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  • Ailbhe Conneely

    Ailbhe Conneely

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    At the final mass of his visit to Ireland in 2018, Pope Francis asked for forgiveness on behalf of the Catholic Church

    Dioceses to mark day of prayer for surivors of abuse

    Dioceses around the country will observe the annual 'Day of Prayer for Survivors of Abuse' tomorrow to coincide with the first Friday of Lent.

    Ireland • 06 Mar
    IHREC had brought the case in respect of IP applicants who were not offered accommodation when they made their asylum claim on arrival in Ireland

    Appeal hearing in case of unaccommodated asylum seekers

    The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission will defend an appeal by the State, against a High Court judgment which relates to unaccommodated asylum seekers.

    Ireland • 06 Mar
    HIQA met over 860 adults and 300 children and young people over the course of inspections last year

    'Considerable room for improvement' on IPAS accommodation

    The current system of international protection accommodation is not adequately resourced to meet demand according to the Health Information and Quality Authority.

    Ireland • 05 Mar
    The Spiritan schools involved are Blackrock College and Willow Park, Rockwell College, St. Mary's College, St. Michael's College and Templeogue College

    Call for Spiritans to implement redress scheme

    The advocacy group Restore Together, which represents many of the survivors of child sex abuse suffered at schools run by the Spiritan Order, has called on the Spiritans to implement a redress scheme no later than June for those who suffered child sex abuse.

    Dublin • 28 Feb
    Overall, the view of the Advisory Committee on the Protection of National Minorities was that Irish society continued to show respect for diversity

    Improvements of Traveller, Roma communities recommended

    Irish authorities have been urged to improve the situation of Traveller and Roma communities by Council of Europe experts on national minorities.

    Ireland • 27 Feb
    It found that over one-third of those with symptoms of ADHD were using benzodiazepines (Stock image)

    Study: One-in-five drug, alcohol users have ADHD symptoms

    One-in-five people using drugs and alcohol have symptoms of ADHD according to research carried out for Citywide Drugs Crisis Campaign.

    Ireland • 27 Feb
    This is the first national awareness-raising campaign by Cuan, the Domestic, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Agency

    Campaign to raise awareness of domestic, sexual violence

    A campaign to raise awareness of domestic and sexual violence focusing on the stories of victims and survivors has been launched by the Minister for Justice.

    Ireland • 26 Feb
    HIQA found that Sunbeam House Services had not put effective governance and management systems in place to protect residents from the risk of abuse.

    Provider failed to protect residents from risk of abuse

    A residential service for people with intellectual disabilities was found to have restrictive practices, poor management of safeguarding incidents, poor staffing arrangements and poor behavioural support for residents when it was inspected last year.

    Ireland • 25 Feb
    The Children's Rights Alliance described the number on waiting lists for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services since 2020 (up by over 1,000) as unacceptable

    Government criticised over youth mental health services

    The Government has been criticised for failing to keep its promise to improve mental health services for children.

    Health • 25 Feb
    The Department of Integration has said accommodation currently used by refugees must be returned to students next month

    Ukrainians request accommodation extension until summer

    Over 200 Ukrainian refugees have requested permission to remain living in student accommodation in Dublin city centre until the summer.

    Dublin • 21 Feb

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