Apollo House: ‘It is beautiful here. I would stay forever’Residents at Home Sweet Home’s shelter say it provides warmth and psychological spaceTue Jan 03 2017 - 07:58
Nama ‘could end homelessness in 2017’, say campaignersHome Sweet Home group calls on Noonan to make vacant buildings available for housingTue Jan 03 2017 - 01:00
County registrars ‘not qualified’ to decide on bank repossessionsDebt agency founder backs High Court master over legality of such ordersMon Jan 02 2017 - 11:23
Master of the High Court condemns house repossessionsEdmund Honohan says Government allowing courts ‘pump people into homelessness’Mon Jan 02 2017 - 01:00
Campaigners on homeless crisis seek support in legal caseApollo House activists demand Minister for Finance open Nama buildings for housingThu Dec 29 2016 - 01:00
Lawyers urged to use EU law to fight home repossessionsRecent landmark cases have changed legal landscapeWed Dec 28 2016 - 16:24
Movement to repeal Eighth Amendment appears unstoppableNews Review of 2016: After 33 years, a new generation of activists found their voiceWed Dec 28 2016 - 00:30
Search for missing man called off due to poor visibilityGardaí and coastguard searching for man in his 40s reported missing off Wicklow coastTue Dec 27 2016 - 20:07
Apollo House: Some homeless residents leave the propertyEight people leave the Dublin site after being offered official long-stay accommodationThu Dec 22 2016 - 20:11
Shared rooms in homeless shelters ‘reduce overdose deaths’Peter McVerry Trust completes opening of 70-bed facility for homeless on Ellis QuayThu Dec 22 2016 - 19:17
Thousands queue for food parcels in Dublin city centreNumber of people receiving food from Capuchin Centre will ‘probably go over 3,000’Thu Dec 22 2016 - 18:12
Home Sweet Home ordered to vacate Apollo House next monthHigh Court rules coalition of activists and homeless must leave building but can stay until January 11thWed Dec 21 2016 - 20:48
Apollo House: Judge says occupants must vacate in JanuaryHigh Court grants injunctions sought by building’s receivers over homeless campaignWed Dec 21 2016 - 19:22
‘The nightmare is over’: Galway woman reunited with deported husbandKleber Medeiros deported after allegation their wedding was a marriage of convenienceWed Dec 21 2016 - 06:48
Former Apollo House owner supports aims of occupation by Home Sweet HomeLiam Ó Maonlaí, Glen Hansard, Hozier and Christy Dignam perform at support gigTue Dec 20 2016 - 19:30
Inside Oberstown: Education and responsibility clouded by violenceStaff at Ireland’s main detention centre for young people set to strike next monthTue Dec 20 2016 - 11:15
Apollo House occupation started with Facebook postQuentin Sheridan, homeless ‘on and off for 28 years’, angered by ghost estates and authoritiesMon Dec 19 2016 - 20:07
Child sex abuse victims more likely to suffer additional abuseRape Crisis Network report finds children also have abuse perpetrated for longer timeMon Dec 19 2016 - 19:02
Homeless should be allowed stay in Apollo House, says ZapponeShowers to be added to block taken over by housing campaigners as numbers there riseMon Dec 19 2016 - 15:47
Legal notice served on activists occupying Dublin office blockLawyers for Apollo House receivers said they ‘cannot allow property be unlawfully occupied’Sat Dec 17 2016 - 18:08
Occupy Nama: City property taken over to house homelessHome Sweet Home group includes Jim Sheridan, Christy Moore and Damien DempseyFri Dec 16 2016 - 00:22
Evicted Traveller families return to Dundalk halting siteCouncil has ‘no regrets’ over eviction or families living on roadside with no waterThu Dec 15 2016 - 20:00
From ex-pat bliss in Abu Dhabi mansion to Dublin homelessnessAnnette Tobin says charity Alone saved her life with emergency housing in BallyboughWed Dec 14 2016 - 01:00
Minister admits intervention in rental sector is 'counter-intuitive'Coveney says his strategy will look after viability for landlords as well as tenants’ interestsTue Dec 13 2016 - 20:19
Rent control plan ‘step in right direction’, say housing advocacy groupsCall for scheme’s extension to Galway, Limerick and around Dublin and Cork citiesTue Dec 13 2016 - 19:54
Baby left in buggy down a lane while mother smoked heroinIncident is one of 20 cases detailed in report on court orders made under Child Care ActTue Dec 13 2016 - 01:00
Overjoyed wife to be reunited with deported husband by ChristmasHarriet Bruce ‘nearly faints’ after receiving email indicating Kleber Medeiros’s returnMon Dec 12 2016 - 19:26
President says Montague death ‘another great loss to Irish letters’Higgins heard news ‘with sorrow’, describing him as ‘one of our finest poets’Sat Dec 10 2016 - 16:38
Modern Irish family: Fewer kids, daddy’s home, grandparents ruleRise in single-parent, mixed-nationality, gay, no-children and commuter family types seenFri Dec 09 2016 - 00:02
Stardust families threaten to withdraw from review of evidenceRelatives of 48 victims of nightclub disaster say they are being ‘stonewalled’ by MinisterThu Dec 08 2016 - 19:27
Price of childcare averages €167 per week in the RepublicDún Laoghaire-Rathdown is the most expensive area for full-time childcare while Monaghan is the cheapestWed Dec 07 2016 - 18:47
‘My children have the same needs as all others at Christmas. I dread it’For families in direct provision – including more than 1,000 children – the Government’s Yuletide bonus won’t buy much joySat Dec 03 2016 - 06:00
Yellow app aimed at teenagers labelled ‘Tinder for kids’Government’s child protection rapporteur warns app aimed at teenagers poses dangersThu Dec 01 2016 - 01:00
Violence at Oberstown detention centre cited by staff in strike noticeUnion says dispute hinges on provision of adequate protective clothing and equipmentWed Nov 30 2016 - 18:03
Number sleeping rough in Dublin rises 56% in a yearDublin homeless executive announces details of 230 new emergency beds for capitalWed Nov 30 2016 - 12:58
Migraine sufferer finds relief in cannabis-derived oilTreatment has replaced patient’s painkillers but remains unlicensed in IrelandWed Nov 30 2016 - 01:00
Dáil expected to pass Bill legalising medicinal cannabisUp to 90 TDs support new legislation proposed by People Before Profit’s Gino KennyTue Nov 29 2016 - 20:10
Christmas bonus for asylum seekers in direct provision is €16More than 1,000 in system are ‘effectively unable to participate’ in festive seasonMon Nov 28 2016 - 10:17
Number sleeping rough in Dublin up more than 50% in a yearAbout 140 counted on city’s streets, but Peter McVerry says true number is twice thatMon Nov 28 2016 - 07:54
Saturday was one of the busiest days of the year, says Dublin Fire BrigadeOver 345 ambulance and fire brigade call outs were made as Christmas party season gets underwaySun Nov 27 2016 - 14:52
Women’s rights: Deal with Eighth Amendment , says Council of Europe officialNils Muiznieks speaks at end of Irish visit on treatment of women, children, TravellersFri Nov 25 2016 - 20:19
Suicide rate among Traveller men is seven times higherTravellers’ life expectancy is 15 years lower than men in general population, paper findsThu Nov 24 2016 - 01:00
Number of homeless children and families in Dublin still climbingRate of increase slowing but over 2,100 destitute children in emergency accommodationWed Nov 23 2016 - 18:28
Lucan teen born in direct provision had no school place since JunePlace offered to boy is without special needs assistant and resourcesWed Nov 23 2016 - 11:26
Council housing is cold comfort for Traveller families in Bray‘Rats come in from the river and you can hear them under the presses at night’Mon Nov 21 2016 - 02:33
Immigrants leaving direct provision need more support, says groupMembers of interculturalism group say they experience racism on daily basis in IrelandFri Nov 18 2016 - 21:50
Tackle child poverty as crucial rights issue, says top adviserSpecial rapporteur on child protection Prof Geoffrey Shannon has 97 recommendationsFri Nov 18 2016 - 18:53
CRC to ensure ‘house in order’ before name changeCentral Remedial Clinic chief says top-up scandal was very hard on staff and clientsFri Nov 18 2016 - 01:00
Galway woman wants deported husband ‘home by Christmas’Brazilian man remains in São Paulo despite HSE dismissal of objection to marriageTue Nov 15 2016 - 19:25
Direct provision hunger striker has deportation threat liftedKurd refused food for 35 days as he would ‘rather die of starvation than go back to Iran’Tue Nov 15 2016 - 01:00
