Calls for hot school-meal scheme to be expandedOne school in area designated ‘very disadvantaged’ is only one excluded from programmeMon May 17 2021 - 04:19
‘Do I have to lose her for them to realise?’ says mother of anorexic girl (13) over lack of specialist bedChild has been in a general hospital for more than nine weeks as no place availableThu May 13 2021 - 05:00
Care failures factors in deaths of four children, states reviewLack of residential placements and systemic failing among factors in deathsThu May 13 2021 - 01:03
Brother of girl shot by British soldier ‘devastated’ killer may be granted amnestyWe will oppose plans for soldier amnesty in any way we can, says Michael O’HareFri May 07 2021 - 01:00
Asylum seekers will not be given housing that could go to those on waiting lists – MinisterAsylum applicants to be provided accommodation as part of plan to end direct provisionWed May 05 2021 - 21:03
Unpublished Bobby Sands poem among hundreds of items in new collectionFormer Sinn Féin activist is donating republican prisoners’ letters and poems to UL lecturerWed May 05 2021 - 10:44
Letters from the H-blocks: tiny notes from Bobby Sands and Gerry Adams foundSome of the letters give insights into prisoners’ thinking as hunger strikes loomedWed May 05 2021 - 01:00
Tenants face jail after refusing to leave rented homesPepper Finance to tell court that 12 households have no legal right to remain in situMon May 03 2021 - 21:00
Calls for clarity on whether abortion an ‘urgent’ medical serviceAdvocacy group says confusion over travel rights causing upset at distressing timeMon May 03 2021 - 01:00
Over 20,000 register to access free period products from LidlRetailer providing monthly coupons for tampons and sanitary towels through app to combat period povertySun May 02 2021 - 21:59
Stardust families’ rights breached by ‘unlawful’ failure to provide legal aidSolicitor will seek judicial review if inquest delays over funding not resolved in coming weeksMon Apr 26 2021 - 08:16
Former Debenhams workers ‘in shock’ after removal from picketGardaí arrest four protesters as liquidators KPMG remove stock from Henry Street shopFri Apr 23 2021 - 20:28
St Helen’s tenants vow to stay on as ban on evictions liftedRemaining residents not optimistic about finding new homes during pandemicFri Apr 23 2021 - 12:10
Hard-hitting report scathing about need to reform Coroners’ Courts systemSystem ‘decreasingly fit for purpose’ and creating ‘human rights violations’, says studyWed Apr 21 2021 - 00:19
Prison university project to ‘bring third-level to those furthest away from it’‘Every person should be offered the chance of an education, the right to a chance for change’Mon Apr 19 2021 - 07:06
Lack of papers for fishermen rescued off Cork coast under investigation‘State has failed’ two Egyptian workers hired without work permits, says advocate bodyMon Apr 19 2021 - 04:45
More than a third of homeless people have been sexually assaultedInterviews with 100 homeless people provide harrowing insights into perilous livesMon Apr 19 2021 - 00:01
Dublin school criticised over refusal to let three pupils with disabilities sit LCAJunior minister accuses Clonturk college of ‘failing to be inclusive’ over the issueThu Apr 15 2021 - 01:00
Remains of 19 women who died at mother and baby home remain missingUrgent calls to halt housing development until Bessborough lands are examinedWed Apr 14 2021 - 21:00
Mother and baby homes: Bill on burials ‘far short’ of what was promised, committee toldCoroners must be involved in excavation process, Oireachtas committee hearsWed Apr 14 2021 - 14:37
Remains of mothers and babies should be ‘returned’ to familiesMass graves should be protected and preserved, Oireachtas committee to be toldWed Apr 14 2021 - 04:01
Former Debenhams workers protest a year on from closure‘We were devastated,’ says former shop steward at march outside Henry Street branchFri Apr 09 2021 - 20:48
St Vincent de Paul calls for charity shops to be classed as ‘essential service’Poorest households cannot afford high-street or online shops for clothes or homewareWed Apr 07 2021 - 19:44
Circus owners fear the big top might fold for goodCircus families say they are being unfairly treated when it comes to Covid-19 supportsWed Apr 07 2021 - 18:00
Debenhams workers live with the trauma of liquidation one year onBitter dispute appears near resolution after a year of protests and picketsWed Apr 07 2021 - 01:00
Irish opera singer Veronica Dunne dies aged 93Operatic community loses highly respected figure and ever-present artist for over 60 yearsMon Apr 05 2021 - 22:21
Seriously injured woman in Limerick road crash diesGardaí investigating and appealing for any witnesses to come forward to Adare collisionMon Apr 05 2021 - 21:10
Man killed after car strikes pillar in Co MeathPassenger taken to hospital with injuriesSun Apr 04 2021 - 23:25
Eight arrested in Dublin in policing around planned anti-lockdown protestArrests were of five men and one woman for breaches of the Health Act, and of two men in relation to public order incidentsSun Apr 04 2021 - 21:54
Weather set to deteriorate with the return of ‘wintry’ conditionsTemperatures are set to slide from balmy weekend highs of 14 degrees to as low as 4Sun Apr 04 2021 - 21:26
Tributes paid to ‘caring’ Carrickmines teenager who died in SpainSixteen-year-old Allanah Dunn sustained head injuries after fall from wall in GranadaSun Apr 04 2021 - 19:33
IHREC calls for review into dossiers on autistic children to be publishedHuman rights group says concerns raised about State’s approach to disabled peopleWed Mar 31 2021 - 00:01
Covid-19: ‘I don’t understand why it’s so high in Offaly’As walk-in test centre opens locals worry about being ‘left behind’ in any relaxation of restrictionsSat Mar 27 2021 - 02:14
Martin seeks review of department’s gathering of dossiers on childrenIssues raised by whistleblower around use of sensitive information merit examination, says TaoiseachFri Mar 26 2021 - 14:38
Rights of local authority tenants and Travellers violated, European body saysEuropean Committee of Social Rights points to housing and protection breaches of social charterWed Mar 24 2021 - 07:54
Domestic violence rises by third in Dublin’s north inner-cityGarda figures show incidents up 14% on same period in 2020 across city while other crimes fallTue Mar 23 2021 - 19:31
Many schools struggling to help pupils readjust to organised educationSome children spent lockdown without enough food in overcrowded accommodationMon Mar 22 2021 - 01:00
Woman with eating disorder appeals for accessible specialist services‘There should be beds for all people who need them, not just those who have health insurance’Mon Mar 22 2021 - 01:00
South Dublin tenants to be evicted after ‘reaching end of line’Dún Laoghaire case highlights use of sale and refurbishment ‘loopholes’ – Boyd BarrettMon Mar 15 2021 - 00:50
No equality between men and women until gender-based violence is tackled – expertIssue ‘propelled’ on to Citizens’ Assembly’s agenda as it appeared so often in public submissionsSat Mar 13 2021 - 03:15
Poor council housing: ‘It’s like Angela’s Ashes in here sometimes’Tenants in Dublin, Cork and Limerick still face ‘dire conditions’ despite European rulingThu Mar 11 2021 - 03:00
Girls aged 9-13 who fight with mothers at higher risk of depression, study findsReport is latest tranche in ESRI and Trinity College Dublin’s Growing Up in Ireland projectThu Mar 11 2021 - 00:01
Social housing delivery more than a third short of target in 2020Level 5 construction restrictions had ‘adverse effect’ on delivery, department saysTue Mar 09 2021 - 20:04
Taking workplace equality cases ‘out of many people’s reach’Women ‘being held back’ by prohibitive cost of taking discrimination, harassment casesMon Mar 08 2021 - 00:01
More than 40% of those on probation had mental health diagnosis, report showsProviding for people with mental illness within justice system a priority, minister saysThu Mar 04 2021 - 21:46
Local authority housing rules discriminate against minorities – reportTraveller and non-Irish families being ‘unlawfully’ turned away, says MLRCThu Mar 04 2021 - 06:44
Family law system endangers women and children, report warnsNGO coaltion says abusive parents routinely granted unsupervised access to childrenThu Mar 04 2021 - 03:16
Inner city project fears for future despite ‘good value’ reportTargeted Response Youth programme linked to ‘reduction in anti-social behaviour’Thu Mar 04 2021 - 00:01
Suicides have not increased during pandemic, figures indicateMental health experts warn, however, that the fallout post-Covid could be worse than anticipatedTue Mar 02 2021 - 06:01
Dublin’s suburbs are ‘buzzing, thriving’. Well, some of them areNew outdoor facilities have transformed Blackrock and Dalkey. No such luck for BallymunSat Feb 27 2021 - 06:00