`Dramatic' rise in homeless in B&BsThere has been an "enormous and dramatic" increase in the use of B & Bs as emergency accommodation for homeless people in…Thu Nov 23 2000 - 00:00
`Potentially explosive' situation in child servicesDangerous working conditions, an ad-hoc approach to decision-making, cynicism and frustration among staff and "potentially explosive…Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
Child social-care workers press for more payChild social-care workers in the eastern region are to seek improvements in pay and conditions next week.Tue Nov 21 2000 - 00:00
Overseas drive for childcare staffThe Eastern Regional Health Authority is hoping to recruit childcare workers in New Zealand and the United States, The Irish …Mon Nov 13 2000 - 00:00
Call for earlier work for asylum-seekersAsylum-seekers should be given the right to work sooner than they are at the moment, the Tanaiste has said.Tue Nov 07 2000 - 00:00
Old Meath Hospital to be used for emergency homelessThe Meath Hospital in Dublin, which closed in June 1998, is to be partially reopened as emergency accommodation for homeless …Tue Nov 07 2000 - 00:00
Cullen blames local bodies for flood defence delayThe construction of flood defences around the State is being hampered by the time local authorities are taking to agree on local…Tue Nov 07 2000 - 00:00
Groups in favour of choice plan to lobbyA campaign against a third abortion referendum, and in favour of legislation, is to be organised as a collaborative effort by…Mon Nov 06 2000 - 00:00
Drug rehab project has positive resultsImproved and increased co-operation between the business and the voluntary sectors could transform the drug-users of today into…Sat Nov 04 2000 - 00:00
Children detained at Trinity House repeatedly found affected by cannabisA number of children at a special school for young offenders have been repeatedly found under the influence of cannabis, the …Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00
Olympic heroes bring home the goldThe baggage carousels at Dublin Airport came to a halt yesterday as baggage-handlers joined builders, airline clerks, passengers…Thu Nov 02 2000 - 00:00
Paralympians will arrive at Dublin Airport at noon to official welcomeIreland's Paralympians will return to Dublin Airport this afternoon from the games in Sydney.Wed Nov 01 2000 - 00:00
Irish teacher gets record book dealA Co Wexford schoolteacher has just won the largest advance paid to an unknown writer in Britain and looks set to knock Harry…Tue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00
Cold, wet and windy weather to continueThe "unseasonably cold, wet and windy" weather will continue over the next week, according to Met EireannTue Oct 31 2000 - 00:00
Residents face eviction orders as auction of homes cancelledAbout 100 Dublin residents who had expected to face homelessness yesterday now face eviction orders from the courts.Thu Oct 26 2000 - 01:00
Child crime measures come in for criticismIt will be 20 years before the forthcoming Children's Bill has any impact on the lives of dysfunctional young people, according…Thu Oct 26 2000 - 01:00
Editor of `Sunday Independent' apologises for offence to disabledAn apology from the editor of the Sunday Independent for the "distress and offence" caused by one of the newspaper's columnists…Wed Oct 25 2000 - 01:00
Editor defends Synon's right to her opinionThe Minister for Sport, Recreation and Tourism, Dr McDaid, has joined in widespread condemnation of views expressed by a Sunday…Tue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Voluntary groups call for welfare increases in BudgetIncreased social welfare payments and a narrowing of the gap between rich and poor were demanded by voluntary groups in pre-budget…Tue Oct 24 2000 - 01:00
Major immunisation plan announcedSome 95 per cent of babies born from today will be immunised against a strain of meningitis under what is said to be the most…Wed Oct 04 2000 - 01:00
25% of youths in care end up in jailA quarter of young people who have left health board care and 65 per cent of those who have left special schools were imprisoned…Wed Oct 04 2000 - 01:00
Information sought on cars used in raidGardai are investigating the movements of two cars used in a robbery early yesterday morning in Coolock, Dublin, during which…Tue Oct 03 2000 - 01:00
Boys' funerals postponed as search continues for father's bodyThe search for the body of Mr Stephen Byrne, who has been missing since his car was found in the sea in Co Wexford, enters its…Tue Oct 03 2000 - 01:00
Employers urged to give jobs to former addictsEmployers will be encouraged to employ former heroin users as part of an awareness and fund-raising campaign announced in Dublin…Sat Sept 30 2000 - 01:00
Man questioned over runaway girlGardai in Mullingar and Longford are to interview a 28-year-old midlands man again in connection with the disappearance of a …Fri Sept 29 2000 - 01:00
665 at-risk children have to wait for social workersMore than 600 children who have been identified as at risk in the State are waiting to be allocated a social worker.Tue Sept 19 2000 - 01:00
Major review of childcare services urged to cope with crisisA "root-and-branch" examination of the childcare system is vital if we are to arrest the growing number of children coming into…Tue Sept 19 2000 - 01:00
Acoustic Dylan tickets are gone in 60 secondsThe promoters of a Bob Dylan acoustic concert in Dublin next week would "welcome any investigation into the way the tickets were…Tue Sept 05 2000 - 01:00
EU beef will have to show its originsConsumers of beef produced in the EU will receive details of the country of origin of the product and the plant where it was …Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
Martin denies biased selection of boardThe minister for Health and Children, Mr Martin, has rejected allegations that he appointed supporters and Cork-based allies …Sat Sept 02 2000 - 01:00
ASH welcomes introduction of new anti-smoking drug from USThe anti-smoking group ASH has welcomed the introduction of a new anti-smoking drug, Zyban, which will be available on prescription…Fri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
Use of St John's Wort is backed by medical studyThe Irish Medicines Board has declined to comment on new research indicating the herb St John's Wort, popular as a remedy for…Fri Sept 01 2000 - 01:00
Initiative launched to combat child povertyThousands of children are being denied their constitutional right because the State fails to provide them with a home environment…Wed Aug 30 2000 - 01:00
Home-makers over 65 may qualify for full old-age pensionWomen over the age of 65 who have taken time off work for family reasons may soon qualify for full old-age pensions following…Tue Aug 29 2000 - 01:00
No arrests by Garda over Eircom hackerGardai have still not arrested the person who hacked into Eircom's Internet service last week causing disruption to an estimated…Thu Aug 24 2000 - 01:00
No support for some `thousands' of familiesThousands of vulnerable families are probably not getting the supports they need, according to the director of childcare at Barnardos…Wed Aug 23 2000 - 01:00
Bottle may not have been used on German girlGardai investigating the weekend attack on a 12-year-old German student in Dun Laoghaire now believe she may not have been slashed…Tue Aug 22 2000 - 01:00
Gardai hope for interview with girl whose face was slashed with bottleGardai are hoping to speak today to the 12-year-old German girl whose face was slashed with a broken bottle on the East Pier …Mon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
Professor asks if sacrifice Collins made was in vainWould Michael Collins and the other political and military leaders of his time think their sacrifices had been in vain were they…Mon Aug 21 2000 - 01:00
Even the most secure sites are not safeHacking, said a spokeswoman for Eircom, was "part of Internet life"Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Eircom Internet service breach `unacceptable'The effective breakdown of Internet services at Eircom yesterday was "unacceptable", while the manner in which the company dealt…Fri Aug 18 2000 - 01:00
Vintners' leader says prices order should be liftedThe order freezing the prices of a range of alcoholic drinks sold in pubs and hotels should be lifted as it has failed to halt…Thu Aug 17 2000 - 01:00
Prisoner training frees new recruits for economy's worker-starved industriesHundreds of prisoners are to be made available to potential employers in some of the most labour-starved sectors of the economy…Sat Aug 12 2000 - 01:00
Corporation looks for housing for `crisis' in indigenous homelessDublin Corporation expects to place further advertisements for landlords in an effort to address an emergency accommodation "…Fri Aug 11 2000 - 01:00
Boy's lung operation successful after five delays"Delighted, relieved and exhausted," Damien O'Hare described himself yesterday when his two-year-old son, Dillon Smyth, finally…Fri Aug 11 2000 - 01:00
Baby to have lung operation after four postponements due to staff shortageA two-year-old boy from Tallaght, who has had a lung operation postponed four times in the past week, is finally due to undergo…Tue Aug 08 2000 - 01:00
Road accidents over weekend claim 11 livesThere have been more calls for Government action to curb road deaths following 11 fatalities over the bank holiday weekend.Tue Aug 08 2000 - 01:00
Hiroshima Day marked in DublinThe danger that atomic bombs could be used would never end unless public opinion "makes it impossible for governments to be so…Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
Magazines accused of promoting `cool' image of teenage smokingGlossy magazines contribute to the rising number of teenage smokers by glamorising cigarettes, according to Mr John McGuinness…Mon Aug 07 2000 - 01:00
ICTU suggestion of independent mediator to settle dispute rejectedThird-party independent "external mediation" to resolve the rail dispute would not be considered by Iarnrod Eireann, a spokesman…Sat Aug 05 2000 - 01:00
