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15/10/2024

Families and individuals in dire need of emergency homeless accommodation are being refused access by some local authorities, masking the real extent of homelessness in the population, according to the Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC). In its latest annual report, published today, the independent la

25/02/2024

New figures from the Central Statistics Office show that Jack is the most popular boys’ name for the seventh year in a row, while Grace was the most popular name for girls. Grace replaced last year’s favourite of Emily. Grace last claimed the top spot in 2020. Jack has retained the top spot as t...

07/02/2024

It is not fair that people pay €50 more per GP appointment simply because of where they live, according to Tánaiste Micheál Martin. The Consumer Competition Authority has powers to make sure there is no “price fixing” or “cartels” and the Government will keep these “significant costs.....

16/11/2023

Sophie* had just moved house in the UK, so it made sense to her mother to receive a message from her daughter asking for money for an urgent bill. “Hi Mum it’s me,” said the message, explaining that she had broken her phone and was using a different one. “She dropped everything to sort it [....

30/10/2023

The recent arrival of baby Blake has made Brian and Arthur’s love story even more endearing, but they have kept some struggles hidden. They open up about seeking asylum, infertility and the ongoing assault of trolls I’d forgotten what it’s like trying to have a conversation – or do anything ...

12/10/2023

An elderly man with an American accent who was previously charged with using the name of a baby who died in the 1950s to apply for a passport in Cork, has been charged with a second and similar offence involving another baby who passed away several months after his birth. Det Garda Padraig Hanley, o...

12/10/2023

11/08/2023

The fortunes of Irish landlords peaked in the opening decade of the 18th century. Fuelled by economic prosperity due to the opening up of the Americas, and the massive growth in the demand for land from a rapidly expanding population, the few thousand landlords who monopolised ownership prospered. O...

01/08/2023

Government proposals to move birth and death registrations online could also include a provision for the introduction of a policy where information of a death is communicated across multiple departments at the same time. The “tell us once” service, which is in place in the UK, would save familie...

29/06/2023

Experiences of home birth are “overwhelmingly more positive than hospital births”, new Irish research shows. The study, carried out by Trinity College Dublin, also found that in hospital, midwifery-led care scored significantly higher than consultant care. The online survey of 141 participants i...

10/06/2023

TWO IN FIVE couples who got married last year opted for a Catholic ceremony, figures from the Central Statistics Office show. There were 23,173 marriages in 2022 compared with 17,217 in 2021, an increase of 35%. This increase is reflective of the lifting of Covid-19 pandemic restrictions and the res...