Deeley family is still living in hopeJust the word "December" makes Michelle Deeley shiverSat Dec 06 2003 - 00:00
CORI sees gap between rich and poor wideningBudget 2004 has widened the gap between rich and poor to €294 per week since the current Government took office in 1997, the …Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:00
Department concerns over rent supplement cutA senior official in the Department of Social and Family Affairs has confirmed there are concerns within the Department that …Fri Dec 05 2003 - 00:00
Room for row back on cutsSocial Welfare There is "wriggle room" for some row back on the 16 social welfare cuts announced in last month's Book of Estimates…Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:00
Strong criticism over child allowance increasesChild poverty The Budget has done nothing to address child poverty, groups working to end disadvantage among families and children…Thu Dec 04 2003 - 00:00
Welfare cuts likely to go aheadNo row-back is expected in €58 million of social welfare cuts announced in last month's Estimates.Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Stealth taxes squeezing the low paid, says charityStealth taxes are the "biggest single" factor behind increasing poverty and growing inequality, the vice president of the Society…Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Council may end its role in housingDublin City Council is examining options to end its role as a local authority landlord.Tue Dec 02 2003 - 00:00
Policies hinder treatment of African women with HIVMore than half of new diagnoses of HIV here are among people from sub-Saharan Africa, and over three-quarters of these are women…Mon Dec 01 2003 - 00:00
Doctor voted in on a wave of angerDr Kieran Deeny, the one real surprise breakthrough candidate in the Assembly election, has always been a bit of a rebel.Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Omagh health services issue sees parties uniteTyrone West: Each of the other five successful candidates joined West Tyrone's poll-topper, Independent Dr Kieran Deeny in declaring…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
Election is over but a familiar chill remainsFermanagh-South Tyrone: Relations between the DUP and Sinn Féin looked as cold as ever in Fermanagh-South Tyrone, with the re…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
DUP man leaves rostrum before SF members speakFermanagh-South Tyrone: Shortly before lunchtime the six MLAs for Fermanagh-South Tyrone took to the rostrum in the coffee shop…Sat Nov 29 2003 - 00:00
State needs €1b for homelessness crisis, says FocusThe Government must borrow €1 billion to tackle the homelessness crisis, the housing charity Focus Ireland has said.Thu Nov 27 2003 - 00:00
Supplement cut may close Ballymun crecheA crèche catering for 58 children in one of the most disadvantaged areas of the State faces closure due to cuts announced this…Thu Nov 27 2003 - 00:00
Scheme to return foreign nationals criticisedGroups working with immigrants have criticised three new voluntary programmes to assist asylum-seekers wishing to return to their…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Welfare officers oppose rent cutsRepresentatives of the State's 600 community welfare officers will express their "fury" at social welfare cuts announced in the…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Agency says Ahern wrong on child poverty figuresThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, was wrong to deny that 300,000 children were living in families with incomes of less than €175 a week…Tue Nov 25 2003 - 00:00
Random street attack leaves Chinese man scarred and scaredA victim's story: They held him down on the ground, one holding his shoulders, the other grabbing his chinMon Nov 24 2003 - 00:00
Women have no means to pay billThe four women at the centre of a legal battle with the South Western Area and the East Coast Area Health Boards over the provision…Thu Nov 20 2003 - 00:00
'Amazing' response yields room for homeless manA man who had been living in his car since August last year has been housed in a transitional housing project and promised the…Tue Nov 18 2003 - 00:00
Bad health and loss of job force man to live in car by the seaMr Des Hirsch (58) has lived in his car since August last yearMon Nov 17 2003 - 00:00
Majority in survey say homeless should be housed at any costOver three-quarters of Irish people believe that, whatever the cost, housing should be provided for the homeless, while 63 per…Mon Nov 17 2003 - 00:00
Concern that cuts in lone parent allowance may lead to more child povertySocial and family affairs: Cuts in lone parent allowance, rent allowance and supplement, the back to education allowance and…Fri Nov 14 2003 - 00:00
Youth remanded over death in MountmellickA 15-year-old youth last night appeared before a special sitting of Carlow District Court charged in connection with the death…Thu Nov 13 2003 - 00:00
New security system to make mobile phone theft 'pointless'Mobile phone theft will be a "pointless" exercise with the introduction of a new security system in the next few weeks, according…Mon Nov 10 2003 - 00:00
Up to 2,000 mobiles stolen each week, firms estimateThe Government must introduce new legislation to make the reprogramming of a mobile phone's identity number a criminal offence…Mon Nov 10 2003 - 00:00
Requests for help to the St Vincent de Paul doubleThe number of calls for help to the Society of St Vincent de Paul has more than doubled in the past year, the charity's Social…Mon Nov 10 2003 - 00:00
Minister asked to curtail orders to deportThirteen human rights and immigrant organisations have written to the Minister for Justice urging him not to deport up to 11,…Sat Nov 08 2003 - 00:00
Hospital alarmed by home birth deathsObstetric and paediatric staff at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin wrote to the Department of Health three times in the last two…Fri Nov 07 2003 - 00:00
Dying man gives redress testimony in LondonA terminally-ill man, who gave his testimony to the Residential Institutions Redress Board (RIRB) from his sickbed in England…Thu Nov 06 2003 - 00:00
Concern over child poverty targetsGovernment targets to reduce child poverty would in fact increase relative poverty among children, a leading economist has said…Wed Nov 05 2003 - 00:00
Redress board hears abuse claim in BritainA terminally ill man, who says he was physically and sexually abused while in the care of religious, has called on the Residential…Wed Nov 05 2003 - 00:00
Expert warns measles increase could be fatalThe incidence of measles among children is reaching a point where a death may be expected, the Director of the National Disease…Sat Nov 01 2003 - 00:00
Labour selects anti-war activist for pollThe prominent anti-war activist, Mr Roger Cole, has been selected to stand for the Labour Party in next year's local elections…Sat Nov 01 2003 - 00:00
Minister hears concerns of rights groupThe Human Rights Commission is "seriously concerned" about the issuing of letters since July to up to 1,100 non-EU parents of…Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
Methadone used to 'punish' addictsRecovering heroin addicts feel methadone treatment is being used to "punish" and "control" them, a report on State drug treatment…Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
€9m fund will give help to families of victimsBereaved family members of those killed in the Troubles, and other victims in this jurisdiction, will be able to apply for compensation…Fri Oct 31 2003 - 00:00
Department begins deportations of immigrant parents of Irish childrenThe Department of Justice has begun issuing deportation orders against the immigrant parents of Irish-born children on foot of…Thu Oct 30 2003 - 00:00
'Crimeline' to end but link to loss of sponsor deniedThe production company behind the long-running Crimeline television programme has denied any connection between its decision …Wed Oct 29 2003 - 00:00
New group insists many abuse claims unfoundedIn years to come Irish society will "hang its head in shame" at the way it has treated members of religious congregations, the…Tue Oct 28 2003 - 00:00
Initiative on homelessness is a 'disgrace', says TDDublin City Council's initiative to remove homeless people from the city centre's streets will be discussed at a meeting of organisations…Tue Oct 28 2003 - 00:00
Critical reaction to statement from BrothersGroups working with victims of clerical sexual abuse have criticised a statement by the Christian Brothers on sexual abuse allegations…Mon Oct 27 2003 - 00:00
90-year-old joins marathon line-upA 90-year-old Chicago woman who took up running in her 70s because she thought she was getting "a bit stiff" will be among more…Sat Oct 25 2003 - 01:00
Victims' groups query accuracy of rape statisticsGroups working with victims of crime have questioned the accuracy of crime figures from the Department of Justice, particularly…Sat Oct 25 2003 - 01:00
Disability Bill will reinforce equalityThe Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, has refused to specify whether next month's Disability Bill will be rights-based.Fri Oct 24 2003 - 01:00
Call for halt to homelessness planDublin City Council has refused to defer its initiative aimed at eradicating begging and street drinking from the city centre…Fri Oct 24 2003 - 01:00
Minorities face barriers in jobs market, report showsOlder people, Travellers, people with disabilities and people from ethnic minorities remain the groups facing the greatest difficulties…Fri Oct 24 2003 - 01:00
Cannabis use near saturation levels in IrelandCannabis use among Irish 15- to 16-year-olds is the third highest in the EU and is reaching "saturation point", the European …Thu Oct 23 2003 - 01:00
300,000 children living in relative povertyTo live one's childhood in poverty was a "death sentence" , an expert on poverty research said yesterday.Thu Oct 23 2003 - 01:00
