Hoping for a place to start new life with her baby‘I was in care for six months from when I was 17. There were a lot of things with the courts and my family’Sat Jun 14 2014 - 12:01
New housing rights alliance demands ‘policy for people’Government has focused on market model which doesn’t meet needs of people, forum hearsFri Jun 13 2014 - 16:00
More with fatal foetal diagnoses go for terminationsJust half of pregnant women were offered screening for anomaliesFri Jun 13 2014 - 01:00
New thinking on use made of ‘desirable’ land and family homes neededConference hears ‘empty nesters’ are one of the greatest obstacles to increasing the supply of family homesTue Jun 10 2014 - 21:43
Greatest threats to growing up with family was poverty or parents in ‘mixed’ marriageMajority of 80,000 lone parents were widowsTue Jun 10 2014 - 01:00
Ambulance turnaround times well short of targetsParamedics unable to hand over patients at hospitals within 20-minute timeframeMon Jun 09 2014 - 01:01
At the heart of the ambulance problem is patient handover timeThe service has drawn up a new strategy to tackle delays crisisMon Jun 09 2014 - 01:00
No guidelines drawn up on abortion, says Irish Council for Civil LibertiesGovernment accused of failing to provide clarity on when procedure is legalFri Jun 06 2014 - 01:00
Gardaí treat site of Dublin gas explosion as possible crime sceneIncident that left man gravely injured may have been deliberateTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
Nama considers offering 500 apartments as social housing despite council decisionPlan to open Tallaght properties to applicants from other local authoritiesTue Jun 03 2014 - 01:00
NI church head says race attacks ‘must stop immediately’New head of Presbyterians says attacks an ‘affront to us as democratic and civilised country’Mon Jun 02 2014 - 20:04
McGuinness says Disappeared one of worst legacies of TroublesDeputy First Minister attended Windsor Castle banquet as it was the “decent thing to do”Sun Jun 01 2014 - 08:26
Posters for election candidates remain up after deadlinePoliticians now face €150 fine for each poster not removed by last nightSat May 31 2014 - 15:39
More social housing needed in private estates says Minister for FinanceNama ‘surpised’ at how long local authorities taking to identify where they need housesWed May 28 2014 - 01:00
Elderly couple must ‘vacate’ home after repossessionCouple must leave house they have rented for 15 years because landlord in receivershipTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
Case study: ‘Only option was to sell or surrender our house’Mother of two dreads the post arriving every dayTue May 27 2014 - 01:00
5,000 new homes a year needed to meet social housing demand‘Housing is the defining issue of the decade’Mon May 26 2014 - 01:00
The housing-list family: ‘We’re not looking for anything fancy. Just a bit of stability’Sat May 24 2014 - 01:00
Minister to ‘use stick’ over housing delaysO’Sullivan says there is a ‘lack of urgency’Wed May 21 2014 - 01:01
Homeless bodies welcome initiative‘Crucial next step is for the whole of Government to back the Minister’s work’Wed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Analysis: Homeless crisis can be overcomeFresh thinking and urgency needed in State’s response to provision of housingWed May 21 2014 - 01:00
Sharp increases in social housing waiting listsHomeless executive to announce extra emergency beds to tackle rough sleeping in capitalMon May 19 2014 - 06:03
At least 127 are sleeping rough in DublinCampaigner warns of ‘tsunami’ of homelessness over housing shortageMon May 19 2014 - 01:00
Empty State property to be considered for housing homelessPlan describes escalating numbers of homeless families as an ‘emergency crisis’Sat May 17 2014 - 09:38
Almost 3,600 homeless helped by McVerry trustFamilies losing homes ‘more than doubles in last year’Tue May 13 2014 - 01:09
Daft.ie to continue use of 'rent allowance filter' on searchesDepartment of Social Protection asked sites to remove ‘no rent allowance’ featureMon May 12 2014 - 07:13
Housing rights campaign will grow in months ahead, vow homeless familiesCampaign to seek rent controls, social housing and end to ‘no rent allowance’ adsMon May 12 2014 - 01:00
Homelessness among former home-owners set to ‘escalate’Conference hears sacrifices people are making to meet mortgage repaymentsThu May 08 2014 - 20:25
Protest outside Nigerian embassy in Dublin over abductionsProtestors call for release of 200 schoolgirls abducted by Islamic militants Boko HaramThu May 08 2014 - 00:01
New protocol will identify families at risk of homelessnessInitiative comes as family homelessness and cost of hotel accommodation spiralTue May 06 2014 - 01:00
‘I tried to make it like an adventure for the kids’Homeless mother of three spent eight nights in her car near airport with childrenMon May 05 2014 - 08:59
Dublin hotel bill for homeless families to hit €4.5mLikely spend by homeless executive represents a 10-fold increase in two yearsMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Government TD pays for emergency accommodation for homeless family of sevenSouth Dublin County Council agrees to pay for hotel accommodation after Focus Ireland raises child welfare concernsMon May 05 2014 - 01:00
Thousands protest in Dublin against abortion lawPro-Life Campaign aims to ‘dismantle’ legislation introduced by Government last yearSat May 03 2014 - 19:53
Cuts to fire crews will ‘endanger lives’, union warnsSiptu calls for pledge from candidates against reductions in firefightersTue Apr 29 2014 - 07:26
Homeless crisis ‘bloody awful and getting worse’‘No doubt’ the issue of homelessness among families a growing issue, says MinisterSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Homeless crisis in need of urgent actionLandlords are raising rents and cutting off housing options to familiesSat Apr 26 2014 - 01:00
Mother and her three young children forced to live in carSabrina McMahon (36), who has spent a week in a car in Tallaght, feels ‘like a hopeless parent’Fri Apr 25 2014 - 09:03
Media mattersThe exclusion of children’s voices from the media ‘is a pity’ as they have a much clearer insight into issues affecting them than the adults who speak for them, one of Europe’s leading human rights champions claimsFri Apr 25 2014 - 01:00
Obama strategist gives tips to women candidates on communications skillsSeminar hears some male candidates not targeting women voters at allThu Apr 24 2014 - 01:01
Protections needed for tenants ‘caught in the crossfire’ between landlords and banksHousing charity Threshold calls for legislative changes to protect such householdsTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:01
Government urged to address poverty as economy improvesSocial Justice Ireland says Ireland is in danger of repeating 'boom and bust' scenarioTue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
Dublin Simon event to discuss ‘almost impossible’ task of finding a place to rentRent allowance and controls to be among topics at homeless charity’s ‘speak out’Tue Apr 22 2014 - 01:00
List of victims who died in Northern Ireland Troubles read outNames of more than 3,500 people read carefully and patiently in event at Unitarian Church in DublinSat Apr 19 2014 - 00:59
Broad welcome from Traveller and human rights groups to recommendationTD Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, who has campaigned for Traveller ethnic recognition, said it was rare that he came into Leinster House really proud of the work done thereFri Apr 18 2014 - 02:12
Ethnic recognition would help do away with the ‘shame’ of being a TravellerAnalysis: A positive Government statement could lead to a realignment between settled and Traveller communitiesFri Apr 18 2014 - 01:42
Traveller ethnicity should be recognised, report saysEthnic status could create ‘mutual respect’ between Travellers and settled communitiesThu Apr 17 2014 - 10:18
Concern voiced over UK hospital restrictionsNumbers of Irish travelling for abortion for medical reasons ‘has risen steadily’Thu Apr 17 2014 - 01:00
FG candidates accused of playing ‘Traveller card’Councillor ‘delighted’ Traveller housing scheme she voted for is cancelledFri Apr 11 2014 - 01:01
