Surge in child ADHD diagnoses sees two HSE areas contain half of spiralling waiting listsMary Butler said two HSE areas were now bearing 50 per cent of the national waiting listThu Apr 10 2025 - 06:00
‘He was kept locked in a room with a leg-shackle until the 1980s’: Stories from Ireland’s state-run asylumsState-run asylums were Ireland’s ‘largest form of institutional confinement’ but they have never been subjected to a statutory inquiry into the treatment of their patientsSat Apr 05 2025 - 06:00
African, Brazilian communities ‘lack trust’ in gardaí, believe force takes ‘lenient’ attitude to racist attacks, report saysPolicing Authority-funded report calls for law prohibiting ‘racial profiling’ as Garda defends its record on community policingMon Mar 31 2025 - 20:47
Housing ‘segregation’ emerging in Dublin between Irish and immigrants, report says The new study funded by the Housing Agency says ‘housing challenges faced by migrants highlight stark inequalities’Fri Mar 28 2025 - 17:11
Vulnerable adults suffered skin infections in nursing home where bed linen could not be properly cleaned - reportHiqa found provider in Co Tipperary centre could not ensure a ‘safe, appropriate, consistent’ serviceThu Mar 27 2025 - 14:19
How Ireland’s new asylum regime is set to workNew plan for handling international protection applications envisages just one appeal attempt per personWed Mar 26 2025 - 14:33
On-street food kitchens for Dublin’s homeless to be regulated with ‘casual trading’ licencesProposed on-street food service bylaws also include food-safety standards and Garda-vetting for volunteersMon Mar 24 2025 - 06:00
Male sex assault victim: If I was a woman my employer ‘would have taken it more seriously’Rape Crisis Ireland says too often adult male survivors feel ‘particularly isolated’ when sexually assaultedSun Mar 23 2025 - 20:31
‘Delighted’: School that dismissed Enoch Burke wins inclusivity awardWilson’s Hospital among 44 schools and centres recognised by LGBTQ+ youth advocacy group Belong ToFri Mar 21 2025 - 06:00
Father of Cameron Blair criticises ‘cloak’ of anonymity granted to murdererNoel Blair says criminal justice system ‘works in favour’ of offendersThu Mar 20 2025 - 13:53
‘By 1925 Catholic Ireland was coming and the madams saw the writing on the wall’: Centenary of the Monto red light district’s endA midnight raid and 120 arrests were followed by a Legion of Mary procession as the church and state asserted themselvesSat Mar 08 2025 - 06:00
Refuge provider calls for single 999-style phone line for women fleeing abuseSonas Housing turned away 376 women and 750 children last year due to a lack of spaceTue Mar 04 2025 - 20:08
Abusers using data protection law to get details on victimsCharity accuses Tusla of giving sensitive information to alleged abuser, saying data rules are ‘unsafe’Tue Mar 04 2025 - 06:00
Co-housing project for over 55s could ‘free-up’ thousands of family homesCo-housing Communities Ireland aims to fill gap in housing market it says is faced by middle-aged, older peopleMon Mar 03 2025 - 01:00
‘He destroyed our world.’ Danielle McLaughlin’s family on the murder of a ‘brilliant big sister’Vikat Bhagat has been jailed for brutally killing the Donegal woman in India but her family want an inquest in Ireland Sat Mar 01 2025 - 06:00
Young homeless woman who left State care six months ago feels ‘scared’ amid council housing changeFor social housing applications, Dublin City Council has paused the priority status for people leaving care. At least one young woman has been left in a troubling limboFri Feb 28 2025 - 06:00
List of convicted sex offenders to be published publicly like tax offenders listMinister for Justice will also move to remove guardianship rights from parent who kills child’s other parentWed Feb 26 2025 - 12:36
Spiralling numbers being diagnosed with disabilities will have ‘significant impact’ on social welfare spendExpenditure on disability income supports up from €3.5 billion in 2010 to €6 billion in 2025Mon Feb 24 2025 - 06:00
The low-cost vet clinic providing a lifeline to pets whose owners are under strainBlue Cross is ‘busier than ever’ amid fears rising costs are leading to pet abandonmentTue Feb 18 2025 - 06:04
Dublin stabbing: Gardaí seized 2,150 knives last yearJim O’Callaghan condemns city-centre violence that led to the death of an asylum applicantMon Feb 17 2025 - 06:00
Man (34) killed in Dublin stabbing is named as asylum seeker from NigeriaMinister for Justice says those responsible for fatal attack on South Anne Street will be tracked downSun Feb 16 2025 - 17:14
A decade on, no change in mouldy cold, draughty conditions in Traveller homesThe Irish Times visited Kilbarry housing scheme in Waterford in 2015. Upon return, such conditions are still found to be prevalentSat Feb 15 2025 - 06:00
Garda accused of ‘really shocking’ failure to provide files on Dublin-Monaghan bombingsPolice Ombudsman of Northern Ireland also accused of ‘passing the parcel’ Tue Feb 11 2025 - 17:12
Social housing targets need ‘adequate funding’, officials tell MinisterLocal authorities and Approved Housing Bodies (AHBs) are ‘approaching capacity’ under existing resourcingFri Feb 07 2025 - 20:26
Dublin councils accused of co-ordinating to deny Travellers transient halting sitesCapital’s four local authorities says there is no agreement among Travellers on where such temporary accommodation should be putTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:30
Human rights group was right to sue State over lack of accommodation for asylum seekers, says O’GormanState now appealing High Court ruling that it breached rights of homeless international protection applicantsTue Feb 04 2025 - 06:00
‘It’s a sensitive subject in a small town’: Portiuncula maternity services review sparks local concern HSE is conducting external reviews into delivery of nine babies at Ballinasloe hospital Sat Feb 01 2025 - 05:00
Key people ‘too often’ excluded from conversations on how best to revitalise Dublin, architect believesA two-day conference at Dublin Castle this week aims to examine how cities can ‘promote inclusion, foster connections and unlock their full potential for all inhabitants’Thu Jan 30 2025 - 06:00
‘A vanity project for academics’: Protest at plans to turn Magdalene laundry site into national memorialSurvivors oppose plans to turn the Victorian redbrick building on Sean MacDermott Street into a museumWed Jan 29 2025 - 18:06
Children at Dublin creche given medication without parents’ signed consentInspection at Crumlin Childcare Centre found children in cold and dirty conditionsWed Jan 22 2025 - 18:42
A fifth of homelessness budget should be spent on prevention measures, Threshold saysCharity says landlords are taking advantage of the rent pressure zones systemWed Jan 22 2025 - 06:00
‘Tonight we had 470 meals, they all went’: Dublin soup kitchen offers essential help but faces uncertain future Soup kitchen run by Muslim Sisters of Éire among estimated 24 voluntary on-street facilities targeted for regulation under controversial planSun Jan 19 2025 - 17:35
Programme for government aims for ‘step change’ in disability servicesViews are mixed among disabled people and their allies as to whether the programme promises progress, with some critical of ‘regressive’ toneFri Jan 17 2025 - 06:00
Over 100 people use supervised Merchants Quay Ireland drug-injection facility within first monthChief executive Eddie Mullins says opening marks ‘momentous shift in policy in how we treat some of our most marginalised and stigmatised people’Thu Jan 16 2025 - 19:06
Poorest children in North live in lower-income homes but less deprived than those in poverty in RepublicBetter public services, more widely available benefits and lower housing costs in Northern Ireland provide better protection to children in poverty, ESRI report indicatesThu Jan 16 2025 - 06:00
Hundreds of public housing units ‘lost due to regeneration delays’ Communities in once-vibrant Dublin 8 flat complexes left without long-promised homes, seminar to be toldTue Jan 14 2025 - 20:00
‘Poverty has no mercy’: Sleeping rough in Dublin in sub-zero temperatures Outreach teams and soup kitchens provide much-needed food, cold-weather packs and community on the capital’s freezing streetsFri Jan 10 2025 - 06:00
Homeless fathers ‘not seen as fathers’ by services, pushing them farther from children - reportMany men categorised as ‘single adults without dependents’ are fathers may or may not share custody of childrenMon Jan 06 2025 - 06:00
Number of homeless people passes 15,000 for first time since records beganSome 4,658 children are in emergency accommodation as Darragh O’Brien says addressing crisis is ‘an absolute priority’Fri Jan 03 2025 - 16:32
Breakfast clubs in Deis primary schools: ‘If it wasn’t here and you’d had no breakfast you’d be on the yard hungry’Calls increasing for expansion of breakfast clubs to all Deis primary schools amid rising deprivationWed Jan 01 2025 - 01:00
More than one million Irish passports issued during 2024Current indications are that upwards of 940,000 passports will be sought and issued this yearWed Jan 01 2025 - 00:00
Leinster House usher killed while cycling was ‘a proud Cabra man’ dedicated to his family, funeral toldDerek Doyle, a former Defence Forces member who served overseas, described as a true friend who ‘poured his heart into everything he did’Tue Dec 31 2024 - 13:17
Capuchin vouchers: ‘I have four kids and two grandkids - this is for St Stephen’s Day dinner’Queue for €50 grocery vouchers began before 4am with over 2,500 distributed by 8.30amFri Dec 20 2024 - 10:38
Concerns raised about community mental health care following death of ‘vulnerable’ young womanCaoimhe Ni Dhuibhinn, of Swords Co Dublin, was giving evidence at the inquest into the death of Siobhán Casey-Ni Dhuibhinn (26) at Beaumont Hospital on 8th November 2023.Thu Dec 19 2024 - 19:29
Proportion of children who are ‘happy with the way they are’ falls ‘substantially’Government report shows school absenteeism more than doubled at primary levelThu Dec 19 2024 - 06:30
Opening of first medically supervised injection facility marks ‘momentous shift in policy’Merchants Quay Ireland CEO says facility will save lives, reduce harm and decrease drug-related litterTue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
‘I have never really had sex not for money’: Woman hopes new injecting facility can allow some dignity‘Amber’ believes the new medically supervised injecting facility at Merchants Quay will ‘change her life’Tue Dec 17 2024 - 06:00
Attitudes to Traveller and Roma people more negative among middle class than working class - studyResidents of affluent areas less comfortable with having Travellers as neighbours, ESRI reports findsTue Dec 17 2024 - 00:01
Those who missed out on Capuchin Christmas food hampers will be ‘looked after’, says chief executiveDonations increase to charity which provides assistance to those in need in Dublin after staff ran out of food parcels and hamper tickets on WednesdayThu Dec 12 2024 - 19:00
‘We have never run out this early’: People ‘distraught’ after missing out on Capuchin Christmas food parcel ticketsPeople ‘distraught’ on missing out after all 3,000 parcels are distributed by shortly after 9.30amWed Dec 11 2024 - 12:55
