UN chief says potential of too many of world’s girls is unfulfilledIrish launch of UN Population Fund report hears of worldwide discrimination against girlsSat Oct 22 2016 - 01:00
Three new emergency shelters to open for Dublin’s homelessCoveney says if more such beds are required it will show Government housing plans failingFri Oct 21 2016 - 18:23
Racism and poverty affect Roma lives in Ireland, report findsMinister of State David Stanton says members of community are ‘valued’ in the StateWed Oct 19 2016 - 15:16
Goal appoints new manager to regain trust of donorsCeline Fitzgerald appointed and says next 12 months will be ‘critical’ for the aid agencyWed Oct 19 2016 - 01:00
Concern State childcare scheme could ‘increase costs for poorest’Spark says lone parents on subsidised schemes while in training may have to quit coursesTue Oct 18 2016 - 17:38
Couple facing repossession claim rights breach in EU lawGeraldine and Martin Grant say registrar failed to consider if mortgage contract fairTue Oct 18 2016 - 01:00
Zappone seeks early report on Midlands foster-care issuesMinister ‘very disappointed’ with lack of progress after Hiqa finds deficienciesMon Oct 17 2016 - 19:51
Children in Midlands foster care had to share beds, report findsHiqa says children placed with carers who were refused permission in pastMon Oct 17 2016 - 15:25
Give me back my deported husband, woman urges MinisterHSE says Brazilian deportee’s marriage to Galway woman Harriet Bruce was genuineMon Oct 17 2016 - 01:00
Four children fleeing Syria to arrive in Ireland by end OctoberFour will be first of 20 welcomed under the Irish Refugee Protection ProgrammeMon Oct 17 2016 - 01:00
European Commission launches inquiry into treatment of TravellersEquality director says Ireland may be breaching EU rules on ethnic discriminationSat Oct 15 2016 - 01:10
Budget 2017: Childcare providers voice concerns over extra placesIndustry may not be able to cope with demand caused by Minister’s scheme, says groupThu Oct 13 2016 - 01:00
Older people want to live in own homes due to location, study findsNew report says there is a gap in the housing and support options for the elderlyWed Oct 12 2016 - 20:00
Budget 2017: Leo Varadkar hails ‘socially just’ packageMove to exclude young unemployed from €5 increase called ‘mean’ and ‘disappointing’Tue Oct 11 2016 - 21:35
Budget 2017: Zappone defends new early childcare schemeNew affordable childcare plan will be provided from September, 2017Tue Oct 11 2016 - 20:14
Budget 2017: Social welfare payments to rise €5 from next MarchChristmas bonus to rise from 75% of weekly payment last year to 85% this ChristmasTue Oct 11 2016 - 15:23
Traveller fire deaths: Overcoming prejudice critical, Mass toldFirst anniversary Masses to mark 10 deaths in Carrickmines mobile home told ‘more is needed’Mon Oct 10 2016 - 17:45
Traveller families hit by fire disaster prepare for anniversaryMasses on Monday to commemorate 10 lives of young Travellers lost a year ago in CarrickminesSat Oct 08 2016 - 01:00
Some 5,584 Travellers live in overcrowded conditionsThe system of providing adequate and safe accommodation is clearly not workingSat Oct 08 2016 - 01:00
Plan aims to provide 50,000 social houses by 2021New houses and apartments to be built and 750 vacant houses to be refurbishedThu Oct 06 2016 - 01:00
Those on rent supplement ‘could afford 20% of available rentals’Simon Community report shows 55% reduction in properties available at any priceWed Oct 05 2016 - 14:19
Joan Burton’s policy may be making lone parents poorerUnesco resport says a change introduced in 2012 could encourage welfare dependencyWed Oct 05 2016 - 01:05
Garda Representatives Association reticent on talks to avert strikeStalemate over four 24-hour withdrawals of service by gardaí on Fridays in NovemberMon Oct 03 2016 - 01:00
Housing problems dominate calls to legal advice helplineFree Legal Advice Centres report reveals problems faced by ‘accidental’ landlordsMon Oct 03 2016 - 00:14
Family of eight split up as no accommodation availableColleen and John McDonagh and their six children have been homeless for a weekSun Oct 02 2016 - 22:34
‘I can’t take this another night, sitting in a car with six kids’Homeless nights in Dún Laoghaire, Navan and DublinFri Sept 30 2016 - 10:13
Homeless families ‘spending the night in fast-food restaurants’Focus Ireland says some Dublin families are unable to access emergency accommodationFri Sept 30 2016 - 07:16
Evicted Travellers still on Dundalk roadside with no waterFamilies say site was to be ready by October but council says work only starting nowThu Sept 29 2016 - 01:00
Record number of complaints made to Ombudsman for ChildrenTusla must get better at responding to complaints about its care of children, Muldoon saysWed Sept 28 2016 - 11:50
Response to UN on reproductive rights ‘deeply concerning’Irish rejection of 16 recommendations is raised at session of UN Human Rights CouncilFri Sept 23 2016 - 21:18
Merchants Quay cafe serves food and floor space to homelessIt’s an improvised but inadequate solution that manages to take in 70 people a nightFri Sept 23 2016 - 01:00
Bernadette McAliskey: ‘I am astounded I survived. I made mad decisions’McAliskey, now an elder stateswoman of anti-establishment politics, reflects on a career driven by a fierce sense of justice – and how that has not been achieved in the NorthThu Sept 22 2016 - 06:00
Irish youth suffer due to high expectations, report findsChildren and teenagers feel their parents do not listen to them, Government survey saysThu Sept 22 2016 - 01:00
Serious fire safety risks found in 80% of Traveller sitesThree-quarters of homes with no smoke alarms have since been provided with themWed Sept 21 2016 - 19:40
RDS ‘a constant encroachment on our lives’: Residents object to stand plan for Leinster rugby‘It’s constant harassment from traffic. Residential life is gone here at the weekends’Tue Sept 20 2016 - 11:54
Jim Carrey rejects ‘heartless’ case over death of Irish ex-girlfriendEstranged husband of Cathríona White claims actor illegally gave her drugsMon Sept 19 2016 - 23:31
Non-custodial parents told child payments can stopYet Department of Social Protection tells custodial parents to seek maintenanceMon Sept 19 2016 - 01:00
Housing policy change criticised by campaignersDecision to stop prioritising homeless families ‘was based on flawed report’Mon Sept 19 2016 - 01:00
Homeless charity still paying children’s bus fares despite assured fundingDepartment of Housing spokesman unable to give date for travel scheme’s introductionSat Sept 17 2016 - 01:01
Childcare costs plan ‘must also benefit’ middle earnersGovernment considering means-tested scheme to pay bills directly to providersSat Sept 17 2016 - 01:00
Subsidised childcare ‘unfair and unjust’ on stay-at-home parentsIona Institute says Government’s childare proposal is ‘extremely concerning’Fri Sept 16 2016 - 12:53
Drug treatment centre reports huge rise in use of servicesMerchant’s Quay Ireland notes 66% surge in demand for its mental health supportFri Sept 16 2016 - 01:00
Emotions pivotal to children’s learning capacity, forum toldTrauma, anxiety and depression cited as key drivers in retarding academic progressTue Sept 13 2016 - 23:18
Marginalised women excluded from ‘feminist agenda’Independent Senator Lynn Ruane makes claim at conference on women’s rightsSat Sept 10 2016 - 01:00
Eighth Amendment has saved 100,000 lives, group claimsPro-Life Campaign releases report on 33rd anniversary of abortion referendumWed Sept 07 2016 - 17:56
Minister promises to get truth of how HSE failed ‘Grace’Investigation into care of vulnerable woman is ‘absolute priority’, says Finian McGrathTue Sept 06 2016 - 01:00
Hawe family deaths prompted spike in calls to helplineWomen’s Aid wants review of all domestic violence homicides ‘to learn’ from the eventsMon Sept 05 2016 - 16:16
Extra €40m for HSE homecare has limited impactOver 4,000 sick and elderly still waiting for help in spite of June announcementMon Sept 05 2016 - 09:17
Overdose reversal drug saves five lives during pilot projectMaking Naloxone available nationally ‘a no brainer,’ says mother trained in its useWed Aug 31 2016 - 14:38
Ireland facing a ‘tsunami’ of sex and porn addictionPeople with sex addiction are ‘absolutely miserable with it’, Dr John O’Connor saysMon Aug 29 2016 - 17:15
