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More than 2,500 children were homeless in the last week of November
30 Dec 2016
6.1k
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The hunt to find the owners of urns found on the Mexico subway
15 Oct 2016
8.4k
3
Poll: Should relatives get more inheritance tax relief?
4 Oct 2016
23.1k
55
Irish family "loses everything" as fire rips through Italy holiday camp
6 Jul 2016
63.4k
35
750,000 people are living in poverty in Ireland - on under €218 a week
5 Jul 2016
45.6k
82
'Seven years seems like a lot - for us it's nothing': Murder victim's brother welcomes parole reform
19 Jun 2016
13.2k
12
Homeless children staying in adult hostels to 'avoid risk of sleeping rough'
24 May 2016
7.4k
13
The Debate Room: Should Child Benefit be linked to school attendance?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
14 May 2016
1.5k
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Census will go to extra lengths to leave nobody uncounted
23 Apr 2016
21.5k
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Families to sue sperm bank after being given donations from convicted felon
16 Apr 2016
14.3k
"There was a blast suddenly - I saw a huge ball of fire"
28 Mar 2016
14.2k
42
'Families hire 'cutters' to remove any sensation for the girl and it's called a rite of passage'
Rodney Rice
24 Mar 2016
1.1k
28
'Mama Merkel' rules out closing the 'Balkan route' to Syrian refugees
7 Mar 2016
25.5k
105
No family are like the Waltons. Some families are a nightmare
Bernadette Ryan
6 Mar 2016
585
29
Bloodstained mattresses and rat infestation: just some of the complaints from homeless families to the council
18 Jan 2016
13.7k
17
10 tips to keep you stress-free this Christmas
Tracy Gunn
23 Dec 2015
280
14
Trial of man accused of killing two Irish peacekeepers begins, but is immediately delayed
25 Nov 2015
15.6k
Debate Room: Should school start earlier to help working parents?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
19 Oct 2015
1.3k
50
Nama team up with national housing co-op to put roofs over the heads of 19 families
17 Oct 2015
8.0k
18
Here's how families will be affected by the Budget
13 Oct 2015
18.2k
39
"It begs the question: how serious is the government about Travellers' rights?"
12 Oct 2015
36.9k
150
Debate Room: Should there be a rent freeze?
Caitriona O'Neill and William Gallagher
5 Oct 2015
243
113
Homeless families occupy show house in west Dublin
3 Oct 2015
30.3k
183
Living on pot noodles and cereal: 'It's hard living out of bags in one hotel room with your children'
Rory Hearne
1 Oct 2015
396
84
Splitting childcare could improve your relationship and sex life
25 Aug 2015
15.8k
10
Councillor says people should be allowed to house families in caravans in their back gardens
11 Aug 2015
20.8k
54
Berkeley parents: J1 students are 'genuine heroes who responded tenderly to the needs of our children'
27 Jul 2015
16.4k
6
'If you said no to the children they would just scream and sometimes punch you'
21 Jun 2015
47.3k
94
Baby Maria, childcare, and why all we want the 'storybook child'
Annemarie Ni Churreain
16 Jun 2015
273
30
'I was born in 1950s conservative Ireland and I'm asking people to make this happen'
14 May 2015
12.8k
244
Ireland has a massive number of homeless children
8 May 2015
8.9k
82
Seven foreigners condemned to death sang hymns before being executed by firing squad
29 Apr 2015
26.4k
88
The number of homeless children is still rising
21 Apr 2015
4.8k
19
Families of Germanwings crash victims told: 'You are not alone in these hours of loneliness'
17 Apr 2015
6.1k
8
Families of murder victims say they are "invisible" in law
10 Apr 2015
8.0k
26
A crisp packet blocking a chimney could have killed this family
31 Mar 2015
22.4k
17
Volcano and mountains found, but still no plane in search for MH370
8 Mar 2015
16.4k
16
15 pains you'll only understand if you grew up with an older brother
23 Feb 2015
11.7k
7
Canadian police foil duo's plan for deadly Valentine's Day shooting spree
14 Feb 2015
17.5k
9
Photos: Sad scenes at Dublin Airport as Irish emigrants say goodbye
3 Jan 2015
64.9k
150
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