Landlord accused of issuing invalid notices to quit in two Dublin 4 properties

Pursuit of vacant possession to refurbish and hike rent ‘like an epidemic across country’

‘It’s more than just a nightlife venue. It’s a genuine artistic and creative hub, with a social purpose’

Doherty unhappy with current situation whereby courts rule on relatively small sums

Society conditioned to overlook skills of people in poorer areas, says organisation

NTA will not fine bus operator despite complaints about punctuality, buses not turning up

Pupils learn how to make good decisions, deal with stress and feel good about themselves

Children’s Rights Alliance proposes daily hot meals, free school books and hobby subsidy

Educate Together ‘frustrated’ over delay in securing safety certificates for school buildings

Counties Monaghan and Cavan record highest rates as men account for 80pc of cases

Government proposal will require childminders to undergo training and Garda vetting

Companies urged to step up and see beyond a person’s disability

Uptake of MMR vaccine in several wealthy areas slides, according to official figures

Traveller cross-party group says audit needed on schools’ use of limited hours

Autism advocacy charity says move ‘breaches spirit of Act’ aimed at protecting boy

Review of south Dublin services found Tusla lacks ‘concrete plan to address risk in a timely way’

Try out the key and view property in person before transferring money, students told

Growing demand for long-acting reversible contraception, says Alison Begas

Wheelchair users upset and exhausted by constant breakdown of lifts at train stations

Inspector finds ‘continuing breaches of human rights’ including lack of privacy

Group calls for councils to use emergency powers to force through housing plans

She ‘always appeared bubbly and happy but it was a front . . . she was broken inside’

Leap Cards to be provided on a ‘once off basis’, spokesman for Eoghan Murphy says

Bar Council calls for ‘rape myths’ to be combated in its submission to review body

For a mother of young children, not being able to take them anywhere is ‘draining’

Charity highlights burden of keeping children occupied in straitened circumstances

Boyd Barrett calls for ‘massive shift to public transport’ at People Before Profit agm

James Collins still makes billy-cans, pails and mugs from stainless steel in his Finglas workshop

Judgment should not delay reforms on refugee family reunification, advocates warn

Company says its targets are more ambitious than those of Dublin Bus and Bus Éireann

Steady increase in demand for crisis pregnancy counselling, annual report states

Fr Joe McDonald says the loss of a number of young people in Dublin ‘raises questions’

State should buy site of planned Bulloch Harbour development, campaigners say

Traveller activist and playwright Rosaleen McDonagh describes ‘hostile’ reaction to her candidacy

Ann Rabbitte asks for free access to 10,000 OPW heritage sites for homeless families

Karen McEvoy (24) died on Christmas Day last year one week after giving birth

‘Days like today are so important because people need to be out and visible’

Event organised over concerns about delays for trans people to access treatment

Doherty signals intention to end traditional across-the-board welfare increases on budget day

Regina Doherty wants to reform welfare payments to help those ‘who are most at risk’

Review says in some cases social workers ‘overly optimistic’ about parents’ competency

Child dies in accident while in care of his father who had substances in system at time

Six very young children, known to Tusla, died in 2018 whose mothers had addiction issues

Warning from the Oireachtas Committee on Education contained in first statutory report on the issue

Welfare recipients with teenagers and in rural areas struggle most with nutritious diet

Simon Communities reports ‘alarming’ lack of housing for those dependent on HAP

Peter McVerry Trust finds temporary house in Co Offaly for couple with seven children

Tullamore parents Michelle and Patrick O’Brien have seven children under 14

Offaly Traveller Movement and Tusla seeking to help family housed in multiple hotels

IHREC takes action amid ‘persistent discrimination’ by local authorities against Travellers

Council chief estimates cost of implementing ‘ambitious’ agreement as ‘very significant’

Lifeline Inishowen, based in Carndonagh, delivers petition to Minister for Children

Emily Logan describes housing assistance payment as ‘not fit for purpose’

Lifeline Inishowen to hand 1,000-signature petition to Dáil in search for urgent funding

Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission also notes unfairness to asylum seekers

Remaining renters say people who already left homes did so on foot of invalid notices

Report found 94% of migrants in Brussels slept rough, and 73% did not get enough to eat every day

Stefano Manservisi highlights ‘mismatch’ between precarious work and welfare states

Number of homeless families in midlands reached 45 towards end of April

Tenants in Dublin 6 and 8 are resisting eviction attempts under two linked firms

Focus Ireland study finds families in private rented accommodation ‘bear brunt of crisis’

Charity cut off support in 2015, although 60% of survivors may develop post-polio syndrome

National Union of Journalists calls for national approach to ensure transparency

Charlie Flanagan says he deeply regrets friends of Sylva Tukula were not notified

Redistribution of tax revenue to poorer homes ‘would reduce income inequality’

Council of Europe body criticises Garda and local authorities for inaction on hate speech

Drone footage highlights damage to houses and rubbish problem in Ballybane estate

Lack of urgency to redress substandard conditions ‘unacceptable’, Traveller group says

‘I am frightened for my son,’ says one mother ahead of a protest in Dublin on Saturday

Nicola Cox: ‘It does feel like the mother’s voice gets very little weight attached to it’

When Boidu Sayeh arrived in Moate at age eight, playing Gaelic football came naturally

Irish-born adults more than twice as likely to be member of sports club as adults born outside State

Hundreds attend memorial service for Leaving Cert student (18) stabbed in Dublin

In advance of next week’s local and European elections, we look at parties’ child poverty initiatives

Azzam Raguragui (18) was stabbed at Finsbury Park in Dundrum last Friday

Despite recent progress, discrimination is still widespread, says campaigner

Bill proposes provision to seek no-contact orders from the courts

Minister for Housing wants apartments built in other cities ‘to take the pressure off Dublin’

Oireachtas committee to hear from Traveller and special needs groups of ‘growing crisis’

North inner-city Dublin projects ‘beacons of hope’ for families in disadvantaged area

Minister outlines progress in last three years at opening of 31 Focus Ireland units in Dublin

Children’s Rights Alliance event hears that 107,000 children are living in deep poverty

Units in Cork hospital non-compliant on all conditions of registration for third year in a row

‘Some picked out the vegetables, saying they had only ever seen them in pictures’

Landlord seeking to refurbish Emmet Manor in Inchicore to relet at higher rents

Vulnerability of journalists and journalism highlighted at World Press Freedom event

Mental Health Commission finds 26 areas of ‘high risk non-compliance’ in inspected centres

Child welfare consultant Kieran McGrath warns issue ‘cannot be ignored’

Children accounted for all but four of the 41 additional people who became homeless since February

Workers’ Memorial Day notes ideas, energy and drive of women in building industry

Brigid Ward was hit by a car near Ballinasloe, Co Galway on Easter Sunday

British government ‘must respond’ to breaches of Northern Irish women’s rights

Carer says she has to fundraise to pay for physiotherapy of son with rare genetic condition

No Child 2020: How two of the most deprived parts of Ireland compare

Gendered nature of schools can cause stress for trans pupils, says youth group

Ombudsman reports children as young as five years of age attempting to flee hubs

New accounts are almost identical to those heard from children in direct provision

Ian Browne (25) was sent home from Drogheda hospital twice before his death

Problem cocaine use grows with improving economy, Health Research Board finds

Focus Ireland says many vulnerable young care leavers are in insecure accommodation