Further overspending by former WIT president revealedCOMMITTEE OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS: REVELATIONS OF further overspending by the former president of Waterford Institute of Technology…Fri Oct 05 2012 - 01:00
Authorities pick up tab for UCD bar staff pay-offAUTHORITIES AT University College Dublin have stepped in to provide €225,000 to the students’ union bar committee to pay redundancy…Sat Sept 29 2012 - 01:00
Pro-choice rally expects thousandsOrganisers of tomorrow’s March for Choice in Dublin are expecting “thousands” of people from across the State and Northern Ireland…Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Fears for future of Shortall's alcohol strategyALCOHOL ABUSE: CAMPAIGNERS AGAINST alcohol abuse say there is “huge concern” for the future of the Government’s plan to tackle…Fri Sept 28 2012 - 01:00
Home helps to protest at cuts in hours and payHOME HELPS from across the State are planning to gather in Dublin’s O’Connell Street next month to protest at cuts to their hours…Wed Sept 26 2012 - 01:00
Drinks distributor breaching wage law, says unionONE OF Ireland’s biggest drinks distributors has breached payment of wages legislation and enforced “highly unusual work practices…Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Growing complacency on racism reportedCOMPLACENCY ABOUT racism is increasing and victims of racist attacks are increasingly unwilling to report them to the Garda, …Tue Sept 25 2012 - 01:00
Bottling plant workers stage protestManagement at one of the biggest drinks distributors in the State have breached payment of wages legislation and enforced “highly…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Woman stabbed to death told it was safe to return home, friends claimA YOUNG woman who was killed in her Dublin home at the weekend had just moved back into the house, having been advised by by …Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Workers claim redundancies made for joining trade unionTen former workers at Tipperary Natural Mineral Water will protest outside its Dublin distribution plant this morning, saying…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
'Complacency' over racism growingComplacency about racism is increasing and victims of racist attacks are less willing to report them to gardaí, the Immigrant…Mon Sept 24 2012 - 01:00
Ex-Tipperary Water staff to protestTen former workers at Tipperary Natural Mineral Water will protest outside its Dublin distribution plant tomorrow morning, saying…Sun Sept 23 2012 - 01:00
Public access to Jones's Road before and after final severely restrictedFANS ATTENDING the All-Ireland football final tomorrow have been warned they will not be allowed to congregate on Jones’s Road…Sat Sept 22 2012 - 01:00
Doctor sentenced for fraud found guilty of misconductA DOCTOR who brought an old, broken laptop to a shop, claiming it to have been recently purchased, and fraudulently obtaining…Fri Sept 21 2012 - 01:00
Lonergan says real test will be putting in place necessary resourcesAT RISK: IF SERVICES to at-risk children are not adequately resourced, the children’s rights referendum will have been a failure…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Doctor guilty of misconductA doctor who brought an old, broken lap-top to a shop, claiming it to be recently-purchased and fraudulently obtaining a refund…Thu Sept 20 2012 - 01:00
Call for resources to back children's rightsIf the State was serious about vindicating children’s rights, it must be serious about resourcing and supporting them to ensure…Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
Call for ban on Israeli settlement importsAn Oireachtas Committee is to write to the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs, Eamonn Gilmore, calling for a national …Wed Sept 19 2012 - 01:00
President lauds 'inspirational' ideasENDING EXPLOITATION of young people at work, gaining accountability of political leaders and recognising the importance of language…Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00
Pensioners should not be 'enormously worried' over possible loss of free travelMinister for Social Protection Joan Burton said yesterday pensioners should not be “enormously worried” about the possibility…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Transgender legislation due within weeksLEGISLATION TO provide for the legal recognition of transgender people will be put before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Social…Sat Sept 08 2012 - 01:00
Transgender legislation pledgedLegislation to provide for the legal recognition of transgender people would be put before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on …Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Burton 'values' free travel schemeMinister for Social Protection Joan Burton has said pensioners should not be too worried about the possibility of losing their…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
Free advice service on mortgages criticisedTHE NEW free financial advice service for mortgage holders in financial distress, unveiled yesterday by Minister for Social Protection…Fri Sept 07 2012 - 01:00
First-time calls to rape crisis centre up by 20% last yearTHE NUMBER of first-time callers to a national rape crisis helpline increased by almost 20 per cent last year compared to 2010…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Labour Ministers at odds over health cutsTWO LABOUR Ministers were at odds yesterday in their accounts of this week’s events in relation to health cuts planned by Fine…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Mortgage arrears service criticisedThe new free financial advice service for mortgage-holders in financial distress, unveiled today by Minister for Social Protection…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Shortall unhappy with disabled cutsMinister of State for Primary Care Róisín Shortall said she was very unhappy people had had to protest in wheelchairs outside…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Calls to rape crisis helpline up 18%The number of first-time callers to a national rape-crisis helpline increased by almost 20 per cent last year compared with 2010…Wed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Parents concerned for son's future as children's charity ends supportLIAM HALL from Co Roscommon celebrates his fourth birthday today. It may be his last at home.Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
'The biggest loss is your hope, your faith and your trust in the justice system'“I would march into hell quicker than go back to court,” says Marion Nolan, of Walkinstown, Dublin, after her experience of the…Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00
Parents of suspended Leaving Cert pupils to take legal actionTHE PARENTS of more than 100 former pupils at a Dublin fee-paying school say they will take legal action over the suspension …Sat Aug 18 2012 - 01:00
Barnardos closes for week to cut down on costsTHE CHILDREN’S charity Barnardos has closed all its services and put its staff on unpaid leave this week in an effort to save…Tue Aug 14 2012 - 01:00
Barnardos suspends charity servicesThe children's charity Barnardos has closed all its services and put its staff on unpaid leave this week in an effort to save…Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
State involvement at stake in review of 'Fair Deal' scheme for nursing homesThe crisis in funding surrounding nursing home care has broadened into an ideological debate over privatisationMon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
'There are some things the State does better. Care of elderly must not be profit-led'LAST NOVEMBER, the HSE announced it was closing Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit, citing funding and staffing issues in the Co…Mon Aug 13 2012 - 01:00
The hardest choice: A time to careEVEN READING a guide to finding a nursing home must be a difficult and traumatic stepSat Aug 11 2012 - 01:00
Dublin dance school that caters to deprived youths may face closureA DANCE school in north Dublin that works with young people from some of the most deprived areas in the State faces closure because…Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Dublin cyclist to lead out Paralympic teamA CIVIL servant and cyclist from Harmonstown, Dublin, has been selected to lead out the Irish Paralympic team and carry the Tricolour…Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Poorest face 'substandard housing' due to rent capsCUTS TO rent allowance are forcing the poorest tenants into accommodation that does not meet legal minimum standards, and others…Tue Aug 07 2012 - 01:00
Summer is on song as opera lovers soak up rays and ariasIT WAS like being abroad, said Brigid Grennan from Drimnagh.Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Rights groups welcome judge's second apologyGROUPS WORKING with immigrants have welcomed a second apology from a District Court judge for her remarks on the Polish community…Fri Aug 03 2012 - 01:00
Childcare group says it cannot afford sick payTHE CHILDCARE sector should be exempted from a Government proposal that employers pay the first four weeks of sick leave for …Wed Aug 01 2012 - 01:00
'It wasn't like this four years ago. It was a nice job'RUNNING A local convenience shop was a "nice" job four years ago, but "at the moment it's really stressful", says Angelika (who…Tue Jul 31 2012 - 01:00
Child benefit 'an important principle'Keeping Child Benefit as a universal payment was “a very important principle,” academics and groups representing women and parents…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Campaigners press for gay marriageThe provision of civil partnerships for gay and lesbian couples had “transformed” attitudes to gays and lesbianism general, campaigners…Thu Jul 19 2012 - 01:00
Charity chief did not train finance manager for postIT DID not occur to the chief executive of a well known charity to train up an existing “loyal servant of 10 years,” and he was…Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Age Action dismissal case heardIt did not “occur” to the chief executive of a leading charity to train up an existing “loyal servant of ten years”, and he was…Fri Jul 13 2012 - 01:00
Outdoor shows to be screened more closely, say gardaíOUTDOOR MUSIC concerts are to be more closely screened by gardaí for potential security and public-order risks and dance gigs…Wed Jul 11 2012 - 01:00
Push to enshrine in law genetic mothers' rights in surrogaciesNEW OR amended legislation is necessary to ensure genetic mothers of surrogate babies can take maternity leave from work and …Tue Jul 10 2012 - 01:00
