Ailbhe Conneely

Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent

The Charities Regulator annual report was launched today by Minister of State Joe O'Brien and CEO Helen Martin

Charities Regulator asks public to report concerns

The CEO of the Charities Regulator has called on the public to alert her office if there are concerns about organisations in the sector.

Ireland • 15 Jul

Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon said that children with parents in prison are often the forgotten victims of crime

Support 'lacking' for children with jailed relative

The Irish Penal Reform Trust has said that gaps in policy and service provision mean that opportunities to safeguard the rights and support the needs ...

Ireland • 15 Jul

Peadar Tóibín was speaking during the Nursing Homes Supports Amendment Bill

Tóibín asks if money was 'dangled' before nursing homes

Nursing homes needed to have "the ability to care for patients coming from an acute hospital setting" according to an email sent to them by ...

Coronavirus • 14 Jul

Alternative summary of Mother and Baby report written

Academics and legal experts have written an 'Alternative Executive Summary' of the Mother and Baby Homes Commission of Investigation Final report.

Ireland • 14 Jul

"These are most clearly manifest between NGO and government bodies but not exclusively and they indicate fragmentation within the structures", according to the report

Audit criticises State response to domestic violence

Distrust, disrespect, othering and blame between Government departments, agencies and non-government organisations has been discovered in an audit of the State's response to domestic, sexual ...

Ireland • 14 Jul

Of €168.8m allocated to local authorities for Traveller-specific accommodation, just €110.6m was drawn down (File pic)

Reports find €58m underspend on Traveller accommodation

Just two thirds of money allocated to local authorities for Traveller-specific accommodation was drawn down over ten years, major research by the Irish Human Rights ...

Ireland • 14 Jul

More than half of parents have concerns about the long-term impact of the pandemic on their child's mental health

Survey reveals parents' concern over virus anxieties

Sixty percent of parents have identified anxiety as a long-term impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their children's mental health.

Coronavirus • 13 Jul

The committee heard from people with disabilities, those caring for them and the organisations that represent them

Calls for publication of reports on disability sector

An Oireachtas committee has called for the publication of two reports to inform the Government how the disability sector needs to be funded in advance ...

Politics • 09 Jul