Analysis: Inadequate target for housing as party ties remainThe €1.8bn annual cost of building 10,000 units has implications for State’s fiscal rulesSat Jun 18 2016 - 01:00
The number of homeless children reached 2,177 in MayNumber of minors in emergency accommodation rose by 79% in a yearSat Jun 18 2016 - 01:00
At least 50,000 more social housing units needed - reportCommittee makes 23 priority recommendations to tackle housing, homelessnes crisisFri Jun 17 2016 - 12:57
Housing report sets benchmark for Coveney, says Focus IrelandHousing and homelessness group to advise 50,000 social housing units over 5 yearsFri Jun 17 2016 - 11:22
Top professionals twice as likely to marry as unskilled workersSurvey reveals ‘marriage chances’ by class which diminish right down economic scaleFri Jun 17 2016 - 00:01
Local authorities to be told to add 50,000 housing unitsHousing and homelessness committee to advise 10,000 social housing units a yearThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:16
Atheist Ireland criticises legislation on marriageGroup says the law is ‘dysfunctional’ and is bringing civil marriage into disreputeThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:10
Concern mounts that hundreds of marriages may be invalidDepartment may require marriages to be solemnised by civil registrarThu Jun 16 2016 - 01:00
Child benefit could be paid to fathers under proposed reformsLeo Varadkar to consider amending monthly payment due to changing family structuresWed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00
Reliance on private sector to build homes ‘must end’Society of St Vincent de Paul says 70:30 split between private and public housing should be reversedTue Jun 14 2016 - 14:56
Philip Cairns case: Garda to interview ex-Radio Dublin staffWoman stated recently she witnessed Eamon Cooke kill missing boy at station premisesMon Jun 13 2016 - 18:52
Concerned citizen in Philip Cairns case hopes for resolutionBallyfermot activist reveals she has been in contact with woman abused by Eamon CookeMon Jun 13 2016 - 01:00
‘Someone always knows something’, says founder of Missing.ieLike Philip Cairns, Aquinas Duffy’s cousin just disappeared from their lives one daySun Jun 12 2016 - 22:03
‘Hearts and minds’ of settled people vital to press Traveller ethnicityPavee Point chief dismayed at Minister for Equality’s comments on ‘Travellers’ rights’Wed Jun 01 2016 - 19:03
Refugees face specific employment obstacles, says ESRIReports says State has not developed system of labour market supports for refugeesWed Jun 01 2016 - 01:00
Abuse victims add to numbers of homeless, Oireachtas committee toldA lack of refuges for victims of domestic violence has left many families homelessTue May 31 2016 - 21:58
McGrath hears of families’ unhappiness with HSE disability servicesMinister to establish taskforce on roll-out of personalised budgets for disabled peopleTue May 31 2016 - 01:00
Homeless men vow to continue Bray council protestTwo homeless men camp outside council offices in effort to register for housingMon May 30 2016 - 01:00
Hundreds march in Dublin to protest housing crisisDemonstrators want the Government to declare a national housing emergencySat May 28 2016 - 18:24
Department officials warn on promises of pension increasesPension funding a ‘major challenge’, say Department of Social Protection notesSat May 28 2016 - 06:36
Dublin’s north inner city lives in fear of gangland feudCommunity senses that the Kinahan-Hutch dispute is different from the othersThu May 26 2016 - 01:00
Abortion pills trio: law making women criminals ‘absolutely bad’NI pro-choice campaigners volunteered to be arrested for importing drugs to help othersWed May 25 2016 - 07:36
Councils need backing to borrow for social housing, committee hearsThe Housing Finance Agency says it could lend at a fixed rate of 1.75% for 25 yearsTue May 24 2016 - 22:22
Homeless children given beds in adult hostelsFour families with children given blow-up beds in adult facilities in past weekTue May 24 2016 - 01:00
Embassies spend over €100,000 on St Patrick’s Day partiesFigures released to The Irish Times reveal missions where cash splashed, and on whatTue May 24 2016 - 01:00
Commandeer hotel rooms for homeless, urges Focus IrelandCharity calls for action to resolve festering problem of homeless children and familiesTue May 24 2016 - 01:00
Assisting rape victims: ‘You are there at such an intense moment’Olivia Walker: ‘You’re not emotionally involved and yet are still there, just for them’Mon May 23 2016 - 01:00
Beggars on Ha’penny Bridge told to leave for anniversaryRed carpet laid on Dublin landmark for bicentenary celebrations and photocall with Lord MayorSun May 22 2016 - 13:16
Nearly six out of 10 welfare appeals upheld in 2015Legal aid group concerned over six-month wait to have erroneous decision rectifiedSat May 21 2016 - 01:00
Call to keep Brú Aimsir shelter in Digital Hub openCoveney urges city council to ensure refuge of rough-sleeper hostel remains availableSat May 21 2016 - 01:00
Liberties residents to continue 10-year fight for a parkDublin 8 locals will contest decision to cancel planned green area on Bridgefoot StreetThu May 19 2016 - 08:49
Concern over teenagers after Donegal care centre closed downTeenagers moved 200km away following closure of Cleary House in Letterkenny by TuslaWed May 18 2016 - 01:00
TD walks out after Michael Noonan called ‘vulture lover’David Hall made comment at Oireachtas committee during hearing on mortgage distressTue May 17 2016 - 18:26
Tree-lined streets ‘can raise children’s intelligence’Greenery can increase house prices by 20% and make you feel younger, seminar toldMon May 16 2016 - 21:53
Quadruplets make First Holy Communion in DublinFamily enjoys ‘great day’ at Church of the Most Holy Sacrament in Cherry OrchardMon May 16 2016 - 01:00
State is violating Travellers’ human rights, council findsEuropean committee criticises ‘insufficient’ provision and standard of accommodationMon May 16 2016 - 01:00
Boy (13) who drowned in the River Liffey namedFranklin Bessong reportedly got into the water for a swim after soccer practiceSun May 15 2016 - 19:21
Government pledge on asylum reform report droppedClause on McMahon document removed from adopted programme for governmentSat May 14 2016 - 01:00
Government to consider UN abortion law recommendationsPledge marks ‘sea-change’ from 2011 review when other states’ suggestions were rejectedFri May 13 2016 - 19:17
Many states question Irish record on abortion at UNOver 40 states raise Irish failure to ratify Convention on Rights of Persons with DisabilitiesWed May 11 2016 - 21:42
Call for committee to enforce UN recommendations on human rightsUK says State should ‘consider overarching committee on human rights and equality’Wed May 11 2016 - 21:24
Fitzgerald faces questions on human rights record in GenevaAbortion, treatment of Travellers and homelessness in Ireland to be discussedWed May 11 2016 - 12:29
UN convention on disabilities will be ratified, says Finian McGrathIreland had signed the framework in 2007 but has not yet made it legally bindingTue May 10 2016 - 01:00
Emergency hostel in Dublin cuts number of beds by halfBrú Aimsir hostel in the Digital Hub on Thomas Street due to close at end of monthMon May 09 2016 - 21:52
Mary Boyle’s disappearance and the 40-year fob-offBroadside: Reporter Gemma O’Doherty believes there was political interference in the Garda investigation into the death of a child, and she just won’t let it goMon May 09 2016 - 06:00
European Property Fund set to withdraw Tyrrelstown eviction noticesIn second of 14 cases, firm agrees that notice served on Cruise Park resident was invalidSat May 07 2016 - 01:00
‘Help to buy’ housing scheme needed, committee toldConstruction industry calls for State to take 20% stake in new homesWed May 04 2016 - 01:00
Immigrants ‘the new foreign direct investment’ in IrelandMark Fielding of Irish Small and Medium Enterprises says such workers are invaluableWed May 04 2016 - 01:00
Number of rough sleepers in Dublin up 12% since NovemberAmount of people on street at similar level to same time last year despite provision of bedsTue May 03 2016 - 18:58
Council confirms dwelling move at site of Carrickmines blazeSurviving family say units less than one metre apart, having been 20m awayTue May 03 2016 - 01:00
