Make greater use of compulsory purchase powers, local authorities toldDepartment of Housing urges councils to acquire vacant properties for social housingSat Jul 28 2018 - 05:00
Travellers on roadside or in overcrowded homes increased 66 per cent in 5 yearsDepartment of Housing figures show 585 families living by the side of the roadFri Jul 27 2018 - 19:48
‘I felt it was all my fault’: Mothers describe homeless experience in new documentaryChildren describe anxiety, shame and fear over living in emergency accommodationThu Jul 26 2018 - 17:47
Woman never got over twin’s death in Carrickmines fire, funeral told‘We will never forget you’: Funeral of mother of two Amanda Gilbert takes place in BrayMon Jul 23 2018 - 14:37
Disability rights group calls for ‘drastic increase’ in supportIrish ratification of UN convention on rights for people with disabilities is ‘ironic’Mon Jul 23 2018 - 01:42
Funeral of twin sister of Carrickmines fire victim to take placeService will be held for Amanda Gilbert in Bray following her death on FridayMon Jul 23 2018 - 01:00
Mother who took her own life was devastated by homelessness, event hearsSister of Danielle Carroll addresses inaugural summer school in her honourSat Jul 21 2018 - 22:16
Call for incentives for people to work until aged 70Minister for Employment suggests people save their pensions towards lump sum at 70Sat Jul 21 2018 - 01:00
Galway Travellers living in rat-infested conditions, report findsCouncils accused of breaching their tenants’ international human rightsFri Jul 20 2018 - 00:29
Almost 5,000 children referred to Tusla had no social worker by DecemberAgency’s annual report shows 48 young adults who had left care were homelessThu Jul 19 2018 - 14:23
‘Ask Facebook to leave Ireland if it won’t control content’Dr Mary Aiken says asking company to self-regulate like asking drink drivers to award themselves penalty pointsThu Jul 19 2018 - 11:54
Government may fine firms over standards of decency onlineVaradkar raises prospect of penalties after revelationsThu Jul 19 2018 - 00:00
Naughten set for Facebook meeting over violent materialMinister for Communications to hold talks with social network over ‘Dispatches’ exposéWed Jul 18 2018 - 16:48
Council to consider construction of log cabin homes in gardensDublin couple have been ordered by Bord Pleanála to take down log cabin they call homeMon Jul 16 2018 - 01:00
Meghan Markle is far from a feminist iconOpinion: 'Suits' actor quit her career to marry into one of the world’s most patriarchal institutionsSat Jul 14 2018 - 06:00
Older people cannot find smaller homes to move to, report findsAlone report says over 120,000 homes for older people needed between now and 2031Thu Jul 12 2018 - 20:43
Homeless crisis ‘damaging fabric of society’ – Focus IrelandSr Stan says society invited to see homeless people as ‘other’ and ‘undeserving’Thu Jul 12 2018 - 17:19
Varadkar says tech firms ‘very attuned’ to child safety issuesTaoiseach thought it unnecessary to put legal onus on service providers in online safety planWed Jul 11 2018 - 18:12
Online proposals have no sanctions against service providersChild safety plans set out 25 ‘targets’ around five ‘goals’Wed Jul 11 2018 - 18:11
Traveller halting site gets approval from Fingal councillorsCoolquay village residents ‘very disappointed’ at decision to facilitate new DAA runwayMon Jul 09 2018 - 22:22
Row over proposed Traveller halting site in north DublinCoolquay locals say site is ‘highly unsuitable’ as it is a flood plainMon Jul 09 2018 - 02:00
Private rented sector needs ‘serious reform’ to solve homelessnessReport says families describe getting a rapid-build home like ‘winning the Lotto’Mon Jul 09 2018 - 00:01
Teenager rescued from sea at SuttonHelicopter and lifeboat crew save boy who got into trouble swimming at Burrow BeachSun Jul 08 2018 - 20:43
Dublin’s true social divide is revealed by housing mapNew interactive resource shows the city’s social and economic divisions in stark detailSat Jul 07 2018 - 05:00
New housing data map could ‘revolutionise’ public understandingData brings together sales prices, rents, locations, social housing and private rented levelsSat Jul 07 2018 - 05:00
Lone parents forced into work by policy changes lost incomeAbout 99% of recipients of the One Parent Family payment are womenThu Jul 05 2018 - 00:02
Call for Oireachtas group to consider ‘reparations’ for TravellersNew cross-party Oireachtas group to look at improving life for TravellersTue Jul 03 2018 - 21:38
Homeless families reluctant to accept HAP tenanciesFamilies could later apply for council house, Minister for Housing insistsTue Jul 03 2018 - 19:25
After the Eighth: A fatal foetal diagnosis, but too sick to travel‘It was awful ... I was wanting something bad to happen to me so they’d induce me’Mon Jul 02 2018 - 00:16
Homeless families: ‘Often they have nowhere to go after 5pm’Focus Ireland opens Dublin service for those unsure where they will sleep until late at nightSat Jun 30 2018 - 09:48
Young LGBT people keen on more gender neutrality, strategy states‘No-one in this country should feel isolated, discriminated against or bullied’Fri Jun 29 2018 - 19:03
Three more strike days planned at Lloyd’s pharmacies over payOver 200 of the company’s mainly female staff will strike for three hours on FridayThu Jun 28 2018 - 21:27
15 abortions carried out in Irish hospitals in 2017Number fell markedly compared with the previous three years of the operation of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy ActThu Jun 28 2018 - 18:54
International report highlights use of videos in Jobstown trialInternational Network of Civil Liberties Organisations report published in GenevaWed Jun 27 2018 - 22:02
Residents vow to resist eviction order over fire safety issueHouseholders in Leeside apartments in Cork say repairs could be done with tenants in situTue Jun 26 2018 - 19:53
Ireland’s asylum system: ‘A two-tier system has clearly emerged’State failing commitment to give sanctuary to 4,000 people fleeing war, poverty – reportMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:35
Hundreds with intellectual disabilities still in institutions despite pledgeHSE commitment failing, as just over 650 of 2,370 adults moved from group homesMon Jun 25 2018 - 01:29
Almost 75% of drugs offences last year were ‘possession for personal use’Group says State resources could be used better helping drug-users and tackling serious drug crimeSun Jun 24 2018 - 20:10
Staff strike over pay and conditions at 34 Lloyd’s pharmacy branches‘I’m on €11 an hour and I haven’t had a raise in five years,’ says one strikerFri Jun 22 2018 - 18:12
‘Mistreatment of survivors’ of institutional abuse a ‘greater national shame’‘Caranua failed. As a former board member I can state this with the utmost truth and confidence’Thu Jun 21 2018 - 19:22
Tusla cannot eliminate all risk to children: it needs our supportHelping vulnerable families starts with tackling disadvantage in societyThu Jun 21 2018 - 02:00
Homeless families refuse tenancies in private sector, report findsMany stay in emergency accommodation until they can secure a local authority homeWed Jun 20 2018 - 05:00
Failings at Tusla leave children at risk of sex abuseDamning health watchdog report calls for urgent action at child protection agencyWed Jun 20 2018 - 00:10
Tusla ‘does not always learn from mistakes,’ chief executive admitsFred McBride says a repeat of Sgt Maurice McCabe errors ‘highly unlikely’Tue Jun 19 2018 - 20:06
‘Why are young mothers taking their own lives?’Women in some of the poorest parts of Dublin are taking their lives in the same numbers as men for the first timeSun Jun 17 2018 - 19:42
Safety concerns delay improvement works at St Mary’s halting siteFourteen families face rodent problems and issues with water and electricitySat Jun 16 2018 - 01:00
Traveller family accuses Dublin City Council of destroying homeAnn and Michael Connors say they were alerted while in a mediation meetingThu Jun 14 2018 - 21:31
Children being failed on mental health and housing – ombudsmanReports highlights problems with suicide prevention, direct provision, Tusla and HSEWed Jun 13 2018 - 00:01
Housing Assistance Payments bands ‘need to be changed’Homeless families in Dublin willing to move county are missing out on propertiesMon Jun 11 2018 - 01:00
Young people with disabilities are ‘being trapped in nursing homes’Disability Federation of Ireland warns of human rights violations over PA shortageMon Jun 11 2018 - 00:52
