Right to work in direct provision must be addressed, says ex-judgeBan on working is ‘harmful’ and leaves people ‘hollowed out’, says Dr Bryan McMahonThu Jun 08 2017 - 20:40
Review of Traveller accommodation to be carried outThe 1998 Act has been criticised for failing to brings sanctions against councilsWed Jun 07 2017 - 00:20
Better-educated women ‘find it harder’ to meet partnerStudy reveals growing social isolation and lower levels of wellbeing among older womenTue Jun 06 2017 - 00:00
Council to evict 10 Traveller families from Galway halting siteFamilies given less than three weeks’ notice to leave severely overcrowded siteSat Jun 03 2017 - 01:00
Government has tough choice on jobs for asylum seekersState must allow free access to jobs for asylum seekers or bring in a restrictive regimeWed May 31 2017 - 01:00
Oireachtas committee hears call on Caranaua chief executive to resign‘We make mistakes...and when that happens we say we’re sorry’, responds Mary HigginsTue May 30 2017 - 21:54
Parents at south Dublin school appeal to religious founders not to sell landConcern more schools could be under pressure to give up land for housingMon May 29 2017 - 01:00
Coveney criticises authority after families sent to Garda stationsMinister ‘annoyed’ at failure to provide beds having given ‘blank cheque’ to executiveFri May 26 2017 - 15:44
Homelessness crisis: Is the Government incompetent or disingenuous?Analysis: Rent control and security of tenure among key solutionsFri May 26 2017 - 01:00
Homeless, bedless and outside a Garda station at 10.30pmDesperate hotel search sees mother, father and two young children run out of optionsThu May 25 2017 - 21:08
Homelessness crisis envelops a spiralling number of childrenLaw must protect them, say Focus Ireland and Ombudsman for ChildrenThu May 25 2017 - 20:48
Homeless families with nowhere to sleep sent to Garda stationsNo other accommodation for 12 homeless families, including more than 30 childrenThu May 25 2017 - 01:00
Homeless in ‘family hubs’ long term ‘should complain’Families to be moved from hotels and into ex-religious buildings from next monthTue May 23 2017 - 15:56
New strategy fails to address key education and housing issues for TravellersTraveller and Roma communities ‘suffered disproportionately’ from financial crisisTue May 23 2017 - 12:14
‘Traumatised’ abuse survivor getting loan to pay back redress moneyWilliam Gorry hurt by remarks from Caranua chief about survivorsMon May 22 2017 - 01:00
Caranua used survivors’ redress funds to pay for officesIndependents4Change TDs ‘inundated’ with complaints about independent State bodyMon May 22 2017 - 01:00
Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran TD reveals bid to take his own lifeMember of Independent Alliance speaks out about his problems with literacy, dyslexiaFri May 19 2017 - 23:35
Enda Kenny: political pragmatist or progressive social leader?Taoiseach handled divisive social issues, but only when it was safe to do soThu May 18 2017 - 21:00
Research finds 95% success from abortion pills bought onlineBritish Medical Journal publishes findings suggesting abortion pills are safe alternativeTue May 16 2017 - 23:30
Fianna Fáil to consider ‘friendly vulture fund’ proposalFund would buy distressed mortgages from banks and let the homes back to occupiersTue May 16 2017 - 16:58
Female councillors rail against absence of paid maternity leaveChange ‘essential’ if young women are to be attracted into politics, they saySun May 14 2017 - 19:47
Psychological abuse exposed as leaving deepest scarsUL researcher reveals specific form of mental cruelty harder for children to make sense ofFri May 12 2017 - 00:01
We must empower communities blighted by drugs, not blame themIt is easier to blame communities for their problems than to risk helping themMon May 08 2017 - 01:46
Wicklow council appeals to church over eviction of vulnerable menPentecostal denomination Irish Assemblies of God issues notice to 30 recovering addictsMon May 08 2017 - 01:00
Irish Pharmacy Union calls for decriminalisation of drugs for personal useUnion votes in favour of a motion calling for possession to be treated as a health issueSun May 07 2017 - 20:07
Crowds protest religious ownership of new maternity hospitalMore than 1,500 attend demonstration while petition receives 100,000 signaturesSun May 07 2017 - 18:26
Temporary housing: ‘We’re still not in our community. Still homeless’Case study: ‘The longest we can stay here is 18 months. The stress is less but it’s not gone’Fri May 05 2017 - 19:54
Number of families in Dublin homeless for at least two years has doubledDublin Region Homeless Executive data shows homeless for 18-24 months has trebledFri May 05 2017 - 17:56
Crises in child protection services flagged by health watchdogHiqa urges more robust safeguards across key areas for children and vulnerable adultsTue May 02 2017 - 20:16
Up to 30 men recovering from addiction face homelessnessGreystones building which accommodates their supported housing is being soldTue May 02 2017 - 01:00
Abortion movement has been hijacked by the middle classThe Repeal campaign should be challenging political and economic inequalitiesMon May 01 2017 - 01:11
'Are we just going to end up homeless every year?'Amanda Barnes (23) and her three children face homelessness despite using the schemeFri Apr 28 2017 - 11:18
Abandonment of ‘Grace’ for 20 years has cost her dearlyHigh Court award of €6.3m just part of huge cost to both ‘Grace’ and the taxpayerFri Apr 28 2017 - 01:00
Housing Assistance Payment risks homelessness - expertsHousing support payment ‘not a long-term guarantee of a secure home’ - Focus managerFri Apr 28 2017 - 01:00
Asylum seeker sues HSE over failure to provide ‘life-saving termination’Woman known as Ms Y had been raped in her own country and was suicidalThu Apr 27 2017 - 22:15
Number of homeless children reaches record highNew figures shows 2,137 children in emergency accommodation in DublinTue Apr 25 2017 - 20:11
Number sleeping rough in Dublin rises 35% in 12 monthsCampaigners call for ‘stronger interventions’ with more than 5,300 homeless in capitalTue Apr 25 2017 - 17:53
Epilim in pregnancy: ‘Every woman should be told the risks’Mother recalls shock at learning anti-epilepsy medication led to children’s ilnessesTue Apr 25 2017 - 01:29
Call for audit of pregnant women who took anti-epilepsy drugFACS Forum says 400 children may have been born with foetal valproate syndromeTue Apr 25 2017 - 01:12
Illegal abortion: ‘I was cold and frightened. I was shaking’Woman recalls procedure in 1960s London, saying it is important to share storiesSun Apr 23 2017 - 21:58
Howlin says new site may be needed for maternity hospitalProposed hospital has to be free of any specific religious ethos, says Micheál MartinSun Apr 23 2017 - 20:54
Decriminalisation of all drugs for personal use consideredGrowing calls in recent years for the decriminalisation of drugs for personal useThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:43
Caranua chief withdraws comments which offended abuse victimsMary Higgins tells Dáil committee she regrets way her ‘comments were presented’Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:41
Organisation for ‘vulnerable’ adults receives 7,500 reports of abuseNewly established National Safeguarding Committee says problem is ‘very widespread’Thu Apr 20 2017 - 16:38
Simon Harris backs families over disability service allegationsSunbeam House Services accused of abuse and neglect by clients’ relativesThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
Clondalkin fire victim making ‘slow progress’, says relativeBridget ‘Biddy’ O’Brien in critical but stable condition after blaze in Dublin apartmentThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
Over 870 alleged historic abuse cases have no social workerRetrospective sex allegations generally made by adults but perpetrators may still be activeThu Apr 20 2017 - 16:37
Forum seeks to give voice to most-vulnerable drug usersOrganisation aims to advocate for improved services and more rapid access to treatmentThu Apr 13 2017 - 01:00
Thousands attend anti-water charges protest in DublinDemonstrators gather for ‘final push’ against the levies as political deadlock continuesSat Apr 08 2017 - 19:33
Barriers to work for people with disabilities to be liftedMinister promises that earnings threshold for those with medical cards will be raisedThu Apr 06 2017 - 18:58
