
More than 40% of those on probation had mental health diagnosis, report shows
- Social Affairs
- March 4, 2021, 21:46
Providing for people with mental illness within justice system a priority, minister says

Local authority housing rules discriminate against minorities – report
- Social Affairs
- March 4, 2021, 06:43
Traveller and non-Irish families being ‘unlawfully’ turned away, says MLRC

Family law system endangers women and children, report warns
- Social Affairs
- March 4, 2021, 03:16
NGO coaltion says abusive parents routinely granted unsupervised access to children

Inner city project fears for future despite ‘good value’ report
- Social Affairs
- March 4, 2021, 00:01
Targeted Response Youth programme linked to ‘reduction in anti-social behaviour’

Suicides have not increased during pandemic, figures indicate
- Health & Family
- March 2, 2021, 06:01
Mental health experts warn, however, that the fallout post-Covid could be worse than anticipated

Dublin’s suburbs are ‘buzzing, thriving’. Well, some of them are
- Art & Design
- February 27, 2021, 06:00
New outdoor facilities have transformed Blackrock and Dalkey. No such luck for Ballymun

Rise in number of homeless single adults drives climb in overall figures
- Social Affairs
- February 26, 2021, 16:22
Number of families without homes has fallen by 40 per cent over the past year

Loneliness increasing more among 18-34 year olds than any other age group
- Social Affairs
- February 25, 2021, 19:43
Impact of isolation emerging as ‘very serious public health issue’, says Institute of Public Health

Homeless struggling with reduced access to toilets and counselling services
- Social Affairs
- February 24, 2021, 00:01
Disruption to services causing rise in drug relapses and suicidal ideation, study finds

Reduced school timetables are ‘significant children’s rights issue’, CRA warns
- Social Affairs
- February 23, 2021, 19:07
Children’s alliance says measure is imposed on children, often without parents’ consent

More than 30 workers with disabilities call on Government to save their jobs
- Social Affairs
- February 22, 2021, 01:09
Rehab announces redundancy plans at logistics facility in Limerick

Ombudsman calls for ‘Covid dividend’ for children
- Social Affairs
- February 22, 2021, 00:32
Opportunity after pandemic to lift children out of poverty, says Niall Muldoon

Fostering services in Cork are ‘in crisis’, social workers say
- Social Affairs
- February 16, 2021, 20:23
Hiqa finds ‘significant gaps’ in services for children in care in the region

ESRI officer defends comments on housing scheme amid Government pushback
- Politics
- February 16, 2021, 18:16
Conor O’Toole faces questioning by housing committee over shared-equity plan concerns

‘I’ll blow your f**king legs off’: Crime and neglect in Dublin city centre
- Crime & Law
- February 13, 2021, 06:00
Crime in Dublin’s inner city, a result of decades of neglect, has intensified under lockdown

‘Why were our children brought into a fire trap?’: Stardust families seek answers
- Social Affairs
- February 13, 2021, 05:12
Families of 48 people killed in nightclub fire 40 years ago have high hopes for new inquests

Stardust fire inquests delayed over legal aid row
- Social Affairs
- February 13, 2021, 01:00
Department has not released any funding, solicitor for bereaved families says

HSE to establish 40 vaccination centres across the country
- Irish News
- February 8, 2021, 03:40
Revised programme to vaccinate the over-70s to begin next week

If Dublin used as ‘back door’ to Britain, it will be ‘sorted’ – Coveney
- Politics
- February 7, 2021, 15:52
Passengers from Dubai use Dublin Airport to take advantage of travel exemptions

Taoiseach warned control of north-inner city Dublin on verge of being lost
- Social Affairs
- February 5, 2021, 19:31
Politicians hold talk with community groups after recent rise in violence and intimidation

‘I was told I would burn in hell if I wrote with my left hand’
- Social Affairs
- February 1, 2021, 03:00
A Galway man says he has lasting trauma over alleged abuse by Sisters of Mercy nuns

The future of homelessness: ‘Dublin has become a city of lost souls’
- Social Affairs
- January 30, 2021, 06:00
The pandemic has hurt Dublin’s poorest in many ways, but has brought improvements too

Homeless hostels take action after spike in suicide attempts
- Social Affairs
- January 29, 2021, 17:04
Staff receive extra training in effort to stem increasing tendency towards self-harm

Resident jumped from upstairs bedroom window at Galway disability centre, Hiqa finds
- Social Affairs
- January 29, 2021, 10:40
Report also refers to ‘unexplained absences’ of resident from Sylvan Services centre

Drug-linked intimidation has ‘chilling effect’ on inner city areas
- Social Affairs
- January 26, 2021, 01:00
Study finds four out of five would not report antisocial behaviour for fear of retaliation

Special needs school closures: ‘Our children cannot cope’
- Social Affairs
- January 25, 2021, 01:00
A mother of two children with autism is ‘resentful’ about trade unions’ positions

Hiqa finds significant improvements at two special care units
- Social Affairs
- January 21, 2021, 18:28
Crannóg Nua and Ballydowd facilities cater for children detained by court order

‘Outside home, school is all he has’: Mother urges help as special schools remain shut
- Education
- January 21, 2021, 01:00
Mother urges Government to help families in ‘total crisis’ due to schools not reopening

Cases of ‘severe’ child neglect discovered during lockdown
- Social Affairs
- January 18, 2021, 01:00
‘Prolonged closure of schools’ meant teachers were cut off from vulnerable children, report says

Women in homes after 1973 must be eligible for mother and baby redress, ex-residents say
- Social Affairs
- January 15, 2021, 03:33
National Women’s Council director says there is ‘no rationale’ for such exclusion

Survivors insist religious orders must contribute to any redress scheme
- Social Affairs
- January 13, 2021, 19:54
Government has to immediately ensure all survivors have access to their records

Helplines ‘extremely busy’ with calls from ‘devastated’ survivors
- Social Affairs
- January 13, 2021, 17:47
Department not providing hard copies of mother and baby homes report ‘at this stage’

Daily Covid-19 deaths will inevitably increase, says McConkey
- Social Affairs
- January 11, 2021, 08:10
Outbreaks of infection in nursing homes increases steadily over past month

Deaths from Covid-19 in the State could soon surpass 100 per day, experts warn
- Irish News
- January 11, 2021, 03:00
Hospital system under severe pressure as patients in Donegal treated in ambulances

PSNI investigate after lorry driver injured by rock thrown from Antrim overpass
- Social Affairs
- January 10, 2021, 20:15
Man suffered serious facial injuries after rock broke windscreen in Friday night incident

Travellers ‘devastated’ as redevelopment of site in doubt again
- Social Affairs
- January 6, 2021, 01:00
Council declares Labre Park in Ballyfermot a flood-zone and unsafe for housing

Number of homeless single adults increases as overall figures fall
- Social Affairs
- December 23, 2020, 14:12
This Christmas likely to be ‘the most challenging’ in 50 years, says Simon Community

Almost €15m spent on Traveller housing, the largest annual spend in decades
- Social Affairs
- December 23, 2020, 01:00
Entire budget drawn down for the first time since 2014, but housing need still ‘dire’

‘We don’t put mothers in laundries any more, but we are locking them into a bureaucracy’
- Parenting
- December 19, 2020, 06:00
Mothers who asked Tusla to protect their families have ended up losing their children

Almost 3,000 grocery vouchers handed out at Capuchin Centre
- Social Affairs
- December 18, 2020, 14:11
Decision taken to provide €40 Supervalu vouchers instead of hampers this year

Gardaí presence in rape crisis centres may encourage reporting
- Social Affairs
- December 16, 2020, 18:56
Low levels of crime reporting a cause of ongoing concern, RCNI event hears

Legislation for investigations into child sex abuse ‘unfit for purpose’
- Social Affairs
- December 16, 2020, 17:59
Tusla at risk of conducting ‘ineffective investigations’, warns Government rapporteur

Self-harm rates among Irish young people ‘strikingly’ high
- Health
- December 11, 2020, 01:00
Girls aged 15-19 have highest numbers presenting at hospital with self-harm injuries

Many tenants unhappy with how landlords deal with anti-social behaviour
- Social Affairs
- December 10, 2020, 10:01
Survey shows 20 per cent of housing association tenants cannot afford to heat homes

Rights agency head calls for greater appreciation of Traveller culture
- Social Affairs
- December 7, 2020, 15:21
Prof Michael O’Flaherty urges better gathering of quality data on Travellers’ lives

Keep up momentum to support older people in their homes, urges Alone
- Social Affairs
- December 4, 2020, 19:13
‘We don’t want to go back to business as normal,’ says head of charity

Disabled women call for ‘level-playing field’ in workplaces
- Social Affairs
- December 3, 2020, 18:24
Speed of shift to remote working ‘deeply frustrating’ for those seeking change for years

New group forms to counter ‘rise of hate during the pandemic’
- Social Affairs
- December 3, 2020, 16:13
Coalition aims to provide ‘concerted response to the far right’, says trade unionist

Track records: Musicians use their platform to raise money for Focus Ireland
- Social Affairs
- December 1, 2020, 00:09
Eleanor McEvoy and Brian Kennedy among artists who will perform at railway stations

Restrictions on nursing home visits will ease from next week
- Social Affairs
- November 30, 2020, 19:50
One person allowed see one resident once a week at Levels 3 and 4 under new rules

Poultry farmers urged to be on high alert for signs of bird flu
- Social Affairs
- November 30, 2020, 19:28
Virus highly contagious between birds and can cause death, and so threatens Irish flocks

Expert warns of impact of domestic violence on children
- Social Affairs
- November 29, 2020, 14:45
Damage to children can last beyond parental separation, Tusla webinar hears

Number of homeless single adults in Dublin exceeds 3,000
- Social Affairs
- November 27, 2020, 18:23
Minister for Housing acknowledges number of homeless people is ‘simply too high’

Changes in services needed to encourage homeless women to avail of them – report
- Social Affairs
- November 26, 2020, 19:26
Merchants Quay Ireland report says it is easier for homeless fathers to access addiction services than homeless mothers

Boy (4) left in hospital for over two years due to Tusla and HSE failings, report says
- Social Affairs
- November 26, 2020, 00:01
‘Distressed’ child was medically fit for discharge, children’s ombudsman says

Two men found dead in Dublin city centre
- Irish News
- November 25, 2020, 15:30
Gardaí say deaths of men not believed to be linked

Co-living in the Liberties: Rapidly changing urban fabric proves divisive
- Social Affairs
- November 24, 2020, 01:00
Schemes with permission likely to go ahead but area’s new direction is hotly contested

Social tenants in Rathgar complex excluded from certain facilities
- Social Affairs
- November 21, 2020, 01:00
Gym, meeting rooms and roof terrace restricted to non-council residents

Concern over low level of Garda referrals to Tusla deemed to need ‘urgent action’
- Social Affairs
- November 20, 2020, 01:00
Over 80% of referrals ‘get little more response than a phone call to the parents’

Father wins case against agent that reneged on deal over Hap payment
- Social Affairs
- November 19, 2020, 21:29
Man awarded €8,500 after property he agreed to rent was given to someone else

We are Solitary exhibition: The art of enforced loneliness
- Social Affairs
- November 19, 2020, 21:09
Final-year masters in fine arts students display stimulating works online at ruared.ie

Eileen Flynn to chair committee on issues affecting Travellers
- Politics
- November 19, 2020, 20:27
Independent Senator becomes first from her community to lead Oireachtas group

Women in prostitution in Ireland experience ‘endemic violence’
- Social Affairs
- November 19, 2020, 05:05
Report says 2017 law has made a ‘very promising’ start in interrupting sex trade

One of the ‘most difficult’ Christmases in years in store for many families – SVP
- Social Affairs
- November 18, 2020, 20:31
Charity said expected requests for help to exceed numbers in any year in recent past

Unpaid carers should receive ‘participation income’, NESC says
- Social Affairs
- November 18, 2020, 00:01
Report includes number of suggestions to modernise the State’s social welfare system

Family forced to split due to overcrowded accommodation
- Social Affairs
- November 16, 2020, 01:45
‘The children are really suffering. They are saying they don’t want to go to school’

Jobpath scheme costs €11,000 per successful participant, TD says
- Social Affairs
- November 12, 2020, 18:16
Flagship programme for long term unemployed costs €244m since 2015

Co-living developments may be the slums of the next decade, housing seminar told
- Social Affairs
- November 11, 2020, 19:31
Survey finds 85 per cent of tenants do not want to be in pivate rented sector

Domestic violence linked to suicides of young women in west Dublin – HSE report
- Social Affairs
- November 11, 2020, 01:00
Investigation into Ballyfermot cluster finds housing, drugs and social media also factors

Murdered children and their mother laid to rest in single plot
- Social Affairs
- November 6, 2020, 19:01
Father and husband of victims strokes their faces and weeps at funeral

Paid parent’s leave not meeting policy objective, report states
- Social Affairs
- November 5, 2020, 18:09
Scheme entitles parents to two weeks’ paid leave in child’s first year – at €245 per week

Mental health crisis among drug addicts ‘deepening’
- Social Affairs
- November 5, 2020, 00:01
Merchants Quay Ireland reports surge in demand for services driven by pandemic

Irish citizen unable to renew passport left ‘trapped’ in Libya
- Social Affairs
- November 2, 2020, 01:38
Man with serious health problems is ‘desperate’ to see his children before he dies

Man who died while kite-surfing on Dollymount beach named locally
- Social Affairs
- November 1, 2020, 14:35
Tributes paid to experienced athlete and ‘true gentleman’ Ger Fennelly (39)

Illegal fireworks: ‘People are realising the harm they can do’
- Social Affairs
- October 30, 2020, 15:27
Some Dublin areas have seen a very early start to firework season due to the pandemic

Rape victims will be treated with ‘dignity, respect and support’, says McEntee
- Social Affairs
- October 28, 2020, 20:29
State strategy to help victims in sexual violence cases described as a ‘sea change’

Young homeless mother may have been dead in tent for a number of days
- Social Affairs
- October 28, 2020, 17:41
Woman was one of two homeless people found dead in Dublin over weekend

Rape victims to be legally represented at trial if their sexual history is examined
- Crime & Law
- October 28, 2020, 02:17
Sweeping reforms aim to improve victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system

Covid restrictions make it difficult for Irish women seeking abortions to travel
- Social Affairs
- October 28, 2020, 01:00
Number travelling for abortions halved in first six months compared with 2019

Covid-19 in a cramped inner-city flat: ‘It felt like the walls were closing in’
- Social Affairs
- October 27, 2020, 01:50
The pandemic has exacerbated hardship and isolation for many in Dublin flat complexes

Stardust campaigner Eugene Kelly dies suddenly aged 62
- Social Affairs
- October 26, 2020, 09:33
Dubliner spent much of his life seeking justice for his brother Robert (17), who died in nightclub blaze

Organisation led by survivors of Mother and Baby homes needed ‘urgently’
- Social Affairs
- October 24, 2020, 22:20
Speakers said Bill was another example of State ‘re-traumatising’ and ‘not listening’ to survivors

Des Bishop apologises to Traveller community for comments in interview
- Social Affairs
- October 21, 2020, 10:55
Comedian said Travellers ‘drink a lot’ and are ‘very paranoid’ during a 2018 interview

Residents support elderly man in bid to resist notice to quit apartment
- Social Affairs
- October 20, 2020, 01:00
Tuath says it is not evicting Eddie Lyons (81) but has concern for his ‘health and safety’

Red tape puts homeless families at risk of sleeping rough, says Dublin charity
- Social Affairs
- October 19, 2020, 04:05
Due to Covid restrictions, families can be ‘waiting days’ to see homelessness officer

Big rise in employment and housing queries to community legal service
- Social Affairs
- October 19, 2020, 00:01
Community Law & Mediation services in greater demand as pandemic takes toll

Stardust preliminary inquest hearing a ‘momentous step’ in path to justice
- Coroner's Court
- October 14, 2020, 17:45
Families of 1981 fire victims have to now ‘been met with obstacle after obstacle’, solicitor says

Budget 2021: Inequality will increase, poor will be left behind – think-tank
- Social Affairs
- October 14, 2020, 15:41
Social Justice Ireland expresses ‘regret’ that core social welfare rates remain unchanged

Budget 2021: Fuel and living alone allowances rise, PUP to be reviewed
- Social Affairs
- October 13, 2020, 16:33
Pandemic payment stays at lower rate but those on it for four months will get Christmas bonus

Dublin Airport workers accuse daa of ‘threatening behaviour’ over pay cuts
- Social Affairs
- October 12, 2020, 14:53
Essential maintenance staff say airport authority plans will end secure jobs in sector

Social welfare ‘chaos’ experienced by airline staff
- Social Affairs
- October 9, 2020, 19:20
Pay-cut Aer Lingus employees complain of forms with errors and inconsistent outcomes

Limerick disability centre’s service ‘unacceptable’ due to funding shortfall
- Social Affairs
- October 9, 2020, 01:00
Pre-Covid Ian Carmody (24) attended St Vincent’s full-time, now he has just five hours

Warning over lack of resources for people with disabilities
- Social Affairs
- October 9, 2020, 01:00
Future generations will hang their heads in shame, warns committee chairman

Travellers feel ‘left behind’ by representative organisations, activists say
- Social Affairs
- October 7, 2020, 18:55
‘We have the haves and the have-nots and that’s creating the divide in our community’

Youth feel ‘unfairly scapegoated’ for Covid spikes
- Social Affairs
- October 5, 2020, 00:01
How’s your Head pandemic survey from Department of Children and Spunout.ie

Lone parents who lost work should continue to get PUP, report says
- Social Affairs
- October 2, 2020, 01:00
Many families already experience high rates of poverty and have lost access to childcare provided by relatives

Calls on domestic violence to free legal advice centres ‘rise almost a quarter’ in 2019
- Social Affairs
- October 1, 2020, 07:01
Flac annual report says workplace bullying calls increase by 36 per cent compared with 2018

Food bank in Dublin’s working-class Bluebell feeding hungry hundreds
- Social Affairs
- October 1, 2020, 02:43
Community endeavour delivering 2.4 tonnes weekly, but in growing need of State support

Levels of food poverty since pandemic ‘tragic’, single parent body says
- Social Affairs
- September 29, 2020, 21:17
‘Before Covid everything had been masked by schools - breakfast clubs, school meals’

‘The top of my finger was gone’: Fireworks a clear and present danger in Halloween run-up
- Social Affairs
- September 26, 2020, 03:45
Local residents report areas as being ‘like a war zone’ amid use of fireworks