Ringsend residents warned of ‘intermittent odours’ as work carried outWork on odour control units to avoid future bad smells from the wastewater treatment planMon Aug 19 2019 - 10:56
State spends more than €100,000 guarding empty Donegal hotelThe Moville hotel, earmarked to open as a direct provision centre, was target of arsonMon Aug 19 2019 - 02:42
Student who came to Ireland from Syria with little English gets 602 Leaving Cert pointsNour Aljarad has secured a place to study dentistry in Trinity College DublinSun Aug 18 2019 - 18:32
Evacuees fleeing Canary Islands wildfire rise to 8,000Department of Foreign Affairs urges anyone with concerns to contact Irish embassy in SpainSun Aug 18 2019 - 17:28
Government to consider law on right to switch off from work emailsHeather Humphreys says interdepartmental steering group will examine French approach to switching offSun Aug 18 2019 - 17:06
Reliance on volunteers to aid asylum seekers must end – charityLimerick non-profit calls on Government to ensure asylum seekers receive basic supportsSat Aug 17 2019 - 03:00
Concern over rise in people seeking asylum from ‘safe’ countriesNumber of new applications set for 15-year high as direct provision system strugglingThu Aug 15 2019 - 01:01
‘We need to think of refugees as people who have a lot of potential’New to the parish: Afshin Samali arrived from Iran, via Pakistan, in 1985Wed Aug 14 2019 - 15:22
Postmortem on Nóra Quoirin to take place as President sends sympathiesRepatriation of teenager’s body may be delayed if Malaysian police suspect foul playWed Aug 14 2019 - 07:31
Call for students who fall ill during exams to be allowed postponeFewer than 40 sat Leaving Cert papers in July under pilot scheme for bereaved pupilsTue Aug 13 2019 - 21:46
Leaving Cert students in direct provision face barriers to collegeAsylum seekers must pay international fees to go on to third level in IrelandTue Aug 13 2019 - 20:34
New hole opens on lands near mining network in Co MonaghanLocal resident says there is a ‘huge level of fear’ in the local communityMon Aug 12 2019 - 21:58
Justice committee calls for public views on online harassmentOireachtas committee to hold series of hearings on online abuse in OctoberMon Aug 12 2019 - 20:43
Gardaí issue further appeal over alleged sex attack in CourtownDetectives call for man who helped three teenage girls to come forwardMon Aug 12 2019 - 20:05
Guardians ad litem to be made available in all childcare casesBill addresses ‘significant inadequacies’ in law around court-appointed representativesMon Aug 12 2019 - 19:01
‘I thought I’d take Dublin by storm when I arrived. It didn’t work out that way’New to the Parish: Rachel Waite arrived from the US in 2011Wed Aug 07 2019 - 06:00
Report finds 26 staff at Wexford nursing home were not Garda vettedHiqa inspectors found fire risks, poor hygiene or lack of training at nursing homesFri Aug 02 2019 - 16:39
Device found in Santry identified as a pipe bombHomes evacuated in estate as army bomb disposal team makes IED safeFri Aug 02 2019 - 13:55
Single asylum seekers leave hotel in Courtown to make way for familiesConcerns raised around number of school places available to children in Courtown centreFri Aug 02 2019 - 10:45
Asylum seekers in Wexford refuse move to Wicklow and ClareA total of 1,068 people, including 177 children, residing in emergency accommodationThu Aug 01 2019 - 00:30
‘Irish people often think we are bad but we are good and friendly’New to the Parish: Persida Caldaras arrived from France in 2002Wed Jul 31 2019 - 12:02
Parents of children at Hyde & Seek move to take legal actionEarly Childhood Ireland calls for investigation by childcare specialist to ensure ‘substantial changes’ are madeWed Jul 31 2019 - 02:22
Mosque in Galway vandalised in early morning attackImam of Galway Ahmadiyya Muslim mosque says he was warned of attack 3 months agoMon Jul 29 2019 - 15:16
‘Family and friends keep asking me when his funeral will be held’Months after the death of Polish man Michal Wasikiewicz on the steps of St Audoen’s Church in Dublin, his family are still trying to figure out what happenedMon Jul 29 2019 - 01:00
Polish man shocked to learn son died and was buried in DublinMichal Wasikiewicz was found dead on Cook Street on November 6th, 2018 after sleeping outdoorsMon Jul 29 2019 - 01:00
Fortnite World Cup: Irish teenager wins $50,000 prizeBest of 40m competitors worldwide face off at e-sports tournament in New YorkSun Jul 28 2019 - 23:04
CCTV needed in all creches, say parents in wake of exposéCreches using CCTV must be clear when and how footage is destroyed, says rights bodySun Jul 28 2019 - 18:12
Former judge ‘rejects’ calls to decriminalise drugsChair of expert group warns Government against moves that ‘normalise’ drug useSat Jul 27 2019 - 04:00
Dozens of Drumcondra residents protest outside Hyde & Seek creche‘If she was in anyway a decent woman she’d come out and face the people here today’Fri Jul 26 2019 - 19:05
‘The wait for papers is stressful. I couldn’t work. My life had to stop’New to the Parish: Mandla Ncube arrived from Zimbabwe in 2016Wed Jul 24 2019 - 06:00
Ellie Kisyombe granted leave to remain in IrelandThen asylum seeker’s local election run for Social Democrats caused controversy in partyMon Jul 22 2019 - 21:07
‘I moved from Australia to be a nurse in Ireland. People are always asking why’Peta Guthridge arrived from Australia in 2015Wed Jul 17 2019 - 06:00
‘The family is in the Constitution – and that doesn’t mean just native white Irish people’Actor Stephen Rea and poet Jessica Traynor’s asylum seekers project has one aim: to end direct provision for goodSat Jul 13 2019 - 06:00
All children must be taken out of emergency housing for asylum seekers, council saysIrish Refugee Council warns the State is in breach of EU law on asylum assessmentsFri Jul 12 2019 - 00:01
Noel Whelan ‘changed Ireland for the better’Tributes paid to barrister and political writer who died after short illnessThu Jul 11 2019 - 11:13
‘Irish racists believe Ireland should be pure. They know what they are doing’New to the Parish: Dagogo Hart arrived from Nigeria in 2010Wed Jul 10 2019 - 06:00
Young people being pushed out of family law system, says Children’s Rights AllianceIrish legal, education and healthcare systems built without ‘children’s rights blueprints’Tue Jul 09 2019 - 00:01
Risk of heart attack death higher in some hospitals, study findsIreland has highest rate of chronic benzodiazepine use in OECD among older adultsMon Jul 08 2019 - 10:54
State’s failure to carry out asylum seeker assessments a ‘breach of law’Irish Refugee Council warns assessing person seeking asylum’s vulnerability ‘crucial’Sun Jul 07 2019 - 20:04
‘Kids living here don’t have a normal childhood’No Child 2020: Children in Direct Provision suffer bullying and restricted educational accessSat Jul 06 2019 - 06:00
Mulhuddart gun discovery: ‘People are terrified to let their children out on the streets’Councillors say more Garda resources urgently needed in Dublin 15Fri Jul 05 2019 - 14:06
Irish woman who joined Islamic State denies training young girls as fightersTaoiseach says former Army member could possibly face criminal charges if she returnsFri Jul 05 2019 - 10:31
Young Irish women suffer highest levels of depression in EuropeEU study finds Ireland has one of highest rates of cyberbullying; highest level of binge drinkingFri Jul 05 2019 - 09:28
Government urged to give refugee families chance to reunifyCommittee recommends that International Protection Bill proceed to Dáil committee stageThu Jul 04 2019 - 22:55
School imposing reduced timetables in a way that is ‘not solely child centred’Warning from the Oireachtas Committee on Education contained in first statutory report on the issueThu Jul 04 2019 - 22:22
Disadvantaged school scheme fails to resolve unfair system, report findsGeneric uniforms without badges and more financial back-to-school support needed, says committeeThu Jul 04 2019 - 16:06
Sitting Leaving Cert exam hours after appendix ruptured ‘inhumane’ – studentAmy Richards: ‘I have no idea what I wrote, I don’t know if it was complete gibberish’Thu Jul 04 2019 - 00:05
Immigrant teachers complete programme to teach in Irish schoolsMinister says the 34 graduates will help resolve national shortage of teachersThu Jul 04 2019 - 00:01
Updated application for Dublin drug-injecting facility submittedMedically supervised facility must open without delay, Merchant’s Quay saysWed Jul 03 2019 - 20:53
Companies investing in rental properties to keep staff, group claimsLiving wage for a single full-time worker rises to €12.30Wed Jul 03 2019 - 13:26
