Irish Water: Councils to stay out of tenants’ billing disputesWater utility issues clarification saying tenants are responsible for water chargesFri Oct 17 2014 - 11:09
Austerity ‘entering a new phase’, conference toldEconomist with the Unite trade union says Budget 2015 was ‘significantly regressive’Thu Oct 16 2014 - 21:06
Confusion over exclusion of poor households from water creditsAbout 190,000 short-term unemployed will get no water support paymentThu Oct 16 2014 - 08:48
Burton pledges to ‘examine’ water support for low-income familiesChild benefit to go up by €5 and Christmas bonus to be reintroducedWed Oct 15 2014 - 08:21
After years of cuts, half a million parents will continue to struggle with povertyThe €5 per month increase in child benefit is welcome, say charities, but it should be seen against a backdrop of a €36 cut to the basic rate since 2009Wed Oct 15 2014 - 01:27
Christmas bonus back at reduced rate, as Child Benefit increases €5 per childSocial welfare: First budget since 2009 with no cuts to welfare ratesTue Oct 14 2014 - 18:22
Water charges march a ‘tipping point’ after ‘years of hurt’Grassroots campaign shows 'huge anger' and 'massive revolt against this Government'Mon Oct 13 2014 - 01:00
Ms Y held in UK after failing to obtain abortion hereWoman arrested for illegally entering the UK from IrelandSat Oct 11 2014 - 19:28
Over 50,000 march in Dublin to protest against water chargesGroups from all over country converge on capital to oppose new measuresSat Oct 11 2014 - 18:22
Rent supplement tenants illegally ‘topping up’ paymentHouseholds going without food in order to pay extra rent to keep home, says ThresholdFri Oct 10 2014 - 17:22
Rates of self-harm in Limerick City four times higher than some parts of the countryRates among men and women in Limerick city is more than twice the national averageFri Oct 10 2014 - 11:09
Breaches in psychiatric care cited in reportSecurity guards were used to physically restrain patients in one very busy unitFri Oct 10 2014 - 11:03
Think tank calls on Government to 'borrow billions' to fund social housingNevin Institute says now is the time to borrow to invest in key social capital projectsThu Oct 09 2014 - 15:26
Water charges: Concern at ‘excessive Garda force’Scuffles in Clarehall, north Dublin as 150 demonstrate against meter installationsWed Oct 08 2014 - 09:10
Timeline of Ms Y caseHSE draft report tracks Ms Y’s care from her arrival in Ireland in March to her discharge after Caesarian section in AugustSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
Minister was told of Ms Y case two days before baby was bornEmail to private secretary referred to ‘hot topics’ of abortion and direct provisionSat Oct 04 2014 - 01:00
Revised social housing plans described as ‘missed opportunity’Advocacy groups say legislation could have ‘dramatic impact’ on social housing crisisThu Oct 02 2014 - 20:06
Immigrant Council liaised with IFPA on travel plans for Ms YDraft HSE report says when adoption was suggested woman said she would ‘rather die’Sun Sept 28 2014 - 13:49
‘March for Choice’ attracts thousands in DublinAbout 5,000 people gathered to call for greater access to abortion servicesSat Sept 27 2014 - 18:14
HSE report on Y abortion case contains contradictionsSolictor says inconsistencies give rise to questions over credibilitySat Sept 27 2014 - 13:03
Humphreys refuses to answer questions on McNultyTaoiseach apologises for McNulty debacle, says it is too late to withdraw his nameSat Sept 27 2014 - 12:29
Abortion ban in El Salvador is killing women and girls - AmnestyIrish Amnesty chief says Salvadoran regime is ‘strikingly similar’ to IrelandThu Sept 25 2014 - 14:02
Ms Y may refuse to take part in abortion inquiry over report leakMigrant had been raped before she came to Ireland and requested terminationWed Sept 24 2014 - 01:00
‘Their toys and other things are all in the shed’Carol McCullagh and her husband Mohammed Syllah were asked to leave the house they were renting when the landlord decided to sell. They now sleep in a bedroom with their three childrenWed Sept 24 2014 - 01:00
Rent supplement recipient numbers fall by 23%Minister points to people returning to work while organisations dealing with homelessness highlight the many households who have lost their private rented accommodationWed Sept 24 2014 - 01:00
Abortion guidelines provide for induction or Caesarean sectionNew rules appear to go further than Protection of Life Act in early inductionsSat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00
Inquiry team yet to interview rape victimTeam, established over four weeks ago, tasked with reporting back ‘in the shortest possible period’Sat Sept 20 2014 - 01:00
Rate of rent increases affecting affordability of living in DublinPRTB says rents in capital up 10 per cent in the past yearThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
‘Vulture fund’ mortgage holders demand legislationHomeowners protest at Leinster House over mortgages sold on by IBRCWed Sept 17 2014 - 19:55
Ministers to engage in ‘intensive discussions’ ahead of budgetGovernment says its ‘monitoring’ referendum in ScotlandWed Sept 17 2014 - 14:06
Cuts and casual work hitting women hardest, says women’s councilNWCI says forthcoming budget an opportunity to bring us closer to an equal societyWed Sept 17 2014 - 01:07
Prefabs may be used to tackle housing crisis in DublinCity Council is ‘seriously looking’ at building prefabs on derelict sites to house familiesMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:00
Hundreds of swimmers take a dive for Dublin’s Liffey SwimGer Wilkes was the first man back and Rachel Lee won the women’s raceSun Sept 14 2014 - 09:45
Agency gets two-month care order for baby in 'Miss Y' caseMother ‘Ms Y’ has no wish to participate in future care decisions, solicitor tells authoritiesSat Sept 13 2014 - 01:09
No 'political will' to tackle growing homelessness problem, says charityReport shows more than 8,000 individuals used charity’s homelessness support services last yearFri Sept 12 2014 - 01:00
Helpline assists a quarter of callers at risk of homelessness to remain in their homesTenancy Protection Service has had 1,707 calls since it started taking calls in JuneThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:10
President calls for more social housingOver 300 families newly homeless in Dublin since January, including nearly 650 childrenTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
State spending €15m a month on rent supplement to private landlords in DublinAlmost €1m was paid to landlords last September in the Blanchardstown-Blakestown electoral divisionMon Sept 08 2014 - 01:00
‘Disturbing’ increase in sexual violenceDublin Rape Crisis Centre says social media being used as a form of abuseWed Sept 03 2014 - 22:06
Government ‘reflecting’ on abortion legislation, says ReillyVaradkar to update Cabinet on abortion controversy todayWed Sept 03 2014 - 10:33
As positive Picnic packs up, next year’s tickets go on saleExotic food, belted ballads, word play – but atmosphere takes centre stageMon Sept 01 2014 - 01:00
Rape victim ‘didn’t have a choice’Recent legislation was supposed to address cases such as the current one of a pregnant and suicidal rape victim. So why was she exposed to further suffering?Sat Aug 23 2014 - 01:00
Terms of inquiry set into care of woman in abortion caseFour-person team appointed to report on care given to ‘Ms Y’Fri Aug 22 2014 - 21:54
Terms of HSE’s abortion case inquiry to be made public todayWoman who was refused abortion given time to consult lawyer before publicationThu Aug 21 2014 - 06:16
Agencies say protocols must be issued to counsellorsWarning that women in crisis may not get appropriate services in timeWed Aug 20 2014 - 01:02
HSE told of abortion case concerns in MayIFPA and Department of Justice say they will co-operate fully with inquiryWed Aug 20 2014 - 01:00
Woman in abortion case tells of suicide attemptDuring pregnancy woman says she was told she could have an abortionTue Aug 19 2014 - 06:21
They said they could not do an abortion. I said, ‘You can leave me now to die. I don’t want to live in this world anymore’The woman refused an abortion says she was raped but did not know she was pregnant until she arrived in IrelandTue Aug 19 2014 - 06:19
Minister says abortion legislation will be ‘monitored’Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act criticised after suicidal woman delivered premature baby under pressure from StateMon Aug 18 2014 - 07:41
Woman sought abortion at eight weeksAs pregnancy continued she became increasingly distressedMon Aug 18 2014 - 01:00
