Zappone: Poorest families will not lose out over new childcare support schemeSingle parents’ support group expresses scepticism over Minister’s promiseSun Apr 14 2019 - 19:32
Some poorer single parents may be forced to give up work due to childcare reformsChanges to subsidised childcare programmes will see some parents lose up to €80 a weekFri Apr 12 2019 - 01:00
Three million phone calls made to Samaritans since 2014Majority of calls to charity relate to mental health, isolation and family issuesMon Apr 01 2019 - 06:00
One in 10 households pay over 60% of income on rentSocial Justice Ireland says economic benefits ‘distributed in grossly unequal fashion’Mon Apr 01 2019 - 00:30
Fan reportedly removed from rugby match for alleged sectarian abuseLeinster Rugby urges people not to focus on ‘isolated’ incident in statementSun Mar 31 2019 - 20:52
CSO considers sexual-orientation question on 2026 censusQuestion asking whether someone is heterosexual, lesbian, gay or bisexual is being tested in quarterly household surveyThu Mar 28 2019 - 11:06
Calls for decriminalisation of personal drug useBy treating drug addiction as a health issue, crime would be reduced, say supportersWed Mar 27 2019 - 19:18
Pioneering midwife Philomena Canning diesPromoter of home births had a long running legal dispute with the HSESat Mar 23 2019 - 13:25
Mothers of children with foetal valproate syndrome demand public inquiryWomen want to know why they were not warned of the risks of taking an anti-epilepsy drug while pregnantFri Mar 22 2019 - 20:33
Barnardos: Greater ‘realism’ needed on vulnerable children‘My hope is to shift the public and then the political discourse,’ says charity’s chiefFri Mar 22 2019 - 00:15
Transgender woman settles out of court after being refused service in a pubSonia Kolasinska was told to leave Madigan’s bar on O’Connell StreetTue Mar 19 2019 - 01:08
Barnardos to close its campaigning departmentChanges, redundancies necessary due to gaps in State funding – chief executiveTue Mar 19 2019 - 01:00
Ban rhetoric that dehumanises Muslims, says leading clericCommunity in Ireland fearful after New Zealand massacre because Islamophobia ‘ignored’Sat Mar 16 2019 - 16:12
More Dublin hubs planned as homelessness projected to worsenFacilities planned for families and older people as issue to grow for at least three yearsWed Mar 13 2019 - 19:28
Childcare cases are being heard alongside criminal cases ‘in overcrowded courts’New CCLRP review finds lack of privacy and unsuitable conditions for family law casesMon Mar 11 2019 - 00:54
Mobile health units to assess sexual assault victims to be rolled outGovernment holds special Cabinet meeting on gender equality, ratification of Istanbul ConventionFri Mar 08 2019 - 19:59
Government ratifies Istanbul Convention obliging it to tackle violence against womenWomen’s Aid says move is ‘major milestone in tackling domestic, sexual and gender based violence’Fri Mar 08 2019 - 11:41
Funding has not run out for home loan scheme, says Minister for HousingMemo instructing Department of Housing not to take more applications under scheme was never seen by Eoghan MurphyWed Mar 06 2019 - 18:32
A community project for Communion season’s best-dressedBallymun Child and Family Resource Centre’s first pop-up Communion-wear shop is big successWed Mar 06 2019 - 00:26
Couple in damp house cannot get fuel allowance because income is €9 too highElderly pair, who have chronic illnesses, also turned down for insulation and housing grantsTue Mar 05 2019 - 00:08
Possibility of providing free contraception to be examinedMinister keen that working group reviews the obstacles to people using birth controlMon Mar 04 2019 - 00:01
Teenager’s hospital discharge delay due to lack of care servicesMorgan D'Arcy has been an inpatient at Crumlin children's hospital for five yearsSat Mar 02 2019 - 01:00
Independent midwife Philomena Canning asks to be let ‘die in peace’Terminally ill midwife sought speedy settlement against HSE to buy anti-cancer drugFri Mar 01 2019 - 17:41
Housing aid payment vital for 80,000 families, PAC hearsSpend on housing payment schemes ‘going directly to the private market’ to hit €423mThu Feb 28 2019 - 18:28
Report calls for ‘innovative thinking’ to match housing to older people’s needsEnglish says within five years half of all new apartments and one third of new housing will have to be suitable for older peopleWed Feb 27 2019 - 20:11
Number of homeless children increases by 10% in past yearTotal number of people listed as homeless across the State is now just under 10,000Wed Feb 27 2019 - 18:17
Council seeks to evict Travellers from west Dublin siteCampaigners say move is in breach of agreement to postpone Balgaddy eviction plansWed Feb 27 2019 - 15:25
Elderly Dublin City Council tenants protest poor conditionsRefurbishment of draughty and mouldy flats cancelled after councillors’ voteWed Feb 27 2019 - 01:00
‘I can’t afford to think about healthy eating’ – a mother’s lifeNo Child 2020: In the world’s ‘most food-secure’ country, 140,000 children have inadequate dietsSat Feb 23 2019 - 06:00
Travellers feel they have been 'left to die' on rat-infested site‘We don’t want to live like this, but we have nowhere else to go.’Mon Feb 11 2019 - 01:00
Guests on new Traveller-led channel to include Peter CaseyPresidential candidate saw popularity rise after controversial remarks about Traveller cultureFri Feb 01 2019 - 02:10
Death of woman from sepsis examined by three separate inquiries‘Serious questions to be answered’, says National Women’s Council of Ireland directorFri Feb 01 2019 - 00:21
Woman (24) who died a week after giving birth had sepsis, says coronerKaren McEvoy’s partner calls for inquiry into her death in Naas hospital on Christmas DayThu Jan 31 2019 - 00:08
Housing crisis ‘forcing families to choose between food and rent’Children’s Rights Alliance warns of impact of homelessness on education and healthWed Jan 30 2019 - 14:55
Families of women who died in childbirth left in the dark, says midwifePartner of Karen McEvoy, who died on Christmas Day, not given ‘any information’Wed Jan 30 2019 - 00:16
Woman (24) died on Christmas Day one week after giving birthPartner says he has 'to be mammy and daddy now' to their three childrenTue Jan 29 2019 - 03:00
Man calls for independent investigation into partner’s deathKaren McEvoy (24) died a week after giving birth at Coombe hospitalTue Jan 29 2019 - 03:00
Donegal ‘plunged into grief’ after four die in crashYoung friends who died in ‘devastating’ incident near Gortahork described as ‘lovely lads’Mon Jan 28 2019 - 18:50
Traveller accommodation remains inadequate, says Council of EuropeSocial rights committee also notes continued violations on trade union rules for gardaíThu Jan 24 2019 - 00:01
The inquest is over but is anything going to change for Travellers?Number of Traveller families living in unsafe conditions has risen since Carrickmines fireTue Jan 22 2019 - 20:05
What is child poverty and why must we try to solve it?No Child 2020: Not everyone has enough to eat in Ireland. But poverty is more complex than thatSat Jan 19 2019 - 06:01
Woman refused abortion says she was told of fatal abnormalityCoombe says medics not of opinion foetus would die before or within 28 days of birthSat Jan 19 2019 - 03:00
Coombe letter refusing abortion ‘suggests chilling effect’ of lawCouple say they were told anomaly was fatal before hospital dubbed it ‘complex anomaly’Sat Jan 19 2019 - 03:00
Free meals every day for the Finnish kids. A packet of noodles for the Irish kidsNo Child 2020: Ireland and Finland take different approaches to single working mothersSat Jan 19 2019 - 01:00
Woman ‘refused’ abortion will travel to United Kingdom‘This is not what the people of Ireland voted for. This is not what I voted for’Fri Jan 18 2019 - 01:10
Parents who regularly take three or more drinks a day may be abusing childrenAddiction specialist warns parents on impact of their drinking on familyThu Jan 17 2019 - 16:38
Homeless family drive 160km to and from school every dayPatricia and William Maguire are living with their five children in emergency accommodation in WicklowWed Jan 16 2019 - 02:00
Stand-off over Traveller families occupying site reaches stalemateSouth Dublin County Council says it has no duty of care for families, who have 28 childrenFri Jan 11 2019 - 19:29
Traveller family with 28 children to be evicted from west Dublin siteSouth Dublin County Council says it has no ‘duty of care’ as family are not from the areaThu Jan 10 2019 - 17:28
Minister vows to improve living conditions on Traveller sitesLocal councils failing to deliver on agreed targets may be subject to financial sanctionFri Jan 04 2019 - 01:58
