Salvation Army

Homelessness in Ireland hits record high of 14,760 people

Child homelessness rises 17% in last year, Department of Housing data shows

Fri Oct 25 2024 - 14:29

Salvation Army seeks €3.75m for former Dublin city homeless hostel

Proceeds from sale of Lefroy House to be used to expand church and charity’s homeless services in the capital

Wed Oct 02 2024 - 05:40

Workers group occupying Eden Quay property to defy court order

Revolutionary Workers Union plans takeover of empty buildings to expose destitution

Mon May 23 2022 - 16:08

Record donations to Dublin ‘Black Santa’ Christmas appeal at Christmas

All monies raised go direct to city charities, including those dealing with homelessness

Sun Jan 23 2022 - 18:33

Thinking Anew – ‘And now the mark of Christ is upon you’

Sat Jan 15 2022 - 00:01

Annual Black Santa appeal launched in Dublin

The popular annual fundraiser has generated more than €700k for charities

Tue Dec 21 2021 - 20:39

Vulnerable, older prisoners ‘sabotaging’ parole to stay in jail

Outgoing Parole Board chief says timely rethink needed concerning mentally-ill prisoners

Mon Nov 29 2021 - 03:21

Girl sexually assaulted by father says she felt like her ‘soul was ripped out’

Dublin man (48) jailed for two-and-a-half years over abuse of teenage daughter

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 17:13

Salvation Army homeless vaccinated with J&J vaccine

Long-term residents of York Street hostel avail of one-shot vaccine

Mon May 10 2021 - 17:04

Tributes paid to ‘fantastic entrepreneur’ Galen Weston

Brown Thomas Arnotts owner Weston died on Tuesday

Wed Apr 14 2021 - 19:22

George Floyd’s girlfriend gives tearful testimony about addiction struggle

Former police officer Derek Chauvin on trial for murder of Floyd in Minneapolis last year

Thu Apr 01 2021 - 19:38

Hundreds of babies from church-run homes in NI were moved across Border

Research shows some babies were adopted in Republic or moved to homes or institutions

Tue Jan 26 2021 - 23:34

Independent inquiry to examine North’s mother and baby homes

Foster acknowledges pain caused to thousands as survivors seek public inquiry

Tue Jan 26 2021 - 23:30

Report into NI mother and baby homes to highlight ‘appalling suffering’

Questions over infant mortality rates and forced adoption expected to be raised by report

Tue Jan 26 2021 - 00:01

Congestion eases at UK border after thousands of drivers tested

Transport secretary says backlog cleared at Kent site allowing lorries head for France

Sat Dec 26 2020 - 17:55

Annual Dublin ‘Black Santa’ charity appeal launched in Dublin

Christmas Music concert recorded in aid of the appeal is now available online

Mon Dec 21 2020 - 13:18

Funding standoff to see Dublin city emergency hostel for minors close

Staff told closure of Salvation Army service due to ‘significant shortfalls’ in budget

Thu Dec 03 2020 - 17:34

‘Minnesota needs Trump’: President sees rural path to election victory

State encapsulates demographic, social divides driving political polarisation in the US

Sun Sept 20 2020 - 18:00

St John Ambulance child sex abuse: ‘I remember not being believed’

Tusla investigation finds former senior figure in voluntary body abused children

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 07:25

Injustice of low-wage poverty exposed by Covid-19

Value of cleaners, and supermarket and shop workers now glaringly obvious

Tue Jul 21 2020 - 01:00

Churches urge faithful to exert pressure on politicians over housing

‘The State built 8,500 social houses in 1975, but was able to build only 750 two years ago’

Tue Jan 21 2020 - 11:53

Aung San Suu Kyi asks UN court not to undermine ‘reconciliation’

Myanmar’s leader subjected to scathing crriticism over treatment of Rohingya minority

Thu Dec 12 2019 - 19:03

Aung San Suu Kyi rejects ‘misleading’ genocide claims at UN court

Rohingya supporters shout ‘shame on you!’ as Myanmar’s civilian leader leaves court in The Hague

Wed Dec 11 2019 - 11:50

Dublin businesses seek to stop 155-bed homeless hostel

Avalon House on Aungier Street would be State’s largest facility for rough sleepers

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 18:18

Homeless crisis: Murphy defends family hubs as better than hotels

Critical report should be ‘seared into brain of every policy influencer’, says Fianna Fáil TD

Thu Apr 18 2019 - 18:24

The US city that shifted from exemplar to post-industrial ruin

Once a booming automotive centre, Flint is ravaged by drugs, bad water and joblessness

Fri Mar 29 2019 - 01:00

He died in New York in 1989. Now Ferg Griffin is coming home

For three decades the young Irishman's family has agonised over his disappearance

Sat Dec 22 2018 - 06:00

Church of Ireland will be ‘caught’ if hard border introduced, says Archbishop

Archbishop of Dublin Michael Jackson highlights ‘church of the whole island’

Thu Dec 13 2018 - 19:53

First Titanic, then Empress: an Irish man’s lucky escapes

Quebec Letter: Canadian luxury transatlantic liner sank in icy waters in 1914

Tue Nov 27 2018 - 01:00

Refugee left homeless after closure of direct provision centre

Ibrahim Musa (64) is currently living in a shelter despite risk to his kidney transplant

Mon Jul 23 2018 - 01:59

Roads to recovery: How the North handles homelessness

‘I am in good shape compared to the way I was,’ says former Belfast rough sleeper

Thu Jan 04 2018 - 04:45

Myanmar’s Suu Kyi condemns abuses in Rakhine but rights groups sceptical

Remarks came in her first address to the nation since attacks by Rohingya Muslim insurgents

Tue Sept 19 2017 - 11:25

Myanmar faces mounting pressure over Rohingya refugee exodus

Bangladesh calls for creation of safe zones as number fleeing rises to 370,000

Tue Sept 12 2017 - 17:48

Myanmar dismisses ceasefire declared by Muslim Rohingya insurgents

UN workers estimate that 294,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh over 15 days

Sun Sept 10 2017 - 19:04