Kelly says Constitution blocked attempts to tackle housing crisisMinister tells homeless forum political or financial hurdles not most pressing problemThu Mar 31 2016 - 17:21
Charity proposes new plan to solve housing crisisA forum on the crisis hosted by Minister Alan Kelly crisis is taking place in Dublin on ThursayThu Mar 31 2016 - 10:14
Nearly 3,500 used homeless accommodation at end of 2015Figure is the highest in any three-month period since the data was first compiledThu Mar 31 2016 - 10:14
Stigma of HIV akin to abortion, says campaigner Rory O’NeillNational initiative launched to bring free, rapid, HIV testing to gay and bisexual menWed Mar 30 2016 - 17:03
Man awaiting hospital discharge for over four monthsNo rehabilitation place available for Brian Murtagh who is recovering from strokeWed Mar 30 2016 - 08:25
I am a Traveller, not a ‘knacker’The ‘Love/Hate’ actor John Connors, now back living in the Darndale halting site where he spent his childhood, remains angry at how many in the settled community treat TravellersFri Mar 18 2016 - 05:00
Woman back from US after meetings over sister missing for 39 yearsConcerns about alleged irregularities in inquiries into disappearance of Mary Boyle (6)Fri Mar 18 2016 - 01:02
Rents higher than at peak in boom with 9.8% rise nationallyDublin rents last year up 9.5% for houses and 8.7% for apartmentsTue Mar 15 2016 - 10:34
Adverts continue discriminating against rent-allowance tenantsEquality Act 2015 names ‘housing assistance’ as grounds of illegal discriminationTue Mar 15 2016 - 07:19
Rental discrimination: ‘I am very stressed - Wayne has hardly slept in weeks’Illegal for landlord to discriminate on basis of being in receipt of rent allowance or HAPTue Mar 15 2016 - 01:00
Over 60 families in Dublin served with eviction noticesTyrrelstown tenants face prohibitive rent elsewhere if turned out of family homesMon Mar 14 2016 - 08:29
Childcare workers earn as little as €5,700 a year in State schemesCasualisation growing in the sector, with staff turnover almost 23%, report revealsMon Mar 14 2016 - 01:00
Global observers horrified and bewildered by Savita caseCourt finding may bring closure for family of woman who died after being denied abortionFri Mar 11 2016 - 01:00
Husband’s action over death of Savita Halappanavar settledCase initiated following death of 31-year-old after miscarriage in Galway hospitalWed Mar 09 2016 - 21:33
Carrickmines fire survivors fear they will be homelessTraveller family have been told to leave their temporary accommodation by AprilWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Rapporteur calls for criminalising of cyberbullyingGeoffrey Shannon also wants schools to have mandatory internet code of behaviourWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Sixty-nine homes repossessed in Dublin city last year33 others ‘settled prior to repossession’, eight withdrawn and 17 homes ‘pending’Mon Mar 07 2016 - 01:03
Woman denied mastectomy swimsuit over ‘wrong postcode’Breast cancer survivor says she is entitled to less support due to her areaMon Mar 07 2016 - 01:01
Repossession orders increased by over 20% in 2015Legal sources say numbers would have been even greater if not for conflicting judgmentsMon Mar 07 2016 - 01:00
Kenny an activist on the street and now the DáilNeilstown’s first TD says Government did not understand how hurt people areFri Mar 04 2016 - 01:00
Dublin South-West: Independent Katherine Zappone electedLawyers for Senator and Fine Gael’s Anne Marie Dermody spent hours scrutinising ballotsMon Feb 29 2016 - 21:33
Recounts on Monday in two Dublin constituencies and WexfordDisputed votes also to be ruled on in Dublin South-Central where 35 votes separated FF and AAA-PBPMon Feb 29 2016 - 00:13
Dublin Mid-West results: Gino Kenny and John Curran elected on last countAAA-PBP and Fianna Fáil candidates join Eoin Ó Broin and Frances FitzgeraldSun Feb 28 2016 - 08:52
Family of suspected abuse victim not informed of allegationsWoman stayed in foster home in south east on three occasions in the 1980sThu Feb 25 2016 - 20:35
Inquiry on Michael Noonan’s actions in ‘Grace’ case urgedSpokesman says Minister for Finance would co-operate with any inquiry on foster home caseWed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
Travelling voter: ‘I’ve heard she’s the only one fighting to get us’People Before Profit candidate Bríd Smith gains backing at Ballyfermot halting siteWed Feb 24 2016 - 01:00
Families told to leave emergency accommodation within a weekHomeless families given a week’s notice to leave hotel in Mountjoy Street, DublinTue Feb 23 2016 - 07:31
Record number of newly homeless families in JanuaryRepossession of buy-to-let properties is growing phenomenon, says Focus IrelandTue Feb 23 2016 - 01:00
Record number of Dublin families became homeless in JanuaryHomelessness organisations say new figures are ‘extremely alarming’ and ‘shocking’Mon Feb 22 2016 - 15:13
Kitty Holland: Childcare closures lay Ireland’s insidious sexism bareBroadside: As five centres closed in Clare, the official response was a shrug of the shouldersMon Feb 22 2016 - 01:00
Austin Currie drawn into case of girl at ‘foster’ homeIntellectually disabled young adult left at house 13 years after sex abuse concerns raisedSat Feb 20 2016 - 01:00
Most Dublin homeless families are from two areasAlmost 40 per cent of Dublin’s homeless families are from Tánaiste’s constituencyWed Feb 17 2016 - 08:13
Campaigner calls for mini-Cab to target drug dealersYoung people attracted to lifestyle of criminals in trade, support worker Sue Collins saysWed Feb 17 2016 - 01:00
Funding investigation at closed childcare centresUp to 400 families in west Clare told State-subsidised facilities would not open againTue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
Flac seeks ‘right to adequate housing’ principleHomelessness charity Focus Ireland publishes ‘five key demands’ for the electionMon Feb 15 2016 - 01:14
Family warn that ‘mentally ill’ man is a dangerConcerns that he will ‘kill someone or be killed’ unless he is kept in secure custodyFri Feb 12 2016 - 01:00
Three ABC anti-child poverty programmes in Dublin in doubtTallaght, Ballymun, Darndale projects warned as Atlantic Philanthropies funds withdrawnThu Feb 11 2016 - 01:00
The number of homeless children almost doubled last yearDublin has the highest rates of child homelessness, figures revealWed Feb 10 2016 - 01:00
‘Foster home’ carer denies ‘cruel’ abuse allegationsWoman denies claims that children, including ‘Grace’, suffered sexual abuse in houseSat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00
‘Foster’ home owner says abuse claims are ‘all lies’Children who stayed in her home over 30 years were ‘very happy’, claims womanSat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00
Abortion should be decriminalised ‘in all circumstances’ - UN committeeChild’s rights committee says schools ‘continuing to practise’ religious discriminationThu Feb 04 2016 - 18:43
