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A fifth man who alleges he was sexually abused as a child by a former senior figure in St John Ambulance. Stock image: Twitter

Fifth man reports child abuse allegation to St John Ambulance

Jack Power
January 24, 2021, 13:10

Man alleges abuse by former senior figure in paramedic organisation

A file image of the Central Mental Hospital in Dundrum, Dublin which Mental Health Commission chief John Farrelly said would move to Portrane in north county Dublin in early 2021. File photograph: Dara Mac Donaill/The Irish Times

Mental health supports being provided during pandemic by ‘well intentioned’ but untrained people

Sarah Burns
January 24, 2021, 12:35

Call for national director for mental health as ‘no-one accountable’

Badge of distinction: Meet the first Sikh in the Garda Reserves

Ravinder Singh Oberoi became the first Sikh in the Garda Reserves. Photograph Nick Bradshaw

Sorcha Pollak
January 23, 2021, 10:45

New reserve gardaí attested this week made up of 37 men and 32 women

Holocaust Memorial Day: ‘We have a duty not to forget’

Jadzia Kaminska with her father Jan Kaminski: ‘I’m really proud of who he was and how he managed to live his life’

Sorcha Pollak
January 23, 2021, 01:00

Jadzia Kaminska, whose father escaped the Nazi death camps, sees racism rising here

Remote working ‘revolution’ bringing people back to towns and villages

Paula and Freya Crotty, who recently moved back to Kilkee from Limerick, out for a walk on the beach. Photograph: Eamon Ward

Gordon Deegan
January 23, 2021, 01:00

Population of west Clare resort of Kilkee jumps as more people take up residence

Ronan Mullen calls for national voluntary collection for mother and baby home survivors

A view of shoes left by mother and baby homes protesters at Phoenix Park, Dublin. Photograph: Tom Honan

Vivienne Clarke
January 22, 2021, 10:47

Report investigated harm caused to tens of thousands women and children between 1922 and 1998

Hiqa finds significant improvements at two special care units

At the Crannóg Nua special care facility in Portrane, Co Dublin, ‘all children described feeling safe,’ according to the Hiqa report. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Kitty Holland
January 21, 2021, 18:28

Crannóg Nua and Ballydowd facilities cater for children detained by court order

Homeless hostels in Dublin ‘perpetuate inhumane inequality’

‘We need to know why people who were ringing up for a bed were refused a bed.’

Marie O'Halloran
January 19, 2021, 21:15

Some are refused entry to emergency accommodation because last known address not in Dubln

Practice of vaccine trials makes for ‘difficult reading’, says GSK

Children at the Pelletstown home on the Navan Road in Dublin were given an experimental vaccine against diphtheria in 1935. File photograph: Adoption Rights Alliance

Colm Keena
January 18, 2021, 18:35

Pharmacuetical firm was involved in vaccine trials in 7 mother and baby homes

Number of mental health facilities affected by Covid-19 has tripled since New Year

The number of residents with confirmed cases of the virus also increased in the first two weeks of the year from 15 to 61. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill

Shauna Bowers
January 18, 2021, 13:52

Mental Health Commission expresses concern at ‘notable increase’ of Covid-19

Temporary system to process 4,000 Irish citizenship applications

The final stage of naturalisation requires attendance at a citizenship ceremony. File photograph: Frank Miller

Sorcha Pollak
January 18, 2021, 12:33

Covid-19 restrictions result in 24,000 people waiting for application to be processed

Nuns who ran the Bessborough home in Cork sold part of site for €6.85m

Cathleen Coffey O’Brien, who was a resident at the Bessborough mother and baby home in Co Cork. Photograph: Garrett White

Colm Keena
January 18, 2021, 08:09

Commission investigating homes was informed of last year’s sale, says congregation

Cases of ‘severe’ child neglect discovered during lockdown

Cases published in the Child Care Law Reporting Project underscore the severe impact the pandemic is having on vulnerable children, said project director Dr Carol Coulter. Photograph: iStock

Kitty Holland
January 18, 2021, 01:11

‘Prolonged closure of schools’ meant teachers were cut off from vulnerable children, report says

Women and children in mother and baby homes ‘abandoned by church’

A man lays flowers this week at a shrine in Tuam, Co Galway, erected in memory of up to 800 children buried at the site of the mother and baby home there. Photograph: Paul Faith/AFP/Getty

Jade Wilson
January 17, 2021, 22:02

Priests around country address commission of investigation report during Sunday Masses

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Religion & Beliefs

Churches in North extend restrictions on public worship until March

Parishes encouraged to continue broadcasting services online, Archbishop says

Thinking Anew – ‘That they may be one’

Catholic Archbishop wants church that ‘truly listens to’ women

Kieran O’Reilly says abuses disclosed in mother and baby homes report ‘total antithesis of the faith we claim to profess’

Covid-19: Church of Ireland urges parishes to offer buildings as vaccination centres

St Patrick’s Cathedral agrees as few large buildings available in Liberties area

Church of Ireland to seek correction of ‘factually inaccurate’ commission report

Irish Church Missions rejects assertion it was ‘prominent in the running’ of Bethany home

Mary’s story: Roscommon woman believed a lifetime of exile was as it should be

Pregnant woman pleaded with God to take her, but he too seemed to have abandoned her

Thinking Anew – Trusting the slow work of God

Funeral of late Bishop told of ‘a kind and good and courageous man’

Roy Warke was a former Church of Ireland Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross

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