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Staff fear working remotely will damage career prospects – survey
- Work
- December 9, 2020, 11:40
The Covid-19 pandemic has created workplace imbalances for many people, according to a survey by Matrix Recruitment. The study found that more than a(...)

Organisation led by survivors of Mother and Baby homes needed ‘urgently’
- Social Affairs
- October 24, 2020, 22:20
A representative organisation led by survivors of mother and baby homes must be established “urgently” because for “too long” they had been ignored, a(...)

‘My daughters keep me here in California, but they need me less and less’
- Abroad
- July 23, 2020, 07:00
Breda Wall is originally from Trim, Co Meath. She works in special education in Santa Barbara, California. She has two daughters, Brigid, 21 and (...)

‘Dear Diary, I am 21 today. Had a wonderful day, though I spent it in bed’
- Health & Family
- July 21, 2020, 06:01
As we hunkered down into our own family isolation and the obligatory “sorting out”, an old diary and cassette tape prompted thoughts about another (...)

Mother and five children sleeping in car while seeking accommodation
- Social Affairs
- July 9, 2020, 02:17
A Tipperary mother says she has been sleeping in her car with her five children since last week because she cannot get emergency accommodation. Rosea(...)

The healthcare chaplain ‘God destined him to be’: Fr Gerry Byrne
- Opinion
- June 16, 2020, 06:00
Meg Burton, in an editorial last year for the Health and Social Care Chaplaincy Journal, said of chaplaincy: “Primarily we support patients, visitors (...)

Debenhams workers protest ahead of consultation closing on Monday
- Social Affairs
- May 15, 2020, 17:06
A giant, inflatable rat was the centre-piece of a protest by former Debenhams workers outside its flagship Irish store, on Dublin’s Henry Street, on F(...)

Gardaí must be 'more assertive' at large funerals – Traveller advocate
- Social Affairs
- May 13, 2020, 01:00
Gardaí must be “more assertive at dispersing people” when large numbers of mourners attend funerals, a leading Traveller advocate has warned. Martin (...)

Coronavirus: ‘Loss of freedom ... quite a shock at the beginning’
- Social Affairs
- March 30, 2020, 19:15
Brendan Butler (77) and Breda (72) were surviving day three of “the Cocoon” on Monday despite a feeling of being “hemmed in” in their north Co Dublin (...)

Apartments row, Ires to continue building in Dublin, and hotel occupancy rates
- Business
- February 24, 2020, 06:30
A dispute over the ownership of 16 apartments and three commercial units threatens their proposed sale for €5.1 million, the Commercial Court has been(...)