Ailbhe Conneely

Social Affairs & Religion Correspondent

The Self-Advocacy Toolkit, co-designed with disabled people, provides 'a suite of resources' to support individuals and organisations to build and sustain self-advocacy (Stock image)

Resource to support disabled people to be announced

The Disability Federation of Ireland will launch a resource to support disabled people to influence the development and delivery of policies and services that affect their lives.

Ireland • 03 Apr

Empowering People in Care said the toolkit will provide educators with the knowledge to help care-experienced students

Toolkit to support schoolchildren in care to be launched

A toolkit designed to help schools create more inclusive, supportive environments for children-in-care is to be launched.

Education • 03 Apr

Aisling Creegan believes that formal processes like Operation Encompass should have been in place to help her as a child

Scheme needed to protect children from abuse - survivor

Alcohol Action Ireland has reiterated calls for a police-led, school-based early intervention scheme to safeguard children who experience domestic abuse.

Ireland • 02 Apr

Ireland currently does not have an independent statutory child death review mechanism

Review mechanism for children's deaths sought

The Ombudsman for Children has called on the Government to introduce a review mechanism for the deaths of children in Ireland.

Ireland • 01 Apr

Households reported that these decisions resulted in high levels of stress

Low earners took on debt to manage cost of living - ESRI

Most low-income households had to make high-risk changes to their finances to cope with the cost of living crisis, according to the latest ESRI research.

Ireland • 01 Apr

Sarah O'Brien, who is now a social care worker, has experience of the care system

Call to give more help to care leavers pursuing education

A woman who spent her childhood in the care system has called for additional supports to "give care leavers a chance" to pursue further education.

Education • 01 Apr

The latest figures show 4,653 children are accessing emergency accommodation

Homeless figures at record high of over 15,300 last month

The number of people homeless and living in emergency accommodation has climbed to another record high, and now stands at 15,378.

Ireland • 28 Mar

Between October 2023 and July 2024, Tusla data indicated that unallocated cases in its Midlands child protection and welfare service did not rise above 16% (File image)

Welfare cases not assigned social workers under-reported

The Health Information and Quality Authority has revealed that Tusla significantly under-reported child welfare cases who were not allocated social workers over a nine month period.

Ireland • 28 Mar

The research found that migrant employment and rates of participation in the labour market have remained higher than those of Irish-born residents since 2022

Migrants more likely to be working than Irish-born - ESRI

New research from the ESRI has found that foreign-born residents are more likely to be employed, active in the labour market, and better educated compared to the Irish-born population.

Ireland • 28 Mar

Michael Healy-Rae said the Department of Children had been assured that St John Ambulance Ireland was committed to assisting all victims-survivors

Govt response to SJAI inquiry 'shocking' - survivor

The Government's response to a call in the Seanad for a public inquiry into St John Ambulance Ireland (SJAI), has been described by one abuse survivor as "a bureaucratic checklist".

Ireland • 25 Mar