Rise in number of homeless single adults drives climb in overall figuresNumber of families without homes has fallen by 40 per cent over the past yearFri Feb 26 2021 - 16:23
Loneliness increasing more among 18-34 year olds than any other age groupImpact of isolation emerging as ‘very serious public health issue’, says Institute of Public HealthThu Feb 25 2021 - 19:43
Homeless struggling with reduced access to toilets and counselling servicesDisruption to services causing rise in drug relapses and suicidal ideation, study findsWed Feb 24 2021 - 00:01
Reduced school timetables are ‘significant children’s rights issue’, CRA warnsChildren’s alliance says measure is imposed on children, often without parents’ consentTue Feb 23 2021 - 19:08
More than 30 workers with disabilities call on Government to save their jobsRehab announces redundancy plans at logistics facility in LimerickMon Feb 22 2021 - 01:09
Ombudsman calls for ‘Covid dividend’ for childrenOpportunity after pandemic to lift children out of poverty, says Niall MuldoonMon Feb 22 2021 - 00:32
Fostering services in Cork are ‘in crisis’, social workers sayHiqa finds ‘significant gaps’ in services for children in care in the regionTue Feb 16 2021 - 20:28
ESRI officer defends comments on housing scheme amid Government pushbackConor O’Toole faces questioning by housing committee over shared-equity plan concernsTue Feb 16 2021 - 18:17
‘I’ll blow your f**king legs off’: Crime and neglect in Dublin city centreCrime in Dublin’s inner city, a result of decades of neglect, has intensified under lockdownSat Feb 13 2021 - 06:00
‘Why were our children brought into a fire trap?’: Stardust families seek answersFamilies of 48 people killed in nightclub fire 40 years ago have high hopes for new inquestsSat Feb 13 2021 - 05:12
Stardust fire inquests delayed over legal aid rowDepartment has not released any funding, solicitor for bereaved families saysSat Feb 13 2021 - 01:00
HSE to establish 40 vaccination centres across the countryRevised programme to vaccinate the over-70s to begin next weekMon Feb 08 2021 - 03:40
If Dublin used as ‘back door’ to Britain, it will be ‘sorted’ – CoveneyPassengers from Dubai use Dublin Airport to take advantage of travel exemptionsSun Feb 07 2021 - 16:15
Taoiseach warned control of north-inner city Dublin on verge of being lostPoliticians hold talk with community groups after recent rise in violence and intimidationFri Feb 05 2021 - 19:31
‘I was told I would burn in hell if I wrote with my left hand’A Galway man says he has lasting trauma over alleged abuse by Sisters of Mercy nunsMon Feb 01 2021 - 03:00
The future of homelessness: ‘Dublin has become a city of lost souls’The pandemic has hurt Dublin’s poorest in many ways, but has brought improvements tooSat Jan 30 2021 - 06:00
Homeless hostels take action after spike in suicide attemptsStaff receive extra training in effort to stem increasing tendency towards self-harmFri Jan 29 2021 - 17:58
Resident jumped from upstairs bedroom window at Galway disability centre, Hiqa findsReport also refers to ‘unexplained absences’ of resident from Sylvan Services centreFri Jan 29 2021 - 10:40
Drug-linked intimidation has ‘chilling effect’ on inner city areasStudy finds four out of five would not report antisocial behaviour for fear of retaliationTue Jan 26 2021 - 01:00
Special needs school closures: ‘Our children cannot cope’A mother of two children with autism is ‘resentful’ about trade unions’ positionsMon Jan 25 2021 - 01:00
Hiqa finds significant improvements at two special care unitsCrannóg Nua and Ballydowd facilities cater for children detained by court orderThu Jan 21 2021 - 18:28
‘Outside home, school is all he has’: Mother urges help as special schools remain shutMother urges Government to help families in ‘total crisis’ due to schools not reopeningThu Jan 21 2021 - 01:00
Cases of ‘severe’ child neglect discovered during lockdown‘Prolonged closure of schools’ meant teachers were cut off from vulnerable children, report saysMon Jan 18 2021 - 01:11
Women in homes after 1973 must be eligible for mother and baby redress, ex-residents sayNational Women’s Council director says there is ‘no rationale’ for such exclusionFri Jan 15 2021 - 03:33
Survivors insist religious orders must contribute to any redress schemeGovernment has to immediately ensure all survivors have access to their recordsWed Jan 13 2021 - 20:46
Helplines ‘extremely busy’ with calls from ‘devastated’ survivorsDepartment not providing hard copies of mother and baby homes report ‘at this stage’Wed Jan 13 2021 - 19:02
Daily Covid-19 deaths will inevitably increase, says McConkeyOutbreaks of infection in nursing homes increases steadily over past monthMon Jan 11 2021 - 08:31
Deaths from Covid-19 in the State could soon surpass 100 per day, experts warnHospital system under severe pressure as patients in Donegal treated in ambulancesMon Jan 11 2021 - 03:00
PSNI investigate after lorry driver injured by rock thrown from Antrim overpassMan suffered serious facial injuries after rock broke windscreen in Friday night incidentSun Jan 10 2021 - 20:15
Travellers ‘devastated’ as redevelopment of site in doubt againCouncil declares Labre Park in Ballyfermot a flood-zone and unsafe for housingWed Jan 06 2021 - 01:00
Number of homeless single adults increases as overall figures fallThis Christmas likely to be ‘the most challenging’ in 50 years, says Simon CommunityWed Dec 23 2020 - 14:15
Almost €15m spent on Traveller housing, the largest annual spend in decadesEntire budget drawn down for the first time since 2014, but housing need still ‘dire’Wed Dec 23 2020 - 01:00
‘We don’t put mothers in laundries any more, but we are locking them into a bureaucracy’Mothers who asked Tusla to protect their families have ended up losing their childrenSat Dec 19 2020 - 06:00
Almost 3,000 grocery vouchers handed out at Capuchin CentreDecision taken to provide €40 Supervalu vouchers instead of hampers this yearFri Dec 18 2020 - 14:11
Gardaí presence in rape crisis centres may encourage reportingLow levels of crime reporting a cause of ongoing concern, RCNI event hearsWed Dec 16 2020 - 18:57
Legislation for investigations into child sex abuse ‘unfit for purpose’Tusla at risk of conducting ‘ineffective investigations’, warns Government rapporteurWed Dec 16 2020 - 18:01
Self-harm rates among Irish young people ‘strikingly’ highGirls aged 15-19 have highest numbers presenting at hospital with self-harm injuriesFri Dec 11 2020 - 01:00
Many tenants unhappy with how landlords deal with anti-social behaviourSurvey shows 20 per cent of housing association tenants cannot afford to heat homesThu Dec 10 2020 - 10:01
Rights agency head calls for greater appreciation of Traveller cultureProf Michael O’Flaherty urges better gathering of quality data on Travellers’ livesMon Dec 07 2020 - 15:21
Keep up momentum to support older people in their homes, urges Alone‘We don’t want to go back to business as normal,’ says head of charityFri Dec 04 2020 - 19:13
Disabled women call for ‘level-playing field’ in workplacesSpeed of shift to remote working ‘deeply frustrating’ for those seeking change for yearsThu Dec 03 2020 - 18:26
New group forms to counter ‘rise of hate during the pandemic’Coalition aims to provide ‘concerted response to the far right’, says trade unionistThu Dec 03 2020 - 16:13
Track records: Musicians use their platform to raise money for Focus IrelandEleanor McEvoy and Brian Kennedy among artists who will perform at railway stationsTue Dec 01 2020 - 00:09
Restrictions on nursing home visits will ease from next weekOne person allowed see one resident once a week at Levels 3 and 4 under new rulesMon Nov 30 2020 - 19:52
Poultry farmers urged to be on high alert for signs of bird fluVirus highly contagious between birds and can cause death, and so threatens Irish flocksMon Nov 30 2020 - 19:28
Expert warns of impact of domestic violence on childrenDamage to children can last beyond parental separation, Tusla webinar hearsSun Nov 29 2020 - 14:46
Number of homeless single adults in Dublin exceeds 3,000Minister for Housing acknowledges number of homeless people is ‘simply too high’Fri Nov 27 2020 - 18:24
Changes in services needed to encourage homeless women to avail of them – reportMerchants Quay Ireland report says it is easier for homeless fathers to access addiction services than homeless mothersThu Nov 26 2020 - 19:26
Boy (4) left in hospital for over two years due to Tusla and HSE failings, report says‘Distressed’ child was medically fit for discharge, children’s ombudsman saysThu Nov 26 2020 - 00:01
Two men found dead in Dublin city centreGardaí say deaths of men not believed to be linkedWed Nov 25 2020 - 18:01
