
A private room in a hospital may not always be the best choice
- Health & Family
- January 1, 2020, 06:01
A hospital ward can provide welcome distraction and patients may end up helping each other in some small way

Writers on the wall have words with Fiona Gartland
- Books
- October 18, 2019, 05:49
The crime writer and Irish Times journalist is helped to focus by an unlikely source

A literary festival in a shopping centre
- Books
- September 25, 2019, 06:05
Donaghmede Literary Festival grew out of a campaign to save the local library

Motorist found guilty of manslaughter sent to Central Mental hospital
- Courts
- March 7, 2019, 16:21
Court of Appeal found jury verdict was ‘perverse’

Why can’t life begin after 40 for a writer?
- Books
- October 12, 2018, 05:50
Without knowing it, writes Fiona Gartland, as far as the market was concerned, I’d already timed out

Ireland to ratify cultural-protection convention 63 years after signing it
- Crime & Law
- October 27, 2017, 01:00
Legislation will encourage others to do likewise, says Simon Coveney

Goal financially stable and optimistic about future
- Irish News
- October 25, 2017, 19:15
€2.3 million spent on legal fees, forensic and accountancy services after 2016 crisis

Woman cries at marriage certificate during divorce case
- Circuit Court
- October 20, 2017, 18:28
Six international divorce proceedings among cases before Dublin Circuit Family Court

No new restrictions on abortion should be in Constitution – Harris
- Health
- October 19, 2017, 21:51
Minister ‘grappling’ with legislation and says Constitution not place to address abortion

Locals fear ‘bachelors’ paradise’ at Poolbeg peninsula quarter
- Environment
- October 19, 2017, 18:37
Local environmental group says plans ‘not child-friendly, not family-friendly’

Gender pay gap is widening in Ireland, CSO figures show
- Social Affairs
- October 19, 2017, 01:00
Gap has increased by 2%, showing women’s educational strides are not translating to pay

Coveney ‘committed’ to collaborating on human rights memorial
- Irish News
- October 18, 2017, 17:38
Minister seeks ‘reminder of just how core this issue should be in ... Irish foreign policy’

Young Irish topped EU binge-drinking table
- Social Affairs
- October 18, 2017, 13:24
Figures show more than 25% of men, over 15 per cent of women aged 18 to 24 engaged in binge drinking at least once a week in 2014

Storm Ophelia: Days of recovery ahead after wave of destruction brings State to standstill
- Environment
- October 17, 2017, 00:30
Three killed in storm while cost of repairs across country may run to hundreds of millions

Act promotes mediation as alternative to court proceedings
- Crime & Law
- October 16, 2017, 15:25
Domestic violence survivors must be told mediation may not be suited to their cases

Hurricane Ophelia: Three dead and 295,000 without power as storm enters final hours
- Environment
- October 16, 2017, 06:59
Luas cancelled and schools closed on Tuesday morning; Gusts continue but will fade overnight

Women with undiagnosed ADHD at risk of suicide, says US psychologist
- Health
- October 16, 2017, 01:00
Girls less likely to be hyperactive in class but suffer ‘internal chaos and restlessness’

Hurricane Debbie: high winds, death and destruction in 1961
- Irish News
- October 15, 2017, 20:02
Storm killed 11 in Ireland, including family of four whose car was crushed by a falling tree

Storm Ophelia: Luas operator meets as service cancelled
- Irish News
- October 15, 2017, 16:44
Rail and bus services to be restored and colleges reopen but schools remain closed

Live insect in dessert among Food Safety Authority complaints
- Health
- October 12, 2017, 21:14
Food fraud included mislabelling of meat and poultry and wine sold as prosecco

Grandmother seeking access tells Family Court she only shoplifted for food
- District Court
- October 12, 2017, 01:00
Judge warns bickering couple that court is ‘not a TV reality show’

Housework gender gap persists in Ireland and EU, report shows
- Social Affairs
- October 11, 2017, 08:30
Gender Equality Index 2017 shows ‘rather slow’ improvements across EU 28

Hepatitis C condition still stigmatising, says support group
- Health
- October 11, 2017, 01:00
People imagine that if you are a man ‘you got it from other sources’

Budget 2018: €5m VAT charity refund scheme welcomed
- Social Affairs
- October 10, 2017, 19:14
Charities will reclaim portion of tax on goods and services purchased in preceding year

Irish Cancer Society welcomes rise in VAT on sunbed use
- Health
- October 10, 2017, 17:42
Donohoe announces tax on services used by 150,000 people last year to increase to 23%

When it comes to death, we need more rights than last rites, conference told
- Social Affairs
- October 10, 2017, 17:03
Charter on dying, death and bereavement launched by Irish Hospice Foundation

Housing Agency concerned about focus on ‘just building houses’
- Irish News
- October 6, 2017, 18:31
Chief executive John O’Connor says some developments may not be right

‘Ridiculous restrictions’ on city developments must change, says Murphy
- Social Affairs
- October 6, 2017, 12:21
Minister for Housing says ‘building cities outwards is a failed concept’

Boy refused to attend access over his father’s Mass visits, court told
- District Court
- October 6, 2017, 01:00
Mother suggests if father ‘stops all the religious stuff’ their teenaged son might see him

More 30km/h speed limit zones needed - Road Safety Authority
- Irish News
- October 2, 2017, 15:25
EU car regulations may include ‘intelligent speed assistance’ to help drivers slow down

Homeless children in Galway would fill ‘entire school’
- Social Affairs
- October 2, 2017, 01:00
Cope Galway sees increase in homeless children of almost 40 per cent

Penalty points loopholes are closed by new summonses
- Crime & Law
- October 2, 2017, 01:00
The two loopholes allowed thousands of drivers to avoid points for road traffic offences

Mary McAleese installed as lay canon at Christ Church Cathedral
- Religion & Beliefs
- October 1, 2017, 20:32
Professor of psychiatry, Jesuit priest and Presbyterian minister also installed

Passengers stranded in Lanzarote as Aer Lingus cancels flight
- Irish News
- September 28, 2017, 21:59
‘It was absolutely ridiculous the way we have been treated,’ says passenger Anne Jackson

Surprise celebration of Sr Stan’s charity work draws a crowd
- Irish News
- September 28, 2017, 21:02
Nun made ‘huge commitment to use the self in the service of others’, says Mary McAleese

Sniffer dog finds cannabis valued at €2.45m at Dublin Port
- Crime & Law
- September 28, 2017, 15:59
Man held as drugs found in truck that had disembarked from Holyhead ferry

Man in his 60s dies in Kilkenny house fire
- Irish News
- September 28, 2017, 15:15
Home in rural Ballytarsney has been preserved for technical examination

Girl ‘refuses father access’ over social media bra-top photos
- District Court
- September 27, 2017, 01:00
Mother tells court 10-year-old was very upset, father says she was ‘really proud’

PKU case study: Ciara (9) and Luke (4) Willetts
- Health
- September 25, 2017, 18:19
‘Feeding them is a huge challenge every day,’ says Dublin mother

Domestic violence against women costs EU states €109bn
- Crime & Law
- September 24, 2017, 19:00
33% of females aged over 15 in the EU have experienced physical or sexual violence

Review of child protection training under way at Templemore
- Oireachtas
- September 20, 2017, 12:36
Dr Geoffrey Shannon urges TDs to ‘take on vested interests’ and pass alcohol Bill

Council for dealing with judicial misconduct is long sought
- Crime & Law
- September 5, 2017, 02:00
Proposed body could investigate and rebuke, but publication of decisions to be forbidden

Mother-of-six killed in ‘brutal, senseless’ fashion, funeral told
- Crime & Law
- August 31, 2017, 14:04
Antoinette Corbally, who died in Ballymun shooting, recalled as family ‘hero’

Reprimanded judges should be named, Opposition argues
- Crime & Law
- August 30, 2017, 01:00
Parties object to secrecy elements in proposed legislation on a judicial council

€540m paid to GPs by HSE last year ‘money well spent’, says Harris
- Health
- August 28, 2017, 18:55
GPs’ association says numbers give ‘misleading impression’ of remuneration

Law on minimum alcohol pricing may pass in next session
- Crime & Law
- August 28, 2017, 18:10
Politicians should listen to experts more than to vested interests, says Simon Harris

NUJ calls for ‘unacceptable secrecy provisions in Judicial Council Bill to be revisited
- Crime & Law
- August 26, 2017, 11:21
Journalists’ union says proposed penalties for publishing details of hearings ‘draconian’

Judges not named if censured under proposed Judicial Council Bill
- Crime & Law
- August 26, 2017, 01:30
Publication of documents from investigations into judges could result in fine or jail

Judges who behave improperly should be named
- Crime & Law
- August 26, 2017, 01:01
Analysis: Judicial Council Bill should deliver transparency as well as accountability

Mother awarded €10,000 in carer’s allowance arrears
- Crime & Law
- August 25, 2017, 01:00
Government had stopped paying woman for her son’s care after desk-based case review

Man blames serious assault on wife on his alcohol dependency
- District Court
- August 24, 2017, 01:00
Woman required hospitalisation after being punched and kicked by her husband, court hears

State should build affordable rental homes, says Peter McVerry Trust
- Social Affairs
- August 22, 2017, 06:36
Rising cost of rent is the main source of new homeless cases, new figures deeply worrying

Judges tighten rules on non-legal advisers in court
- Crime & Law
- August 21, 2017, 02:01
Move follows concerns that such advisers are impeding courts and charging fees to litigants

Landlord ordered to pay more than €42,000 to three tenants
- Crime & Law
- August 21, 2017, 00:00
Commission finds three applicants in discrimination case were ‘model’ tenants

Fear of homelessness forcing women back to abusers
- Crime & Law
- August 19, 2017, 04:00
More than 20% of women at Aoibhneas Dublin refuge went home after stay, says manager

‘Potentially catastrophic’ errors found at Cork residential centre
- Health
- August 16, 2017, 13:07
Cheshire Foundation has registration to run facility cancelled following Hiqa inspection

Leaving Cert: Dublin teenager one of 13 to secure highest marks
- Education
- August 16, 2017, 12:26
Muhammad Mahmoud (17), whose parents are from Sudan, hopes to study medicine

Bankruptcy due to tax debts on rise
- Irish News
- August 15, 2017, 19:53
Tax debts of €9.9m have triggered 12 bankruptcies since January 2017

Children’s Ombudsman calls for alternative to youth detention
- Irish News
- August 14, 2017, 18:04
Parnell Summer School told we need to ‘join the dots’ to protect most vulnerable

Mother ‘would not let social workers interview children’
- District Court
- August 12, 2017, 01:00
Woman also suggested workers were racist during visit to investigate abuse claim, court hears

Woman had to leave refuge after husband tracked her phone
- District Court
- August 11, 2017, 02:01
Husband had allegedly cut her with glass and burnt her with a cigarette

Garda management did not tell auditors of false breath tests
- Crime & Law
- August 7, 2017, 01:00
Force’s audit committee says it was ‘totally unaware’ of the issue prior to media reports

‘He said: ‘Look in the mirror, look at how worthless you are’’
- Crime & Law
- August 7, 2017, 00:00
A woman speaks out about domestic violence following the conviction of her ex-boyfriend

Ireland’s first Jesuit bishop ordained
- Religion & Beliefs
- August 6, 2017, 20:54
Archbishop Eamon Martin says conversation needed in Ireland about ‘good life’

Boy remains in agency care ‘as foster carers cannot be found’
- District Court
- August 3, 2017, 01:00
The boy can be ‘quite violent’ and has severe emotional difficulties, court hears

Judges’ expenses claims range from zero to less than €23,000
- Crime & Law
- August 2, 2017, 01:00
Claims claims up 20% on last year due to rise in the number of judges and a hike in mileage

Civilian appointed to lead Garda ‘transformation’
- Crime & Law
- July 31, 2017, 20:58
New civilian role part of organisation’s modernisation and renewal programme

Flanagan ‘supports’ abolition of legal fee for domestic violence victims
- Crime & Law
- July 31, 2017, 20:57
Decision on whether to end contribution due by end of year, says Minister for Justice

A third of Irish adults have used ‘withdrawal method’ as contraception
- Health
- July 31, 2017, 10:23
IFPA survey finds one in four women have experienced crisis pregnancy in past

Longer bankruptcy sought for farmer whose heifers were shot
- High Court
- July 31, 2017, 01:00
Overseer says John Hoey ‘abjectly failed’ to co-operate with bankruptcy process

Domestic violence survivors ‘should not pay for legal aid’
- Crime & Law
- July 31, 2017, 01:00
Free Legal Advice Centres says charge for service causing financial barrier for people

Cuts to legal aid for family law cases deferred
- Crime & Law
- July 28, 2017, 20:33
Deferral to allow time to re-examine alternative options, says Legal Aid Board

Family law aid cut will hit those most in need, says Bar Council
- District Court
- July 27, 2017, 15:23
‘We have a duty to ensure that access to justice is delivered to all members of society’

Father forced his children to ‘overexercise’, court hears
- District Court
- July 26, 2017, 19:46
Woman claimed husband made son ride exercise bike for so long he would cry from pains

Family fleeing domestic violence sent to wrong housing service
- Social Affairs
- July 24, 2017, 06:00
Mother referred to new communities unit although she had legal Irish residency

Social workers have to ‘carry the can’ for court decisions
- Crime & Law
- July 24, 2017, 01:00
Tusla staff say they are not shown respect in court and are publicly blamed, study finds

Dublin school-leaver (18) killed in car crash in Jordan
- Irish News
- July 23, 2017, 17:23
Mohammed Alrawehneh from Firhouse was awaiting his Leaving Cert results

Safety order against man who locked partner in dog kennel is denied
- District Court
- July 21, 2017, 01:00
Dublin District Family Court hears man threatened to use angle-grinder on house

Bulk of ‘first-fix’ leak repairs completed, says Irish Water
- Irish News
- July 20, 2017, 01:00
Of more than 100,500 leak notifications issued there were 7,723 repairs since 2015

Law forcing mothers to adopt their own children is quashed
- Crime & Law
- July 19, 2017, 18:31
Women who want partner to become stepfather no longer have to give up legal rights

Woman refunded €350 after complicated tooth extraction
- Health
- July 19, 2017, 16:55
Woman had to pay for surgical procedure to have piece of root left behind removed

Mail order dentistry at root of number of complaints
- Health
- July 19, 2017, 14:58
Companies selling kits by post often not even dentists, complaints resolution service says

Garda commissioner criticised in PAC report on Templemore
- Oireachtas
- July 18, 2017, 19:47
Delay in informing C&AG of financial irregularities ‘unacceptable’

Winged messenger of solace – An Irishwoman’s Diary on the robin redbreast
- Opinion
- July 17, 2017, 00:01

Fears Mediation Bill may force abused into contact with abusers
- Crime & Law
- July 10, 2017, 01:30
Women’s Aid says domestically abused must not be exposed to additional dangers

'When I came back everything belonging to me was burnt'
- Crime & Law
- July 10, 2017, 01:00
Mediation case study: Abigail’s story

People who are themselves in work fare better, says expert
- Irish News
- July 6, 2017, 18:45
Employment expert Sandra Henke says such people more creative and less stressed

Census reveals Ireland’s oldest and youngest towns
- Social Affairs
- July 6, 2017, 13:01
Average age of population now 37.4 years and numbers aged over 65 is up by 19%

Charities welcome new cancer strategy
- Health
- July 5, 2017, 18:32
Focus shift from setting up services to people using them welcomed by Irish Cancer Society

New cancer strategy to cost €100m a year over 10 years
- Health
- July 5, 2017, 16:00
Foreign trained graduates ‘desperately needed’ to avoid ‘counter-productive delays’

150 guests attend dinner for prime minister of Canada Justin Trudeau
- Irish News
- July 4, 2017, 22:54
Ireland and Canada 'strong and lasting friends', guests told

Justin Trudeau visits Famine Memorial during Dublin visit
- Politics
- July 4, 2017, 21:13
Canadian prime minister follows in footsteps of one of his predecessors, Jean Chrétien, who also visited the sculptures

Rebel roots: Justin Trudeau’s Irish ancestry from Co Cork revealed
- Politics
- July 4, 2017, 19:14
Canadian prime minister is a direct descendant of Bernard family from Bandon

Right to work for asylum seekers after 6 months, council urges
- Crime & Law
- July 3, 2017, 21:02
Measure would ‘prevent economic and social exclusion’ and increase tax take

Dental extractions increase as State support for treatment falls
- Health
- July 3, 2017, 01:00
Drop in costly fillings and root canals as State funding cut from €150m to €75m

Dentist’s perspective on cutbacks: ‘It is quite distressing’
- Health
- July 3, 2017, 01:00
Some patients who have medical cards still cannot afford treatment and face extractions

Birth mothers had to adopt own children in 65 cases last year
- Social Affairs
- July 1, 2017, 01:00
Adoption Authority of Ireland handled 95 domestic adoptions in 2016

Bereaved family billed for documents despite waiver
- Irish News
- June 29, 2017, 01:00
Gardaí ask Noel Clancy for €1,940 for documents related to car crash in Co Cork

Fees charged to crash victim families should be repaid - Parc
- Irish News
- June 29, 2017, 01:00
Failure on waiver directive from Garda HQ ‘an astonishing anomaly’ - Tommy Broughan

New Tusla child protection policy needs much broader examination, committee told
- Oireachtas
- June 28, 2017, 14:35
Rapporteur Geoffrey Shannon says new policy has both positives and downsides