‘I cannot emphasise enough the consequences of overloading already stretched services,’ says Dublin Region Homeless Executive chief

Report from Dóchas Centre visiting committee submitted to Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan notes overcrowding ‘worst' to date

Consultant advised going through eight-week recovery after hysterectomy ‘in a hotel room would be awful’

Students protest in support of young woman who has criticised university’s response to sharing of images after her alleged assault

University says it cannot run internal investigation while gardaí are investigating sharing of intimate image of medical student

High Court grants HSE extension to order keeping teenager with ‘extreme needs’ in room with mattress on floor

Child’s mother lives outside jurisdiction and cannot be contacted and father ‘wants no role’ in care proceedings, judge hears

A total of 86 people in 2025 and 67 in 2024 were referred back to the Department of Justice International Protection Office

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Interested parties asked to share views in advance of network summit in May

Judge Conor Fottrell says he took ‘unusual’ step of publishing judgment in case of missing 13-year-old to make reservations over system clear

Development will lead to loss of education and health supports, housing advocacy and employment and training programmes

‘Structural racism’ persists across public services in areas such as employment, housing and health, report states

Memories of women missing since the 1990s remain strong in Co Wicklow town as new search begins

Highly troubled child is missing from placement and believed to be in danger