Use of video links in court urgedThe use of video conferencing in criminal court cases is being considered by the Minister for Justice, Mr McDowell.Mon Feb 16 2004 - 00:00
More mass deportations planned using chartersThere will be more mass deportations using "giant charters" as the number of orders increases, the head of the Garda National…Fri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
Concern at 'covert' deportation of 65 immigrantsRefugee support groups and immigration lawyers have expressed concern at the "covert" and "cloak-and-dagger" manner in which …Fri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
Artists seek to give deprived young people a new visionSome of the most talented visual artists in the State are coming together to bring "the experience of art" to deprived young …Fri Feb 13 2004 - 00:00
Parade will pass through O'Connell StreetThis year's Dublin St Patrick's Day parade will after all pass through O'Connell Street, although viewing will be restricted, …Wed Feb 11 2004 - 00:00
Internet car tax renewal ready by MarchFrom next month, motorists will be able to renew their car tax over the Internet, the Minister for the Environment, Mr Cullen…Tue Feb 10 2004 - 00:00
Women's Aid handled more than 11,000 distress calls last yearWomen's Aid received over 11,000 distress calls to its helpline last year, preliminary figures indicate.Sat Feb 7 2004 - 00:00
State paid €3m in 2002 for homeless accommodation that was vacantBasic standards are not being met in emergency B&B accommodation, while up 20 per cent of it remains unoccupied despite being…Fri Feb 6 2004 - 00:00
Call for all work to halt at site of craneResidents in Ringsend, Dublin, where a crane partially collapsed last weekend, have called for all work on the site to stop until…Fri Feb 6 2004 - 00:00
Homeless mother rears children among drug-usersCCTV cameras have recently been installed in the dining room of the bed and breakfast accommodation where Ms Ann Connors (25) …Fri Feb 6 2004 - 00:00
Call for urgent review of methadone programmeThe Government's Methadone Maintenance Programme "im- prisons teenagers in a life of addiction and crime" and should be urgently…Tue Feb 3 2004 - 00:00
Ahern 'was given one day's notice of rent cut plan'The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Ms Coughlan, presented her plan to severely cut rent allowance to the Minister of…Tue Feb 3 2004 - 00:00
Booklet reveals babysitting bloomersAdvice handbook: Does your babysitter need babysitting? Apparently many people feel they doTue Feb 3 2004 - 00:00
Inner city drug problem worsening, says activistThere have been more drug-related deaths in Dublin's inner city in the past year than in any year previously, a church service…Mon Feb 2 2004 - 00:00
Groups unite to fight rent supplement cutGroups opposing the cut in rent supplement, which comes into force on Monday, are to step up their campaign next week.Sat Jan 31 2004 - 00:00
Only three families with Irish children deported since judgmentOnly three families with Irish children have been deported in the year since the Supreme Court judgment that parents were not…Sat Jan 31 2004 - 00:00
More than 50% of Travellers now settledMore than half of all Travellers live in permanent accommodation, according to new figures from the Central Statistics Office…Fri Jan 30 2004 - 00:00
Report finds lack of contact between Irish and immigrantsSocial interaction between immigrant communities and the native population is "virtually non-existent" in Dublin's south inner…Thu Jan 29 2004 - 00:00
Mobile camera phone girl is identifiedThe teenage girl at the centre of an investigation into the distribution of pornographic images via mobile camera phones has …Thu Jan 29 2004 - 00:00
Stately homes are turning to Britain for insurance coverInsurance for historic and stately homes has become so expensive here that proprietors are going to Britain to get cover.Wed Jan 28 2004 - 00:00
Dublin Traveller housing plans 'abandoned'The chairman of South Dublin County Council's Traveller accommodation committee has resigned, saying the Government has "abandoned…Sat Jan 24 2004 - 00:00
Deportation orders face legal testHundreds of legal challenges to deportation orders against the parents of Irish children are likely in coming months, the Free…Fri Jan 23 2004 - 00:00
Deported Romanian tells of plightAngelica Incze (28) is ashamed to look at the passport of her baby daughter, AislingFri Jan 23 2004 - 00:00
No creche places for special needs childrenChildren with social and emotional needs are unable to take up crèche places because of the abolition of the Crèche Supplement…Mon Jan 12 2004 - 00:00
Welfare officers to join voluntary groups in opposing cutsCommunity Welfare Officers are to join forces with 13 voluntary organisations in opposing a series of social welfare cuts due…Wed Jan 7 2004 - 00:00
Supplement cuts to take effect amid concernsCuts to the rent supplement will come into effect at the end of January, while creche supplements and a supplement to help with…Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Report calls for body to aid work training for TravellersThe establishment of a central body to champion Travellers' participation in training programmes is among the recommendations…Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
An Post moves to distance itself from US parcel costs complaintsAn Post has moved to distance itself from charges being levied on people receiving air-mail parcels from the United States.Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Funds to fight child prostitution cutA service to combat homelessness, drug abuse and sexual exploitation of young people in Dundalk is at risk since funding was …Wed Dec 31 2003 - 00:00
Refugee body fears growth of 'underclass'There is a real risk that a new underclass will develop if the "short-sighted" current policies on asylum-seekers and refugees…Tue Dec 30 2003 - 00:00
Irish disaster relief experts to assess devastationBAM EARTHQUAKE: Two experts in disaster relief will leave Ireland to fly to Iran tomorrow to assess the devastation around Bam…Mon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
Gilt-edged wedding for Dublin's first citizenThe weekend saw Dublin gain a new first lady - a lass from Co DonegalMon Dec 29 2003 - 00:00
Reverse welfare cuts - anti-poverty groupsAnti-poverty groups will meet the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Ms Coughlan, today hoping she will revise some of the…Tue Dec 16 2003 - 00:00
MHB to decide on pregnant teenagerThe Pro-Life Campaign will "look at its legal options" if the Midland Health Board decides to take a 14-year-old girl in its …Thu Dec 11 2003 - 00:00
Some types of poverty growing, says ESRIRelative poverty has more than doubled since 1994, while the depth of poverty being experienced has increased substantially, …Wed Dec 10 2003 - 00:00
Groups to discuss welfare cuts with MinisterGroups fighting the social welfare cuts announced in last month's Estimates are to meet the Minister for Social and Family Affairs…Wed Dec 10 2003 - 00:00
Number of calls to immigrant help centre increasesThe number of calls for help to the Immigrant Council of Ireland has increased substantially since June.Mon Dec 8 2003 - 00:00
Concern over education of 32 teenage asylum-seekersThe education of 32 teenage asylum-seekers is at risk following a decision to move them from children's accommodation into adult…Sat Dec 6 2003 - 00:00
Deeley family is still living in hopeJust the word "December" makes Michelle Deeley shiverSat Dec 6 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 5 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 5 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 4 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 4 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 2 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 2 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 2 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 1 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
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