes dispute as an ‘eye-opener’ at book launchThu Nov 18 2021 - 20:12
Community role in tackling drugs ‘hugely disappointing’, says GeogheganCitywide campaign marks 25th anniversary of first ministerial report on drugsThu Nov 18 2021 - 18:38
Adoptees from mother and baby homes will ‘fight’ for change to redress schemeDepartment claims 34,000 survivors are eligible for redress at a cost of €800mWed Nov 17 2021 - 03:55
Survivors of mother and baby homes say redress scheme ‘discriminates against’ some residentsOnly those who spent over six months in mother and baby homes as infants eligibleTue Nov 16 2021 - 21:17
High level of deaths among young people in care reportedThe figure of 30 is more than double what it had been in 2018Mon Nov 15 2021 - 17:45
Number of rough sleepers in Dublin falls by almost a quarter, latest figures showDublin Simon welcomes drop since April, but says challenges remain on the groundMon Nov 15 2021 - 17:09
Report highlights ‘devastating epidemic’ of crack cocaine in west TallaghtA third of referrals for crack addiction last year were women, including young mothersMon Nov 08 2021 - 01:04
Crack cocaine in west Tallaght: ‘This epidemic is so new, and came so fast’Women now account for 30 per cent of crack users engaging with services in the areaMon Nov 08 2021 - 01:02
Centrality of horses to Travellers’ culture must be acknowledged in housing policy - EUMichael O’Flaherty says situation of Travellers in Ireland among the worst across the EUWed Nov 03 2021 - 16:49
Hiqa given names of sex abuse victims at HSE-run disability centre in Donegal in 2016HSE spokesman confirmed it was first contacted by a whistleblower in 2011 about alleged sexual abuse by a residentTue Nov 02 2021 - 04:15
Gardaí issue appeal in inquiry into alleged physical abuse of children at primary schoolFormer pupils make statements alleging a former teacher hit and punched childrenTue Nov 02 2021 - 01:51
Friends of the Elderly charity marks 40th anniversaryMore than 100 veterans gather in wake of Covid-19 pandemic for ‘celebration of hope’Fri Oct 29 2021 - 18:53
Train passengers differ on experience with safety and anti-social behaviourSome rail travellers witness open drug use and non-compliance with Covid measuresFri Oct 29 2021 - 17:14
Vulnerable adults in care may have experienced ‘significant’ abuse during pandemicNational Safeguarding Office notes 10,216 concerns about abuse reported to the HSEFri Oct 29 2021 - 16:11
ICCL says properly implemented systems could have prevented abuse at Donegal care homeIreland had signed up to UN backed inspection process but never established itThu Oct 28 2021 - 17:47
Years of progress in women’s rights reversed by Covid, report warnsIreland has one of ‘most restrictive abortion laws’, gender equality index showsThu Oct 28 2021 - 16:03
Housing, racism, and jobs are biggest issues facing Travellers, forum hearsImpact of intergenerational exclusion on the community’s young people discusssedThu Oct 28 2021 - 00:33
Building workers to get higher minimum pay from FebruaryWorkers can also expect pay increases of just under 3% in February 2023 under new scalesTue Oct 26 2021 - 00:01
‘Everyone is involved’: Joy as Big Scream Festival returns to Dublin’s inner cityKellie Harrington is on hand to launch event that has become part of local social calendarSun Oct 24 2021 - 22:43
Garda investigation into sexual abuse at Donegal HSE disability centre closesNo prosecution in relation to alleged assaults on 18 intellectually disabled adults – DPPSat Oct 23 2021 - 01:00
Poet Máire Mhac an tSaoi ‘remained engaged with the world outside’ up to the very endBilingual requiem Mass takes place at Our Lady of Dolours church in Glasnevin, DublinFri Oct 22 2021 - 16:36
Many Travellers have first positive school experience in prison, committee hearsAdvocate says legacy issues and exclusion mean minorities account for high proportion of inmates globallyThu Oct 21 2021 - 22:57
Charity’s emergency counselling service cut need for ambulance call-outs by half - report‘Major efforts made by the counsellors to connect with at-risk clients’ highlightedThu Oct 21 2021 - 19:38
Donegal abuse: ‘You’ve got your apology. You can go now, that’s all you’re getting’Investigation reveals sexual abuse in Donegal care home unchecked for yearsSat Oct 16 2021 - 01:00
