‘Brexit budget’ leaves poorest at biggest risk of losing outUnder no-deal shadow, scarcer resources go to social groupings deemed most vulnerableTue Oct 08 2019 - 21:48
Free school meals pilot scheme to be allocated €160,000 in 2020Child poverty intervention is in addition to hot meals pilot running in 36 primary schoolsTue Oct 08 2019 - 18:45
Elderly and disabled living alone ‘targeted’ in Budget 2020Income allowed while still qualifying for One Parent Family Payment up €15 to €145Tue Oct 08 2019 - 15:29
‘Mental health crisis’ among Travellers must be addressed, committee toldMost Travellers felt the State was ‘indifferent’ to their sufferingTue Oct 08 2019 - 13:52
Co Meath couple ‘lay low’ due to racist abuse after Lidl advertFiona Ryan and Jonathan Mathis urge people to sign online petition for hate-crime lawMon Oct 07 2019 - 03:01
Less than 4% of rental home available to rent supplement, HAP usersProperties suitable for four household ‘types’ examined in new Simon Communities reportSun Oct 06 2019 - 22:14
Beating inner city Dublin’s criminal stigma with positive role modelsPoverty-fuelled drug-dealing and violence can stop being normalised by community effortFri Oct 04 2019 - 20:09
Victims of online abuse should be able to sue social media, Oireachtas committee toldOnline regulator ‘with teeth’ needed, committee discussing online harassment toldThu Oct 03 2019 - 20:28
Survey of gay, bisexual men finds high rate of mental health problemsA third of men who have sex with men reported being stared at or intimidated in past yearThu Oct 03 2019 - 17:55
Dual diagnosis protocols could have saved man (28), family believesSeán O’Keeffe died of an overdose after ‘desperately’ seeking psychiatric helpThu Oct 03 2019 - 02:05
Ideology the ‘only obstacle’ to social and affordable housing, say protestersFine Gael needs to ‘step back’ from its current policy, protesters outside Dáil toldWed Oct 02 2019 - 18:38
Garda role in ‘vetting’ Travellers for social housing criticisedLegal advice body expresses concern over information given by gardaí to local authoritiesWed Oct 02 2019 - 01:00
Varadkar describes racial abuse of couple in Lidl advert as ‘disgusting’Taoiseach said Government is working on hate crime legislationFri Sept 27 2019 - 18:52
Couple in ad campaign left ‘shaking and fearful’ after online abuse‘We actually thank Gemma O’Doherty for highlighting there is no real hate-crime legislation’Fri Sept 27 2019 - 03:30
‘It’s affected my whole life, every relationship. It’s the loss that’s always there’Families of the victims of the Stardust fire hope new inquests will help bring healingFri Sept 27 2019 - 01:00
Stardust families cite Hillsborough inquest in fight for justiceInquest will see official narrative of how 48 people died challenged in court of law for first time since 1982Thu Sept 26 2019 - 22:39
Stardust inquests another step on the long road to justice for families‘The reality is there are people who must be held accountable for what happened that night’Thu Sept 26 2019 - 19:09
New Tusla chief keen to tackle ‘deep mistrust in the Irish psyche’ of agencyBernard Gloster says key objective of his tenure will be winning public’s confidenceWed Sept 25 2019 - 03:00
Housing crisis has created perfect storm for predatory landlords, TD tells DáilRuth Coppinger says she has received more disclosures, particularly from three women in the Hap sectorTue Sept 24 2019 - 16:27
Woman who felt sexually harassed by estate agent feared homelessness‘It was really inappropriate flirting, creepy. But ... I didn’t want to get on his wrong side’Tue Sept 24 2019 - 02:00
Direct provision: ‘I know people see our opposition as racist, but we are terrified’What lies behind Roosky, Lisdoonvarna and Oughterard’s objections to direct-provision centres?Sat Sept 21 2019 - 06:00
Tenants ‘tricked’ into leaving their homes, tribunal toldLandlord accused of issuing invalid notices to quit in two Dublin 4 propertiesThu Sept 12 2019 - 01:00
Dublin tenants under threat of eviction stage protestPursuit of vacant possession to refurbish and hike rent ‘like an epidemic across country’Wed Sept 11 2019 - 19:29
Closure of Dublin’s Bernard Shaw pub ‘just another sign the city is changing’‘It’s more than just a nightlife venue. It’s a genuine artistic and creative hub, with a social purpose’Tue Sept 10 2019 - 20:20
Minister open to idea of separate agency for child support paymentsDoherty unhappy with current situation whereby courts rule on relatively small sumsTue Sept 10 2019 - 17:46
Private bus firm Go-Ahead avoids fines over failures to allow ‘bedding in’NTA will not fine bus operator despite complaints about punctuality, buses not turning upMon Sept 09 2019 - 09:27
Northside Partnership launches ‘advantaged thinking’ strategySociety conditioned to overlook skills of people in poorer areas, says organisationMon Sept 09 2019 - 02:03
LifeSkills school programme ‘transforming outcomes’ for childrenPupils learn how to make good decisions, deal with stress and feel good about themselvesSat Sept 07 2019 - 02:29
Alliance calls for end to child poverty in pre-budget submissionChildren’s Rights Alliance proposes daily hot meals, free school books and hobby subsidyThu Sept 05 2019 - 00:01
Five schools forced to delay opening for second timeEducate Together ‘frustrated’ over delay in securing safety certificates for school buildingsWed Sept 04 2019 - 18:48
Suicide rate falls to lowest level in 20 yearsCounties Monaghan and Cavan record highest rates as men account for 80pc of casesTue Sept 03 2019 - 20:33
Childminders face prosecution if they don't register with TuslaGovernment proposal will require childminders to undergo training and Garda vettingFri Aug 30 2019 - 06:00
‘Disgraceful’ that just 20 per cent of those with sight-loss have jobs – charity headCompanies urged to step up and see beyond a person’s disabilityWed Aug 28 2019 - 20:38
Better-off parents slower to vaccinate childrenUptake of MMR vaccine in several wealthy areas slides, according to official figuresTue Aug 27 2019 - 02:31
‘Reduced timetable’ system may breach children’s constitutional rightsTraveller cross-party group says audit needed on schools’ use of limited hoursMon Aug 26 2019 - 01:03
Boy with autism ‘regressed’ due to refusal of school-bus placeAutism advocacy charity says move ‘breaches spirit of Act’ aimed at protecting boyMon Aug 26 2019 - 01:02
Delays in dealing with ‘high priority’ abuse cases criticisedReview of south Dublin services found Tusla lacks ‘concrete plan to address risk in a timely way’Wed Aug 21 2019 - 17:29
The most common student rental scams: warning over deposits and keysTry out the key and view property in person before transferring money, students toldTue Aug 20 2019 - 20:37
Call for contraceptive coil and bar to be fully State-fundedGrowing demand for long-acting reversible contraception, says Alison BegasTue Aug 20 2019 - 18:08
Calls for fully accessible train platforms across rail networkWheelchair users upset and exhausted by constant breakdown of lifts at train stationsThu Jul 25 2019 - 02:46
More than 1,200 vulnerable people ‘at risk’ unless residences regulatedInspector finds ‘continuing breaches of human rights’ including lack of privacyThu Jul 25 2019 - 00:01
Settled residents should lose right to object to Traveller accommodation, experts sayGroup calls for councils to use emergency powers to force through housing plansWed Jul 24 2019 - 02:50
Bereft Dublin locality pulls together in wake of suicidesShe ‘always appeared bubbly and happy but it was a front . . . she was broken inside’Wed Jul 24 2019 - 02:08
Dublin homeless families to get free public transport access for AugustLeap Cards to be provided on a ‘once off basis’, spokesman for Eoghan Murphy saysMon Jul 22 2019 - 23:00
Rape victims should be allowed give evidence by video-link, say barristersBar Council calls for ‘rape myths’ to be combated in its submission to review bodyMon Jul 22 2019 - 07:02
Homeless in summer: ‘To have one or two days out to look forward to would be huge’For a mother of young children, not being able to take them anywhere is ‘draining’Mon Jul 22 2019 - 02:50
Homeless families under ‘huge additional stress’ in summerCharity highlights burden of keeping children occupied in straitened circumstancesMon Jul 22 2019 - 02:24
Greens urged not to waste support surge by propping up Fine Gael or Fianna FáilBoyd Barrett calls for ‘massive shift to public transport’ at People Before Profit agmSun Jul 21 2019 - 20:41
One of Ireland’s last tinsmiths wonders who will carry on the tradition after himJames Collins still makes billy-cans, pails and mugs from stainless steel in his Finglas workshopThu Jul 18 2019 - 20:32
Ruling marks an end to ‘forced separation’ of couplesJudgment should not delay reforms on refugee family reunification, advocates warnWed Jul 17 2019 - 18:46
