Ailbhe Conneely

Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent

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Almost 5,000 children in emergency accommodation in June

Latest homeless figures show another rise in the number of people who accessed emergency accommodation last month.

Ireland • 25 Jul 25

Tusla referred 19 deaths of children to review panel

Nineteen deaths of children between infancy and 20 years of age were notified to the National Review Panel (NRP) by Tusla last year.

Ireland • 24 Jul 25

Applications for asylum in Ireland rose sharply last year (stock pic)

Views to immigration more negative in disadvantaged areas

Attitudes to immigration in Ireland are more negative in disadvantaged communities, particularly where the proportion of migrants has increased since 2011, according to the ESRI.

Ireland • 22 Jul 25

No further investigation into Bishop Eamonn Casey - GNPSB

A review by the Garda National Protective Services Bureau into the original investigation file on Bishop Eamonn Casey has been completed and no further investigative actions have been identified.

Ireland • 20 Jul 25

Public disquiet factor in Casey's removal from crypt

It is questionable how the Galway Diocese could have kept Bishop Casey's mortal remains at the cathedral indefinitely, considering the public disquiet over their presence, writes Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent Ailbhe Conneely.

Analysis and Comment • 21 Jul 25

Eamonn Casey's remains removed from Galway cathedral

The remains of the late Bishop Eamonn Casey have been removed from the crypt of Galway Cathedral, Galway Diocese has confirmed.

Ireland • 19 Jul 25

The HSE has confirmed that a 12-bedded health and addiction stabilisation service has opened, in line with plans to develop and expand services at the facility

Funding for further beds at Usher's Island care facility

Funding for an additional 12 beds in the Health and Addiction Care Facility run by Dublin Simon Community on Ushers Island has been confirmed.

Dublin • 18 Jul 25

Number of properties available under HAP scheme drops

The number of properties that were available to rent within the discretionary rate of the Housing Assistance Payment scheme last month fell to 32.

Ireland • 18 Jul 25

The outside of Merchants Quay Ireland in Dublin city centre

Shift in attitudes towards drug addiction, study finds

The number of people who believe that those who are dependent on drugs only have themselves to blame has fallen by almost half in the past 25 years, dropping from 57% to 30%.

Ireland • 11 Jul 25

The Dáil was hearing statements on domestic, sexual and gender based violence with survivors in attendance in the public gallery

Dáil hears call for 'strangulation porn' to be banned

The Dáil has heard a call for so-called "strangulation porn" to be banned.

Politics • 10 Jul 25