Neighbourhood youth projects turn 40North inner-city Dublin projects ‘beacons of hope’ for families in disadvantaged areaMon May 13 2019 - 00:16
‘Radical’ steps taken against housing crisis, says Eoghan MurphyMinister outlines progress in last three years at opening of 31 Focus Ireland units in DublinFri May 10 2019 - 18:42
National strategy needed to eradicate child poverty, politicians toldChildren’s Rights Alliance event hears that 107,000 children are living in deep povertyThu May 09 2019 - 19:37
Twenty patients sharing one bath and shower in mental health unitUnits in Cork hospital non-compliant on all conditions of registration for third year in a rowThu May 09 2019 - 16:44
Hot school meals programme can change lives – principal‘Some picked out the vegetables, saying they had only ever seen them in pictures’Thu May 09 2019 - 01:00
More than 30 low-income households to be evicted from Dublin homesLandlord seeking to refurbish Emmet Manor in Inchicore to relet at higher rentsWed May 08 2019 - 00:37
Northern Ireland is an ‘inhospitable place’ for journalistsVulnerability of journalists and journalism highlighted at World Press Freedom eventFri May 03 2019 - 15:24
Broken doors, cracked glass and rubbish criticised at psychiatric unitMental Health Commission finds 26 areas of ‘high risk non-compliance’ in inspected centresThu May 02 2019 - 15:18
Child referrals for sexual behaviour have ‘sky-rocketed’ – expertChild welfare consultant Kieran McGrath warns issue ‘cannot be ignored’Thu May 02 2019 - 00:01
Number of homeless children reaches new high of 3,800Children accounted for all but four of the 41 additional people who became homeless since FebruaryTue Apr 30 2019 - 20:41
Construction sector safety boosted by women, Glasnevin event hearsWorkers’ Memorial Day notes ideas, energy and drive of women in building industrySun Apr 28 2019 - 19:05
Mourners say farewell to ‘bright, bubbly’ girl (11) killed out cyclingBrigid Ward was hit by a car near Ballinasloe, Co Galway on Easter SundayThu Apr 25 2019 - 15:44
Uncertainty over abortion referrals in North ‘unacceptable’ – Commons committeeBritish government ‘must respond’ to breaches of Northern Irish women’s rightsThu Apr 25 2019 - 00:01
Services for families of disabled children ‘like Third World’Carer says she has to fundraise to pay for physiotherapy of son with rare genetic conditionWed Apr 24 2019 - 16:16
11 people in a two-bed house: Life on the margins, north and southNo Child 2020: How two of the most deprived parts of Ireland compareSat Apr 20 2019 - 06:00
Rural schools ‘present challenges’ for transgender students – reportGendered nature of schools can cause stress for trans pupils, says youth groupFri Apr 19 2019 - 00:01
Family hubs like ‘a jail for children’Ombudsman reports children as young as five years of age attempting to flee hubsThu Apr 18 2019 - 05:36
Children’s heartbreaking testimonies reveal reality of life in family hubsNew accounts are almost identical to those heard from children in direct provisionThu Apr 18 2019 - 01:00
Mother whose son took his own life calls for answers: ‘The door was closed on him’Ian Browne (25) was sent home from Drogheda hospital twice before his deathWed Apr 17 2019 - 01:00
Number of cocaine addicts seeking treatment nearly doubles since 2011Problem cocaine use grows with improving economy, Health Research Board findsWed Apr 17 2019 - 00:00
Young people leaving State care face ‘real risk’ of homelessnessFocus Ireland says many vulnerable young care leavers are in insecure accommodationTue Apr 16 2019 - 00:57
Expert warns major challenges are not being faced around housingCall for significant investment in Ireland’s stock of publicly-owned housingMon Apr 15 2019 - 20:26
‘Alarming levels’ of child poverty linked to low payThousands of working households are struggling to stay out of poverty, report findsMon Apr 15 2019 - 01:00
Zappone: Poorest families will not lose out over new childcare support schemeSingle parents’ support group expresses scepticism over Minister’s promiseSun Apr 14 2019 - 19:32
Some poorer single parents may be forced to give up work due to childcare reformsChanges to subsidised childcare programmes will see some parents lose up to €80 a weekFri Apr 12 2019 - 01:00
Three million phone calls made to Samaritans since 2014Majority of calls to charity relate to mental health, isolation and family issuesMon Apr 01 2019 - 06:00
One in 10 households pay over 60% of income on rentSocial Justice Ireland says economic benefits ‘distributed in grossly unequal fashion’Mon Apr 01 2019 - 00:30
Fan reportedly removed from rugby match for alleged sectarian abuseLeinster Rugby urges people not to focus on ‘isolated’ incident in statementSun Mar 31 2019 - 20:52
CSO considers sexual-orientation question on 2026 censusQuestion asking whether someone is heterosexual, lesbian, gay or bisexual is being tested in quarterly household surveyThu Mar 28 2019 - 11:06
Calls for decriminalisation of personal drug useBy treating drug addiction as a health issue, crime would be reduced, say supportersWed Mar 27 2019 - 19:18
Pioneering midwife Philomena Canning diesPromoter of home births had a long running legal dispute with the HSESat Mar 23 2019 - 13:25
Mothers of children with foetal valproate syndrome demand public inquiryWomen want to know why they were not warned of the risks of taking an anti-epilepsy drug while pregnantFri Mar 22 2019 - 20:33
Barnardos: Greater ‘realism’ needed on vulnerable children‘My hope is to shift the public and then the political discourse,’ says charity’s chiefFri Mar 22 2019 - 00:15
Transgender woman settles out of court after being refused service in a pubSonia Kolasinska was told to leave Madigan’s bar on O’Connell StreetTue Mar 19 2019 - 01:08
Barnardos to close its campaigning departmentChanges, redundancies necessary due to gaps in State funding – chief executiveTue Mar 19 2019 - 01:00
Ban rhetoric that dehumanises Muslims, says leading clericCommunity in Ireland fearful after New Zealand massacre because Islamophobia ‘ignored’Sat Mar 16 2019 - 16:12
More Dublin hubs planned as homelessness projected to worsenFacilities planned for families and older people as issue to grow for at least three yearsWed Mar 13 2019 - 19:28
Childcare cases are being heard alongside criminal cases ‘in overcrowded courts’New CCLRP review finds lack of privacy and unsuitable conditions for family law casesMon Mar 11 2019 - 00:54
Mobile health units to assess sexual assault victims to be rolled outGovernment holds special Cabinet meeting on gender equality, ratification of Istanbul ConventionFri Mar 08 2019 - 19:59
Government ratifies Istanbul Convention obliging it to tackle violence against womenWomen’s Aid says move is ‘major milestone in tackling domestic, sexual and gender based violence’Fri Mar 08 2019 - 11:41
Funding has not run out for home loan scheme, says Minister for HousingMemo instructing Department of Housing not to take more applications under scheme was never seen by Eoghan MurphyWed Mar 06 2019 - 18:32
A community project for Communion season’s best-dressedBallymun Child and Family Resource Centre’s first pop-up Communion-wear shop is big successWed Mar 06 2019 - 00:26
Couple in damp house cannot get fuel allowance because income is €9 too highElderly pair, who have chronic illnesses, also turned down for insulation and housing grantsTue Mar 05 2019 - 00:08
Possibility of providing free contraception to be examinedMinister keen that working group reviews the obstacles to people using birth controlMon Mar 04 2019 - 00:01
Teenager’s hospital discharge delay due to lack of care servicesMorgan D'Arcy has been an inpatient at Crumlin children's hospital for five yearsSat Mar 02 2019 - 01:00
Independent midwife Philomena Canning asks to be let ‘die in peace’Terminally ill midwife sought speedy settlement against HSE to buy anti-cancer drugFri Mar 01 2019 - 17:41
Housing aid payment vital for 80,000 families, PAC hearsSpend on housing payment schemes ‘going directly to the private market’ to hit €423mThu Feb 28 2019 - 18:28
Report calls for ‘innovative thinking’ to match housing to older people’s needsEnglish says within five years half of all new apartments and one third of new housing will have to be suitable for older peopleWed Feb 27 2019 - 20:11
Number of homeless children increases by 10% in past yearTotal number of people listed as homeless across the State is now just under 10,000Wed Feb 27 2019 - 18:17
Council seeks to evict Travellers from west Dublin siteCampaigners say move is in breach of agreement to postpone Balgaddy eviction plansWed Feb 27 2019 - 15:25
