- Social Affairs
- May 19, 2022, 17:23
Payment beyond cost of pregnancy could lead to exploitation, committee told
- Social Affairs
- May 18, 2022, 15:51
Minister signals Government prepared to respond on domestic brutality and abuse
- Social Affairs
- May 18, 2022, 00:01
Hard-hitting report reveals nearly 50,000 have lived with dependency and brutality
- Social Affairs
- May 17, 2022, 17:51
O’Gorman promises legislation banning ‘cruel’ practice will leave no one behind
- Social Affairs
- May 17, 2022, 00:01
Report highlights complaints about foster carers’ fight to get therapeutic supports
- Social Affairs
- May 15, 2022, 19:00
Residential respite facility in Loughlinstown shut to families in Dublin southeast area
- Social Affairs
- May 13, 2022, 18:53
Charities and volunteers should work with Tusla to ensure minors protected – UNHCR
- Social Affairs
- May 6, 2022, 00:01
IHREC warns of serious shortcomings in coronial process during time of trauma and stress
- Social Affairs
- May 4, 2022, 14:46
Dublin’s north inner city had highest number of HAP-dependent households, data shows
- Social Affairs
- May 3, 2022, 00:00
Poorest gained 39 cent per week as wealthier gained €16.11 per week, think tank says
- Social Affairs
- May 1, 2022, 18:24
Celebration of wonderful life on her favourite date of the year – International Workers’ Day
- Social Affairs
- May 1, 2022, 15:30
Homeless charities express ‘huge disappointment’ that their workers are excluded
- Social Affairs
- April 30, 2022, 01:09
Department of Agriculture says it can no longer fund wages or other day-to-day costs at Ballyowen equine centre
- Health
- April 29, 2022, 19:49
Karen McEvoy died on Christmas Day 2018 a week after giving birth to daughter Ruby
- Social Affairs
- April 28, 2022, 18:50
Karen McEvoy (24) died on Christmas day, 2018, one week after giving birth
- Social Affairs
- April 28, 2022, 00:01
Unfair treatment in rental sector ‘prevalent’ for those receiving housing assistance
- Social Affairs
- April 26, 2022, 15:04
Campaigner calls on Geraldine Byrne Nason in attempt to avoid further disaster amid invasion
- Social Affairs
- April 19, 2022, 18:10
Spring count of those sleeping outdoors reveals 91 ‘unique individuals’ bereft of home
- Social Affairs
- April 18, 2022, 18:05
Taoiseach represented at services held in Rosocommon and Sligo
- Irish News
- April 18, 2022, 15:19
It will be the ‘simple things’ that loved ones will miss about 58-year-old, ceremony hears
- Social Affairs
- April 18, 2022, 01:00
Developers have blocked 150m sloping pathway used by Owen Stubbs in Foxrock
- Social Affairs
- April 14, 2022, 21:35
Conference hears all public services, including schools, should be ‘at least trauma aware’
- Social Affairs
- April 14, 2022, 00:00
Situation has worsened since marriage equality referendum passed, says student
- Social Affairs
- April 13, 2022, 01:00
Irish clubs missing out due to lack of payments long established in men’s game
- Social Affairs
- April 12, 2022, 22:35
Project leader says even if the Kinahans are put out of action altogether ‘there is always another gang waiting to take their plac(...)
- Crime & Law
- April 9, 2022, 06:00
A week after a 29-year-old father was shot dead in Finglas there are fears of an escalation that will draw in already traumatised (...)
- Social Affairs
- April 3, 2022, 18:43
Shoppers in Dublin city centre tell of rising prices and bigger bills
- Social Affairs
- March 29, 2022, 19:18
How much councils could spend on housing constriction ‘needs to be examined’, committee hears
- Social Affairs
- March 28, 2022, 01:00
Kathleen Lynch says pandemic has reorientated our thinking on what is important in life
- Social Affairs
- March 25, 2022, 05:30
Pensioner Hugh Feely (72) no longer uses the storage heaters at home due to price hikes
- Social Affairs
- March 24, 2022, 17:16
O’Gorman tells committee of ‘genuine risk’ that vote on removing refernce could be lost
- Social Affairs
- March 23, 2022, 18:54
European Committee of Social Rights says State has yet to fully address findings against it
- Social Affairs
- March 20, 2022, 21:09
Anne Rabbitte said Irish planes should be sent to Moldova to help refugees
- Social Affairs
- March 20, 2022, 20:28
President notes solemn occasion to ‘give honour and hold in memory those we have lost’
- Irish News
- March 20, 2022, 19:54
Tánaiste says offers of accommodation will be ‘altruistic’ as numbers set to top 20,000
- Social Affairs
- March 17, 2022, 12:45
Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission calls for the dissemination of information
- Social Affairs
- March 15, 2022, 21:10
Dr Alexander Boychak has set up an initiative to help send medical supplies to Ukraine
- Social Affairs
- March 15, 2022, 18:11
Fatal foetal abnormalities still leading to women having to seek terminations in UK
- Social Affairs
- March 14, 2022, 05:01
Landlord says council told him that the area in question was ‘socially satisfied’
- Social Affairs
- March 14, 2022, 04:45
Restriction on social housing acquisitions designed to avoid competing with first-time buyers
- Social Affairs
- March 9, 2022, 20:13
Residents ‘very unhappy’ as staff unable to contact managers and take leave, report says
- Social Affairs
- March 9, 2022, 19:35
Routes typically focus on commuting to work than meeting care needs, report finds
- Social Affairs
- March 8, 2022, 20:23
Violence against women was recurring theme at events marking International Women’s Day
- Politics
- March 7, 2022, 03:03
Junior Minister says schools should start preparing to welcome Ukrainian children
- Social Affairs
- March 6, 2022, 15:54
‘We don’t want another Calais ... It is important to keep that flow of people moving,’ Anne Rabbitte says
- Social Affairs
- March 3, 2022, 21:35
New Oireachtas committee hears recommendations to ‘force’ change quickly
- Social Affairs
- March 3, 2022, 19:51
Watchdog reports non-compliances and insufficient resources in number of centres
- Social Affairs
- March 3, 2022, 00:01
Council of Europe finds ‘no major improvement’ in situation in three years
- Social Affairs
- February 16, 2022, 21:00
Tusla report calls for provision of at least 56 new refuge places ‘to meet lowest threshold’
- Social Affairs
- February 16, 2022, 19:00
Coroner pays for burials where families unable to arrange repatriation or cannot be traced
- Social Affairs
- February 16, 2022, 17:48
Manager of Dublin nightclub where 48 died in 1981 made application to rule out possible finding
- Social Affairs
- February 15, 2022, 11:34
Minister of State Anne Rabbitte ‘not happy’ to have HSE review its management of centres in several counties
- Social Affairs
- February 14, 2022, 17:32
Health watchdog’s regional analysis notes progress but ‘improvements still required’
- Politics
- February 11, 2022, 01:00
Opposition and advocacy groups deem Government measures insufficient amid inflation surge
- Social Affairs
- February 10, 2022, 21:48
‘Most vulnerable will continue to suffer’, lone-parent organisation One Family says
- Social Affairs
- February 10, 2022, 20:57
Widow reacts to Government measures to tackle crisis of spiralling cost of living
- Social Affairs
- February 9, 2022, 19:44
Eamon Butterly said he will challenge unless possible verdict of ‘unlawful killing’ is ruled out
- Social Affairs
- February 9, 2022, 12:25
Calls for greater funding for health services to treat gambling addiction
- Social Affairs
- February 8, 2022, 21:04
Charity worker says local authorities do not allocate homes with more than one bed to non-primary carers
- Social Affairs
- February 7, 2022, 01:15
Concerns raised about overcrowding, mental health and use of solitary confinement
- Social Affairs
- February 7, 2022, 01:00
‘Real danger of deepening poverty’ unless Government measures are adequate
- Social Affairs
- February 6, 2022, 17:16
Two single mothers say their situations will worsen when fuel allowance ends in April
- Social Affairs
- February 3, 2022, 01:53
Eamon Butterly could not commit to position on document in proceedings until ruling made
- Social Affairs
- February 1, 2022, 18:51
Legislation in breach of Supreme Court ruling and should be amended, say rights advocates
- Social Affairs
- January 31, 2022, 03:45
Remote working likely to become feminised if employers return to old ways, Ictu warns
- Social Affairs
- January 28, 2022, 17:38
Son says call from hospital at 11pm ‘was the first we knew he wasn’t there’
- Social Affairs
- January 24, 2022, 21:19
Fears voiced that remote work could become ‘feminised’; employers urged to be cautious
- Social Affairs
- January 24, 2022, 01:10
Family placements have ‘questionable legal foundation’, says special rapporteur
- Social Affairs
- January 24, 2022, 01:04
Autistic teen sent to Belfast says he felt ‘abandoned’ during his 15 months there
- Social Affairs
- January 24, 2022, 00:01
Operation Faoiseamh targets perpetrators of violence in home and their prosecution
- Social Affairs
- January 21, 2022, 20:16
Author of book about long-running dispute brands comments ‘offensive’ and ‘vile’
- Social Affairs
- January 21, 2022, 01:14
Domestic violence court accompaniment worker suggests how system might improve
- Social Affairs
- January 19, 2022, 18:30
Many object to exclusion of babies who were in homes for less than six months
- Social Affairs
- January 18, 2022, 21:43
State plays ‘huge role’ in the homelessness as local authorities regularly evicts Travellers
- Social Affairs
- January 14, 2022, 21:17
Amid grief, shock and anger, thousands gather in town park for Ashling Murphy vigil
- Social Affairs
- January 14, 2022, 16:05
‘It’s so hard to believe it’s in our own town, and that it’s happened to people we know’
- Social Affairs
- January 13, 2022, 00:03
Majority of calls about relationship breakdown have been coming from women
- Social Affairs
- January 13, 2022, 00:01
Around 20,000 people are to expected to benefit from move to allow regularisation
- Social Affairs
- January 10, 2022, 07:58
‘At risk of poverty’ in 2020 meant living on or below €273.17 per week, says report
- Social Affairs
- January 10, 2022, 05:17
O’Connor questions how her teenage son was able to leave Tallaght hospital
- Social Affairs
- January 10, 2022, 04:05
Women more likely to face discrimination over care responsibilities than men – Ihrec
- Social Affairs
- January 7, 2022, 15:46
Uncle says 27-year-old insisted on ‘living life well’ after tragedy and that she ‘definitely achieved this’
- Social Affairs
- January 6, 2022, 20:29
‘Selective passport checks’ conducted on buses crossing between NI and State
- Social Affairs
- January 6, 2022, 20:08
Mental Health Commission criticises missing fire door and evacuation drills at various sites
- Politics
- January 4, 2022, 01:13
Irish Rail cancels several commuter services due to Covid-19 and close contact absences
- Health
- January 3, 2022, 14:56
Persistent damage to, and theft of, devices countrywide ‘could be death sentence for patient’
- Social Affairs
- December 21, 2021, 12:57
Older people and children among those in line at Capuchin day centre from before dawn
- Social Affairs
- December 21, 2021, 02:00
‘I have attempted to be patient. I have been flexible . . . I am not a social worker’
- Social Affairs
- December 20, 2021, 08:48
Dublin’s Convention Centre, Kilkenny Castle, the Rock of Cashel among 70 taking part
- Social Affairs
- December 20, 2021, 00:01
Almost 100,000 children on hospital waiting lists is ‘not good enough’, doctors’ group says
- Social Affairs
- December 17, 2021, 20:04
St Stephen’s hospital operating culture reminiscent of one from ‘decades ago’ – report
- Social Affairs
- December 17, 2021, 16:18
CSO data shows 6.7 per cent of people employed were at risk of poverty in 2020
- Social Affairs
- December 16, 2021, 21:19
Summary confirms extent of abuse but full report paints a far more comprehensive picture
- Social Affairs
- December 16, 2021, 16:03
Report finds 18 intellectually disabled residents subjected to ‘sustained sexual abuse’
- Irish News
- December 16, 2021, 12:49
Report on sex abuse at Donegal centre published before it was seen by all families
- Social Affairs
- December 15, 2021, 05:01
Families of ‘Brandon’s’ victims to get advance notice of findings on Wednesday
- Social Affairs
- December 14, 2021, 22:04
Oireachtas hears child poverty caused by ‘structural barriers’ to education and jobs
- Social Affairs
- December 13, 2021, 01:00
‘Brandon’, who is now dead, found to have perpetrated 108 incidents of sexual abuse
- News
- December 10, 2021, 21:46
Postmortem to be carried out on man fatally injured in collision with car in Killygordon
- Social Affairs
- December 10, 2021, 20:42
Supporters gather at Leinster House to mark UN’s Human Rights Day and submit letter