Judith Crosbie

Judith Crosbie

Singer Little Pattie, Patricia Amphlett, will receive an award for a career that saw her shoot to fame in the 1960s and perform across Australia and the US
Awards celebrate ‘outstanding Irish-Australian women’ in Sydney

Genevieve Kelly honoured as first mayor to apologise for Aboriginal genocide

Sister Mary Leahy receives a community hero award for provideing care and support to seafarers at Sydney’s Port Botany for over 25 years
Irish nun who gave Pope hi-vis vest to be honoured in Sydney

Brigid Awards will recognise outstanding contribution of Irish women in Australia

Janice Currie-Henderson will received a Lifetime Achievement Award for her contribution to Irish dancing and Irish culture in Australia for more than 50 years. Photograph: Milton Baar
Brigid Awards recognise contribution of Irish-Australian women

Irish Friends of Labor honour women of Irish heritage throughout Australia

Susan Ryan, Age Discrimination Commissioner and former Australian Labor Party senator is among 12 women to receive awards at a ceremony in Sydney on Friday.
Twelve Irish-Australian women awarded for political achievements

‘Women of Irish heritage have contributed enormously to making Australia what it is today’

Australia has come late to the Hozier phenomenon, with Take Me To Church only getting airplay and reaching the top of the charts at the end of last year - over a year after the song was a hit in Ireland. Photograph: Bertrand Guay/AFP/Getty Images
Irish out in force for Hozier gigs in Australia

Tickets for two shows in Sydney and Melbourne sold out in minutes

Kenneth Deane: “I have a better understanding of divided communities in conflict working in a highly charged situation within the context of the threat of violence.” Photograph: Judith Crosbie
Former NI police officer advises on policing in divided communities

Kenneth Deane leads the EU Co-ordinating Office for Palestinian Police Support

Palestinian riot police officers scuffle with protesters during a demonstration in the West Bank city of Ramallah. Photograph: Abbas Momani/AFP/Getty
Building law and order in the West Bank

An EU police mission aims to develop a civil police force in Palestine

Members of the VistaMed syndicate from Rooskey, Co Leitrim, celebrating their lotto win. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Anxious wait as winning lotto ticket comes from Belfast

Members of the VistaMed syndicate from Rooskey, Co Leitrim, celebrating their lotto win. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Cavan syndicate collects €2m cheque after lottery win

Each member of the 36-strong syndicate will get €55,555.55

FSAI chief Alan Reilly has said he was mandated to work with the food industry. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Food safety chief denies ‘conflict of interest’ accusation

European Food Information Council ‘serves’ industry, says Green party spokesman

President Michael D Higgins launching a tapestry depicting scenes and imagery from the 1913 Lockout at Liberty hall
Call for collective bargaining rights at Lockout exhibition opening

Larkin’s granddaughter says Lockout leader would ‘stand up’ about rights issue

Tania McCabe (centre) who died who died after giving birth
Family of pregnant woman who died ‘saddened’ at Savita report

Recommendations made after death from sepsis not implemented

Catherine Murphy: said there was “common ground” between them on the budget but they were not forming a new alliance. Photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Independent TDs urge an end to public spending cuts and introduction of wealth tax

Group insists it is not a new party alliance

A nurse helps a wounded man after he was shot by a sniper loyal to Syria’s President Bashar al-Assad in Aleppo’s Salaheddine neighbourhood. Photograph: Ammar Abdullah/Reuters
Small amount of aid getting into Syria, charities say

Enclaves across the country where no aid reaching those ‘trapped inside’

Gardai have renewed an appeal for the return of radioactive material that was taken during the course of the burglary in Dublin 10 days ago.
Gardaí renew appeal for return of radioactive rods

Material is ‘highly dangerous and should not be touched’

A protest in Dublin last April by asylum seekers, refugees and supporters as part of a national day of action to end direct provision for asylum seekers. Photograph: David Sleator
Ireland only EU state which bans asylum seekers from working

State has consistently refused to sign up to EU laws on asylum standards

‘Thousands of children have their lives effectively on hold because of our under-resourced and under-staffed services,’ said June Tinsely of Barnados.
Almost 2,500 children waiting over a year to see specialists

Ban on recruitment in HSE blamed for delays in developmental and behavioural services

Natasha Shaw and Kim Green from Blanchardstown, Dublin. Photograph: Alan Betson
‘The kids are going to starve . . then they have health problems’

Families are reducing their food bills following cuts to their benefits

Tom Boland of the HEA said surveys showed Ireland performed well in feedback from overseas students who attend third-level institutes. Photograph: Alan Betson / The Irish Times
‘Significant increase’ in overseas students attending Irish colleges

Higher Education Authority says figures are up after years of slowdown in numbers

Ruairí Quinn: “None of like doing what we have to do none of us like the reduction in allocation for support for different kinds of support that are needed and looking for either increased money from people or reducing services that they are currently receiving.”
Quinn refuses to rule out increase in school class sizes

Minister acknowledges ‘difficulties and pain’ but says cuts must continue during bailout programme

President Michael D Higgins has said in the the western world the security of employment is being stripped away and ‘we are introducing far greater stresses of casualisation in both temporary work, in relation to part-time work, in relation to the structure and definition of work itself’.
‘New insecurities’ increasing suicide risk, says President

Casual employment, mortgage distress and poverty are among factors causing stress

Minister for Health James Reilly suggested appointing a judge who could mediate between the women who had symphysiotomies and the hospitals. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Symphysiotomy group says demands ignored

Reilly proposes mediation with an appointed judge

Ruairí Quinn: “I have asked the national parents council to look at ways in which they can, with the schools, move towards generic uniforms”
Quinn eager to give parents more control over education costs

Barnardos survey finds parents face costs of up to €800 to equip children for schools

Personal data of creche staff posted online ‘outrageous’

Reports show broken toilet seats, mould and concerns over blind cords

Minister for Tourism Leo Varadkar at the launch of the Dublin Horse Show. The Minister said the Gathering was succeeding in attracting tourists. Photograph: The Irish Times
Overseas visitors increase 5.4% in first half of year

Tourism Ireland says this year on course to be best ever for visitors from US

The new Child and Family Agency’s chairwoman Norah Gibbons has said she is concerned about children being brought up in the housing system for asylum seekers.
New child agency chairwoman raises concerns over conditions for asylum seekers

Direct provision ‘not a place’ to bring up children

There is concern at data showing most people caring for young children have no childcare qualifications. Photograph: Edmond Terakopian/PA Wire.
Lack of qualifications among childcarers sparks concern

Minister plans to make it obligatory for people working in area to be qualified

Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore rejected the view of the former IMF mission chief to Ireland that ESM assistance for the cost of the bailout was ‘impossible’. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
IMF distances itself from Ashoka Mody comments on Ireland

Gilmore says economic recovery cannot be based on cuts alone

Former IMF chief of mission to Ireland Ashoka Mody said a policy of austerity was ‘potentially self-defeating’.
Former IMF official warns austerity could be ‘self-defeating’ for Ireland

Proposed budget cuts should be ‘considerably lowered’, Ashoka Mody urges

Lewis Byrne, Ballybough, enjoys the sunshine while watching his friends Scott Doyle and Leroy Martin backflip into the River Liffey. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons/The Irish Times
‘Spectacular’ weather unlikely to continue, Met Éireann says

Fáilte Ireland records ‘spike’ in Irish people holidaying at home in recent weeks

Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform Brendan Howlin said Ireland’s involvement in the Open Government Partnership would give ‘momentum’ to the Government’s own plans to improve accountability.
Ireland begins move towards joining global transparency plan

Public meetings held in attempt to create Government action plan

Long incubation period of Hepatitis A ‘hampering investigation’

Italian outbreak also linked to infections in Germany, Poland and the Netherlands

Frozen berries, responsible for the hepatitis A outbreak
Agency held back on berry health alert

Ten people infected with hepatitis A virus, five cases emerged on Wednesday

Minister for Social Protection Joan Burton outlines the main provisions of the Bill to give Recognition to transgender people yesterday. Photograph: Brenda Fitzsimons
Joan Burton publishes outline of Bill to give recognition to transgender people

Issue had been ‘left unaddressed for far too long’, says Minister

Senator Jim Walsh. Photograph: Eric Luke/Irish Times
Graphic description of abortion ‘inappropriate’, says Gilmore

Fianna Fáil Senator’s speech was ‘scaremongering’

From September any new creches wanting to open must first register with the HSE
Only one out of 22 Mayo creches met all HSE standards

Inspection reports show most failed to provide Garda vetting and staff photo ID

A confidential Government report showed just 10 of the 109 public nursing homes meet new standards to be enforced by the Health Information and Quality Authority in 2015.
Upgrading nursing homes could cost hundreds of millions, says Minister

Siptu alls for immediate investment in sector

Woman awarded €45,000 after man got job ahead of her

Male interviewer ‘stared out of the window and yawned’

Thirty-six per cent of creches were last inspected this year, 39 per cent last year and 16 per cent in 2011, the survey showed
25% of creche not inspected since 2011, says survey

Creche owners unhappy at lack of focus on quality of care during inspections

An injunction stopping the sushi chef from being deported was struck out yesterday after Takafumi Mizuno’s lawyers reached a settlement with lawyers for the Minister for Justice.
Japanese man’s deportation case settled after ‘misunderstanding’ identified

Sushi chef spent six days in jail before settlement reached

Edel McGinley, deputy director of the Migrant Rights Centre of Ireland, said the case showed the lack of transparency when people are refused entry into the State. Photograph: Alan Betson
Japanese man spends sixth night in prison after being refused entry into State

Sushi chef’s treatment ‘grossly unreasonable’, say lawyers

Abortion Bill will not address European court’s concerns, says Doctors for Choice

Bill will stop women seeking help with post-abortion complications

€20m spend on salaries for TDs and Senators in 2012

€13m in pension payments to former Oireachtas members

Chief executive of the Integration Centre Killian Forde.
Few racist incidents reported to gardaí, says report

Officers often not aware of force’s own racist reporting policy

House prices in south Dublin up 12.2%, survey shows

Asking prices decline nationally though at slower rate

GloHealth has created 70 jobs since it started up in the Republic in July last year. Photograph: Jason Clarke Photography
New health insurer takes in €35m in first year

GloHealth attracts 52,000 customers during first year in Republic

Joining the EU during a recession is bad enough but Croatia’s own economy is also in severe difficulty: there has been no growth in five years and unemployment is at almost 20 per cent. Photograph: Reuters/Antonio Bronic
Little cause for celebration in Croatia on cusp of EU accession

Croatia has many doubters about the benefits of EU entry in a time of crisis

Migrant lives: Viliya Ruzveltiene, Ausra Jasikeviciene, Laura Vaitkaityte, Egle Pastarnokiene, Sofiya Visnevskiene, Roberta Ceginskaite and Gaivile Brickute, all Lithunians living in Monaghan. Photograph: David Sleator
The growth of intolerance

More than half a million immigrants live in Ireland, but since the start of the recession the number of incidents of racism has in(...)

Mohammad Abu Alkhouu and his mother, Rajae Moawi (holding camera), at last month’s citizenship ceremony in Convention Centre Dublin, in which Irish citizenship was conferred upon 2,700 people. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Irish anti-immigrant attitudes growing, report shows

20 per cent oppose immigrants from different ethnic backgrounds, ESRI report shows

Ireland was still dealing with the ’train wreck’ of the economic collapse, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has said. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Ireland still dealing with 'train wreck' of economic collapse, says Kenny

Taxpayers should not be ‘place of first resort’ to bail out banks

Taoiseach Enda Kenny pictured last week. Photograph: Eric Luke / THE IRISH TIMES
Kenny understands ‘rage and anger’ over Anglo revelations

Taoiseach says he has been frustrated by lack of information over banking collapse

Minister for Finance Michael Noonan at Government Buildings on his way to present his budget to the Dáil last year. Photograph: Eric Luke
IMF warns against using promissory note deal proceeds to ease budget

Latest progress report says maintaining fiscal retrenchment performance essential

Enda Kenny and the prime minister of Japan Shinzo Abe at Government Buildings in Dublin yesterday. Photograph: Eric Luke
Japanese prime minister praises Ireland’s efforts to reduce debt

Taoiseach backs ‘Abenomics’ and Japanese growth stimulus

Prime Minister of Japan Shinzo Abe and Taoiseach Enda Kenny at a joint press conference at Government Buildings in Dublin today. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Wire
Kenny rules out income tax hikes in next budget

Bruton argues tax cuts are necessary to improve competitiveness

Limerick kick starts city of culture stint early

Organisers hope programme will attract people back to their city

Refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria arrive at the Jordanian border. Photograph: Jordan Pix/Getty Images
More refugees in 2012 than for 20 years, says UN

Germany the only developed country among top 10 states taking refugees in

“We have to separate very clearly the difference between the seduction of modern technology, which is a phenomenon of short duration, and the necessity of European education which goes right back to the Acropolis and Socrates,” Minister for Education Ruairí Quinn has said.
Quinn warns against ‘seduction’ of technology in education

Short-term gadgets will not replace history of learning, says Minister

Taoiseach Enda Kenny TD (right) meets with Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper, at Farmleigh House, Dublin, ahead of the G8 Summit.
Ireland has ‘nothing to fear’ from G8 tax talks, Kenny insists

Harper sparks diplomatic row in Dublin saying Putin supports Syrian ‘thugs’

A girl waves towards police officers in Enniskillen, Co Fermanagh yesterday. A large security operation is in place around Enniskillen and Lough Erne ahead of the G8 summit, which begins today. Photograph: Yves Herman/Reuters
Syria tops agenda as G8 opens in Fermanagh

David Cameron embarrassed by revelations that British secret service spied on delegations at G20 meetings in London

Creche wants live monitoring of children despite privacy concerns

Data Protection Commissioner ruled out mobile phone monitoring after nursing home complaint

Rachel Mullen, Margaret Martin and Ursula Regan of Women’s Aid. Photograph: Eric Luke
Children abused during parental visits arranged by courts, women’s group claims

No assessments carried out of children’s risk during visits, says Women’s Aid

Minister for Children Frances Fitzgerald will appear before the Oireachtas committee this evening to discuss concerns over standards in creches. Photograph: Eric Luke/The Irish Times
Creche inspection reports to be made available online from July - Fitzgerald

Minister for Children tells Oireachtas health committee harsher penalties to be introduced for breaches of childcare regulations

Mr Justice Garrett Sheehan suspended a seven-year prison sentence on the rape charges for five years because of the “wholly exceptional” circumstances of the case
Rape victim ‘devastated’ at suspended sentence

DPP should appeal decision, says Rape Crisis Centre

Dáil reform should accompany Seanad abolition, Fitzgerald says

Healy-Eames 'confused' why Kenny seeks to close upper house

President Michael D Higgins said EU leaders had signalled to him there must be an ongoing focus on the stability of the euro, during a state visit to Croatia. Photograph: Vincent Kessler/Reuters
Support emerging for investment to tackle unemployment, says President

Higgins rejects suggestion 'Senator’ reference in speech linked to abolition discussions

President Michael D Higgins has warned that speculative markets and rating agencies are now seen as having more power than elected parliaments in addressing economic problems. Photograph: Eric Luke /The Irish Times
‘Speculative markets’ replacing power of parliament, warns President

EU must be aware of ‘social consequences of its actions’

President Michael Higgins, left, reviews Croatian honor guards with his Croatian counterpart Ivo Josipovic, right, in Zagreb, Croatia. President Higgins is on three day official visit to Croatia. Photograph: Damir Sencar/AP Photo
EU can help Croatia deal with its past, says President Higgins during official visit

Union ‘immensely valuable’ in helping State deal with Northern Irish conflict

President Michael D. Higgins with his wife Sabina pictured at Bloom in the Phoenix Park at the weekend before his official visit to Croatia. Photograph: David Sleator/The Irish Times
President begins official visit to Croatia

Trip will focus on cultural, economic and trade links

Garda vetting highlights any convictions but it is up to the employer to decide whether the individual is suitable to work with children or not.
Creches run by woman whose staff lost child

HSE regulations do not preclude staff with convictions from working with children

Politicians such as Enda Kenny and all of Irish society should rethink what is being proposed in the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Bill, the administrator for the Diocese of Kildare & Leighlin, Msgr Brendan Byrne, has said.
Senior cleric urges Irish society to rethink proposed abortion laws

Taoiseach has refused to comment on a call by a senior Vatican official for Catholic Oireachtas members to resign rather than supp(...)

Ireland’s funding on preschool care is less than 0.2 per cent of GDP, compared to 1.1 per cent in the UK and 1.4 per cent in Denmark. Photograph: Getty Images
National review to scrutinise creches

Head of new support agency to carry out examination into profit-driven creches

Ireland ranks 18th overall in this 2012 study of 45 countries, behind most EU states with the exception of Hungary, Greece and Poland.
Ireland ranks poorly on childcare across developed states

State lags behind on government spending and affordability

The report involves 388 people attending needle programmes and was compiled by Merchants Quay Ireland and Ana Liffey Drug Project.
Survey shows most addicts use multiple drugs

Supervised injecting centres urged to reduce risk of disease

Roma women imprisoned for not paying begging fines, says report

Stop and search for Roma men by Garda amounts to ‘institutional racism’

Links, which runs the Abington creche in Malahide, Dublin, said parents and staff “affected by recent events” could attend the psychologist
Creche employs psychologist to counsel parents affected by alleged mistreatment footage

Malahide creche director ‘acutely aware of distress caused’

Questions have arisen over mistreatment at some creches. Photograph: Getty Images
Parents view footage of alleged creche mistreatment ahead of RTÉ broadcast

Footage showed child being pushed into a chair and made to face a fridge for 40 minutes

Childcare at Abington Wood, Malahide.
Reform crèche inspections and fund training, say campaigners

Salaries are low with little incentive among crèche workers to seek higher qualifications

Links Childcare at Abington Wood. Photograph: Picture Colin Keegan, Collins
Creche inspection reports to be made public within weeks

Other childcare reforms planned amid allegations of mistreatment of children at three creches

The Giraffe Childcare and Early learning Centre, Belarmine, near Stepaside, Dublin. It said “clear evidence of inappropriate conduct in caring for young children by a particular staff member, who has already been suspended” had been uncovered and filmed during an investigation by an undercover reporter.
Creches suspend staff over conduct

Facility admits worker’s behaviour ‘unacceptable’ after RTÉ secret filming

The council stressed that the revamp was needed because the current brick surface had become worn and damaged
€4m granite revamp of Grafton Street paving to begin in weeks

Dublin street to remain open to pedestrians during 18-month project

A computer generated image of what the new granite paving on Grafton Street will look like. Photograph: Dublin City Council
Work on Grafton Street to start after June bank holiday

€4m granite paving to replace red brick on shopping street

Prof Kevin Malone, of the School of Medicine and Medical Science at UCD and St Vincent’s University Hospital with Prof John Crowe, president Royal College of Physicians in Ireland, at the publication of the Suicide in Ireland 2003-2008 report. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Hospitals turned suicidal people away, study shows

Families say gardaí lacked training to deal with deaths

Prof Kevin Malone at launch of a new suicide research report, ‘Suicide in Ireland 2003-2008’. Photographer: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Alcohol, mental illness and bullying leading causes of suicide, says study

Problems with health services and lack of garda training highlighted

Dubliners Laura Hartin from Rathfarnham and Conrad Oppermann from Malahide, and Gabrielle Leleu from Sallins, Co Kildare, rehearse backstage.
2,000 participants take part in week-long drama festival

Skills of young people tested in poetry recital, improvisation, drama, mime and storytelling

Commemorative stamp, celebrating Dublin’s designation as a Unesco city of literature
President warns of ‘danger’ of disregarding creativity

Postage stamp unveiled to mark Dublin as Unesco city of literature

Blaming the non-delivery of housing on anti-social behaviour was not acceptable since no other community was punished for the actions of a few, said Sinn Féin TD Dessie Ellis. Photograph: Collins
Call for Traveller housing powers to be taken from local councils

Issue must be dealt with at national level because of ‘racism’, committee hears

Life after Debt campaigner Séamus Sherlock, Co Limerick, has manned his log cabin outside his property for 265 days. Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan
Don’t evict families, says Limerick protester nine months into repossession stand-off

Séamus Sherlock has been on guard since receiving eviction order

Zinaida Nourreddaie, Pat Hannon, Martin Critten and Peter O’Loughlin. Photograph: Don Moloney/Press 22
Four people, two dogs, one message: no to austerity

Anti-austerity protesters begin 200km trek from Limerick to Dublin

British minister for Europe, David Lidington said a referendum on the EU was vital “to settle this issue for a generation”. Photograph: Flying Colours/Getty Images
‘Meddlesome’ EU should focus on competing with US, says UK minister

London will work with Dublin on justice opt-outs

Charity campaigners on Kildare Street. Photograph: Eric Luke / THE IRISH TIMES
Winding down of philanthropic organisations to create €50m funding void

Services will close unless new private donors are found, charities warn

Australia’s famous rocky landmarks known as the Devil’s Marbles in the outback. Photograph: David Gray/Reuters
Almost 50,000 Irish took up visas in Australia and Canada last year

Hope for ‘tucked away’ provision in US bill for 10,500 visas for Irish citizens

Migrant Workers in Ireland at a Migrant Rights Centre Ireland press conference in Dublin last March. Photograph: Alan Betson
Call for welfare staff training

Migrants face problems in proving they fit conditions to allow for benefits

The European Parliament in Brussels: Ireland’s 12 MEPs had on average an 83 per cent attendance rate at European Parliament plenary sessions, a drop of 2 per cent from 2011, which places Ireland 19th out of the 27 EU countries, a report by the European Movement Ireland shows.
Attendance rate of Irish MEPs down and fewer questions asked

Number of speeches made at European Parliament also falls, research reveals

Sergei Magnitsky, a Russian lawyer, who died in a Russian jail after uncovering fraud among state officials
Russia forced Ireland’s hand on Magnitsky case

The joint Oireachtas committee felt the full force of international politics

Cancer patient and blind Palestinian girl Aseel al-Haj Ahmed. Photograph: Mohammed Salem/Reuters
Cross-border centre struggles to help sick Palestinian children after donations fall-off

Just 300 children will get treatment this year, down from the usual 1,000 cases

A picture of lawyer Sergei Magnitsky is seen on his grave in the Preobrazhensky cemetery in Moscow
Oireachtas committee backs down from sanctioning Russian officials

No blackmail over adoptions, says committee chairman

Terry Prone: one of the experts who will address the group
Course for women running for election opens

Funding comes from US state department

“Why were we told the money was not there when it clearly was,” asked Cllr Bríd Smith of People Before Profit. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Travellers homeless as funding not spent

Some sites without water and electricity while promised housing not delivered

The pressure being exerted by Russia “must be met by a solid and united EU stand”, said Guy Verhofstadt, head of the European Parliament’s liberal group. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Russian ‘blackmailing’ of Ireland ‘unacceptable’, says EU group leader

Call for issue to be included on EU-Russia summit

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