Taoiseach supports call for publication of Donegal abuse reportProlonged sexual abuse of 18 intellectually disabled patients at care home ‘unforgivable’Fri Oct 15 2021 - 21:07
‘Devastating’ sexual abuse of 18 residents in HSE-run centre in DonegalActs perpetrated with full knowledge of management for about 13 years, inquiry findsFri Oct 15 2021 - 01:01
HSE pushed to reveal alleged sexual assaults in Donegal care home, families claimAssaults on 18 intellectually disabled adults happened over 13-year period, report saysFri Oct 15 2021 - 01:00
Hundreds of schools in disadvantaged areas to be added to Deis schemeSpecial education to account for a quarter of Department of Education spend in 2022Wed Oct 13 2021 - 18:52
My Budget: ‘I don’t know how they expect people to afford homes when there is no housing stock at all’Reactions vary to tax and spending measures outlined in Budget 2022Tue Oct 12 2021 - 18:28
Core social welfare rates to increase by €5 a week from JanuaryBudget 2022: Weekly fuel allowance going up from midnight by €5 a week to €33Tue Oct 12 2021 - 15:08
New fund of more than €17m for struggling third-level studentsFund will help students who can’t meet costs, with mental health funding also announcedMon Oct 11 2021 - 00:01
Budget must demonstrate determination to tackle homelessness, charity saysCrisis will intensify if additional supports not provided according to Focus IrelandSun Oct 10 2021 - 18:22
Most councils not planning properly for Traveller housing – reportJust four of 31 local authorities include maps of Traveller accommodation sites in development plansSun Oct 10 2021 - 17:44
‘I didn’t go through all this for pain for nothing’Four people on their journeys out of homelessness, and the lessons they have for othersSat Oct 09 2021 - 06:00
Residents with disabilities at HSE home at ‘constant risk of abuse’, watchdog findsCo Donegal centre failing to show it has ‘capacity’ to provide a safe serviceFri Oct 08 2021 - 16:57
Minister for Justice apologises to mother of Dara Quigley‘I really want to say I’m sorry, it shouldn’t have happened,’ Heather Humphreys saysWed Oct 06 2021 - 13:07
Dara Quigley’s mother recalls ‘beautiful first-born’ at inquestJournalist’s mental health had deteriorated prior to her death by drowning in 2017Tue Oct 05 2021 - 22:14
Harris apologises for ‘unacceptable breach of trust’ in Dara Quigley caseExtracts from Garda Commissioner’s letter to late journalist’s mother read at inquestTue Oct 05 2021 - 19:02
Assisted dying unlikely to be facilitated, says Irish Hospice FoundationAssisted suicide ‘anathema’ to ethos of palliative care movementMon Oct 04 2021 - 05:00
Traveller children feel ‘unwanted’ in education system, says reportYoung people tell of name calling by peers and sense of being ‘ignored’ by teachersTue Sept 28 2021 - 01:00
Group calls on Minister to widen scheme for undocumented workersPlans to regularise status may see thousands of migrants and their children excludedMon Sept 27 2021 - 00:01
‘Significant policy change’ to help career progression of non-EU doctorsDoctors had been effectively barred from taking up postgraduate training placesSun Sept 26 2021 - 12:31
Delays in accessing abortions in Ireland are violating women’s rights, says expertMajor violations 'embedded' in legislation must be addressed in review, expert statesThu Sept 23 2021 - 01:00
Ireland is no country for disabled people who want to work – ESRI reportJust 36% of working-age disabled people in employment, one of Europe’s lowest ratesWed Sept 22 2021 - 00:01
Bricklayers’ union to hold agm during work day despite members’ protestsWorkers call for meeting to be rescheduled for evening so more can participateTue Sept 21 2021 - 21:09
‘Hidden costs’ of school causing poorer children to miss daysSome pupils who fell behind peers during pandemic have not returned, webinar hearsTue Sept 21 2021 - 17:34
Traveller children encouraged to engage with ‘Steam’ subjects in schoolThose who receive the necessary supports can excel, says educator at project launchFri Sept 17 2021 - 21:30
Commitments to end direct provision ‘already behind schedule’Human rights commissioner criticises delays in areas such as driving licence applicationsThu Sept 16 2021 - 19:14
National day of mourning needed to ‘mark pandemic deaths’Time for sombre occasion to help those who could not attend funerals, says MinisterTue Sept 14 2021 - 17:22
Defence Forces rocked by allegations of sexual assaultCoveney to make ‘full statement’ following RTÉ’s Women of Honour radio documentaryMon Sept 13 2021 - 07:54
Wheelchair user who employs PAs criticises ‘discrimination’ by insurersIndustry ‘must be challenged’ over high premiums and reluctance to quoteMon Sept 13 2021 - 01:00
Insurers criticised by disabled group over hiring of PAsGovernment urged to force firms to quote for employers’ and public liability insuranceMon Sept 13 2021 - 01:00
Government housing strategy ‘not based on reality’Housing for All data fails to reflect scale of challenge, says Social Justice IrelandMon Sept 13 2021 - 00:01
Thousands of State’s poorest children face losing after-school childcare placesChanges to new childcare scheme favours children of working parents, critics saySat Sept 11 2021 - 01:00
Children spent night with mother’s body in homeless accommodation, inquest toldAnne Marie Connors (30) died following overdose in Dublin in 2018Fri Sept 10 2021 - 16:37
More than one-third of under-13s play games online with strangers – studySome 93% of children own a smart device, according to CyberSafeKids researchThu Sept 09 2021 - 01:00
Former Threshold CEO Bob Jordan appointed as Housing Agency chiefMinister for Housing welcomes appointment of former Coveney adviser during ‘critical time’Wed Sept 08 2021 - 17:51
Gender-specific service for women in addiction ‘urgently needed’, says MQIMany women so inhibited from seeking help they never engage, it saysWed Sept 08 2021 - 17:29
Funding for NGOs will be ‘core question’ after Covid pandemic, says Mike RyanWHO health emergencies programme director says NGO sector provides core servicesWed Sept 08 2021 - 14:40
Taoiseach tells left-handed man beatings he got in primary school were ‘wrong’Sisters of Mercy told Gerry Kavanagh he would burn in hell if he wrote with left handWed Sept 08 2021 - 12:25
Reported discrimination by landlords over HAP almost doublesThreshold received 70 reports of landlords refusing to accept HAP in first half of yearTue Sept 07 2021 - 19:28
Recorded suicides in Ireland fall to lowest level in two decadesFigures belie warnings that Covid curbs and concerns would result in surge, scientist saysFri Sept 03 2021 - 21:06
Housing plan welcomed by agencies with hope rather than expectationKitty Holland: Housing For All is low on ambition and has a dearth of detailFri Sept 03 2021 - 07:09
‘Shame, hurt, terror’: Victim who had intimate video taken without knowing launches hotlineCampaign to combat sharing or threatening to share intimate images without consentThu Sept 02 2021 - 21:07
Older people may prematurely enter nursing homes due to housing plan aims – advocatesHousing for All seeks to ‘release’ vacant homes of nursing home residentsThu Sept 02 2021 - 20:36
M6 crash: ‘We are leaving Carlow and will arrive in Galway about 8.30’Karzan Sabah Ahmed, Shahen and Lina died on way back from viewing home for new jobFri Aug 27 2021 - 20:00
‘Pro-arrest’ approach to perpetrators of domestic abuse must continue – Women’s AidNGOs call for ‘urgently needed’ women’s refuges in submission to Oireachtas committeeThu Aug 26 2021 - 01:00
Mental health facilities criticised in inspection reportsCork hospital did not provide accommodation that always upheld ‘dignity of residents’Wed Aug 25 2021 - 19:52
Report on Traveller homelessness ‘suppressed’, says its authorPavee Point rejects claim report went unpublished after intervention from HSETue Aug 24 2021 - 04:00
Traveller living conditions are a ‘revolving door’ to homelessness – reportUnpublished report identifies overcrowding, evictions and discrimination as key issuesTue Aug 24 2021 - 03:45
First Afghan family accepted into State following Taliban takeover arrives in DublinRefugee council seeks wider criteria for family reunificationMon Aug 23 2021 - 21:56
‘It’s mental torture’: Traveller family living without running water or electricityFamily say county council was engaging over group housing until ‘contact broke off’Mon Aug 23 2021 - 03:00
Traveller children living in ‘dire’ conditions being reported across StateOmbudsman has brought concerns to UN children’s rights committeeMon Aug 23 2021 - 01:00
South Dublin flood risk should be ‘to the fore’ in planning decisions, councillor saysBusiness owners ‘paying the price of bad planning’, says Labour councillorSun Aug 22 2021 - 19:24
