Archives for the category "Irish Government"

Proposed Statutory Fund -- July 29, 2010

Without reform vulnerable children will remain at risk -- July 24, 2010

Failures in foster care services -- July 19, 2010

Lawyers tout for late abuse redress claims -- July 18, 2010

Professionals must take up key abuse role -- July 17, 2010

We must not give the State more power to fail children -- July 16, 2010

Children can't be left one more report from safety -- July 14, 2010

State in denial over Magdalenes-Irish Times Letters -- July 5, 2010

Abuse victim waited 40 years to take case -- July 3, 2010

Magdalene women 'can't access records' -- June 25, 2010

Justice group demands laundries inquiry -- June 24, 2010

Charity still funded a year after concerns raised -- June 21, 2010

State in denial over Magdalenes -- June 18, 2010

The HSE's message is that people who intend to self-harm should do so only in office hours -- June 10, 2010

State failing to protect children -- June 8, 2010

Child deaths while in care or contact with services now at 188 -- June 5, 2010

Edmund Rice Trust explains its accounts -- June 1, 2010

Referendum of children's rights -- May 31, 2010

Allegations of child abuse in foster care -- May 31, 2010

Details of 50 child deaths prepared for review group -- May 30, 2010

'Children deserve better' -- May 30, 2010

HSE under fire over deaths figure -- May 29, 2010

HSE orders probe into threats claim at charity -- May 29, 2010

Legal 'smokescreen' is to protect State, not children -- May 28, 2010

Amnesty criticises Govt record on children -- May 27, 2010

Call to include Bethany residents in redress scheme -- May 27, 2010

Flowers and teddies laid for 'forgotten' children -- May 27, 2010

A Long Fight and Still Fighting -- May 26, 2010

Calls for state to investigate charity -- May 24, 2010

Former residents of Protestant home seek redress -- May 24, 2010

Children in care - We have not learned from past abuses -- May 20, 2010

No funding to counsel sex abuse survivors -- May 20, 2010

Just a fifth of Ryan social workers in place -- May 20, 2010

Child guidelines must have legal force -- May 19, 2010

'Just another report on another shelf' -- May 16, 2010

Mater consultant still working with children during abuse probe -- May 2, 2010

The Alliance View -- April 21, 2010

Government Statement -- April 17, 2010

What each of the congregations has on its books -- April 17, 2010

Leading abuse survivor walks out of meeting with Taoiseach -- April 16, 2010

Our laws still allow for the protection of child abusers -- March 13, 2010

Foster care child abuse claims not prosecuted -- February 28, 2010

Magdalene victims awaiting apology -- February 26, 2010

THE INDEMNITY DEAL -- February 21, 2010

Magdalene group says meeting -- February 3, 2010

Protecting those invisible lives -- February 3, 2010

Concerns child services report not getting local input -- February 2, 2010

'The abuse that happened in the past was horrendous' -- February 2, 2010

State urged not to 'fail' children in care after they turn 18 -- February 1, 2010

Report on religious order assets due -- January 28, 2010

Abuse victims propose that funds for monument go to Haiti survivors -- January 24, 2010

Murphy Report failed to address our absurd laws -- January 4, 2010

Letters Page - Irish Times -- December 24, 2009

Stall memorial, says abuse survivor -- December 17, 2009

Minister considers new Magdalene evidence -- December 16, 2009

Religious orders' spending challenged -- December 14, 2009

Religious orders defied government request -- December 7, 2009

Martin requests meeting with Pope's representative -- December 4, 2009

Talks with Brown on sex abuse urged -- December 4, 2009

Industrial school pupils get proof of clean records -- November 30, 2009

Religious orders fail to make reparation pledges -- November 17, 2009

Report reveals extent of childhood homelessness in Dublin -- November 5, 2009

Government salving its own conscience -- October 24, 2009

Survivors of abuse dismayed over committee -- October 22, 2009

State bullies weak yet it panders to the powerful -- September 29, 2009

Redress for Magdalen laundry inmates -- September 23, 2009

Redress for Magdalen laundry inmates -- September 23, 2009

Young Brothers Admit Attacking Boys [UK] -- September 3, 2009

ALLIANCE MANDATE FROM VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS -- August 30, 2009

You have a voice - Yes, we will take note -- August 15, 2009

Irish Church and State -- August 4, 2009

2009 Implementation Plan -- August 4, 2009

Demand for counselling up after Ryan -- July 28, 2009

Bodies that fail to report abuse face funding cut -- July 28, 2009

'I put my faith in Bertie Ahern . . . I couldn't have been more wrong' -- July 25, 2009

Defending the Magdalene laundries -- July 23, 2009

Day school abuse victims receive little compensation -- July 21, 2009

Industrial schools were the product of a religious but unspiritual society -- June 30, 2009

To Whom It May Concern: -- June 19, 2009

Audit of congregations to be given to State next week -- June 18, 2009

Fine words do not keep children or adults safe -- June 15, 2009

Legal fees to account for €400m of €1.4bn child abuse bill -- June 13, 2009

''THE IRISH STOLEN CHILDREN'' -- June 11, 2009

It's time to help remove the burden of guilt from abused -- June 10, 2009

Taxpayers don't deserve any money from religious orders -- June 6, 2009

Victims happy with Cowen's role but still sceptical about orders -- June 5, 2009

Brothers sorry for 'shameful' abuse denials -- June 4, 2009

Cowen to seek a 'substantial increase' from religious orders -- June 4, 2009

No criminal records for industrial pupils -- June 4, 2009

Cowen to seek a 'substantial increase' from religious orders -- June 4, 2009

Taoiseach to meet abuse victims -- June 3, 2009

Cowen refuses to speculate on 50/50 deal -- June 1, 2009

It's A Thin Line Between Church & State -- May 31, 2009

How the orders got more than they bargained for -- May 31, 2009

Paedophile ring 'abused children in State homes' -- May 31, 2009

Taoiseach to meet victims and orders next week -- May 30, 2009

'Substantial' payments sought from orders -- May 27, 2009

Emotional trauma is a form of abuse, too -- May 27, 2009

Let's prove we're sorry by ending hypocrisy -- May 27, 2009

€32m in property not yet handed over to the state -- May 24, 2009

Church power is incompatible with our modern democracy -- May 24, 2009

State let off the hook over its central role in abuse -- May 24, 2009

Church abuse fund won't even cover €140m bill for legal fees -- May 24, 2009

Response to report on child abuse in State institutions -- May 24, 2009

Bishop says report reveals church's 'shameful betrayal of sacred trust' -- May 24, 2009

Dublin Lord Mayor to open book for abused -- May 24, 2009

Taxpayers pick up the bill while abusers get secrecy and protection -- May 24, 2009

State refuses to wipe clean records of young 'offenders' -- May 22, 2009

The indemnity deal at a glance -- May 22, 2009

The savage reality of our darkest days -- May 21, 2009

'URGENT CLARIFICATION REGARDING BRIAN HAYES ASSERTION ON MORNING IRELAND CONCERNING CUTS TO REDRESS BOARD. -- May 21, 2009

STILL NO LESSONS LEARNED! -- May 14, 2009

Lawyers admit error over probe on clerical child abuse -- May 9, 2009

Your questions answered -- April 29, 2009

Attempt to re - write history -- April 29, 2009

Independent Letters pages -- April 15, 2009

Turning a blind eye to institutional abuse -- April 14, 2009

Residential Institutions Redress Board -- April 10, 2009

Residential Institutions Redress Board -- April 10, 2009

Lack of resources delayed inquiry into child abuse -- April 10, 2009

Attempt to Re-write history? Not true Ms Buckley! -- March 28, 2009

Child safety fears as out-of-hours care denied -- March 10, 2009

'Excessive secrecy' over deaths of children in care -- March 9, 2009

20 children in care have died over last six years -- February 26, 2009

Child abuse report delayed eight years -- February 6, 2009

'House of horrors' probe chief insists her team is up to task -- January 28, 2009

Child abuse victims suffer from our silence -- McAleese -- January 28, 2009

Doubt over will to protect children -- January 28, 2009

A land where the curtains twitch -- January 26, 2009

Andrews pledges laws for full disclosure of abuse data -- January 26, 2009

'These children were failed by everyone around them' -- January 25, 2009

Why was nothing done? -- January 25, 2009

Prevarication on children's rights shameful -- January 24, 2009

Independent probe begins into Roscommon incest case -- January 24, 2009

System failing to protect children at risk -- January 10, 2009

Minister accused of failing to act for six months -- January 8, 2009

State may ask Church for cash payment of €32m -- November 10, 2008

Education - Please encourage everyone to Apply -- July 4, 2008

THE TIMES (UK) AND FALSE ALLEGATIONS OF CHILD ABUSE -- April 28, 2008

Cruelty hidden in plain view -- April 28, 2008

Child protection laws inadequate, says FG -- April 24, 2008

Society was to blame, not just the Sisters -- April 23, 2008

Outrage at letter threat to sex abuse claimants -- April 19, 2008

AHERN'S APOLOGY TO ABUSE VICTIMS -- April 17, 2008

HOME FOR TROUBLED CHILDREN IN BALLYDOWD, CO DUBLIN -- April 10, 2008

A Screwdriver Through The Head and a Coach-and-Four Through the Law -- March 17, 2008

'Fund us or we'll close industrial schools' -- January 5, 2008

FUNDING INSTITUTIONS LIKE GOLDENBRIDGE -- January 3, 2008

Vaccine Trials -- December 14, 2007

Abuse report delay inquiry -- December 14, 2007

Vaccine Trials -- December 7, 2007

Seanad Debate Tuesday, 20 November 2007 -- November 24, 2007

Discovery of Documents. -- April 15, 2007

?Hanafin among 20 politicians holding on to teaching jobs? -- April 13, 2007

Taoiseach's Adviser Mansergh Attacks New McQuaid book -- April 13, 2007

THE SCHOOL AROUND THE CORNER - AFTER PADDY CROSBIE -- April 2, 2007

Ahern defends Govt stance on abuse compensation claims -- March 28, 2007

Anger at report of State's letter to victims of abuse -- March 24, 2007

Hanafin warned on sexual abuse liability -- March 23, 2007

?A ?wake ? Up Call? -- March 2, 2007

A 'wake-up call' - Lenihan -- March 1, 2007

Warning of Childcare 'Recruitment Crisis' -- February 26, 2007

Male Nurses Fear Sexual Abuse Charge if They Touch Patients -- February 26, 2007

'The bishops made Bertie back down' -- December 17, 2006

Sex abuse by adults is real crisis -- December 13, 2006

Bishops asked to give views on age of consent -- December 11, 2006

DR NOEL BROWNE AND THE MOTHER AND CHILD SCHEME -- November 28, 2006

Abuse victim condemns TD's question on offender -- November 1, 2006

Bertie's spin on institutional abuse -- October 29, 2006

Fallibility is for popes, not for our church-fearing taoiseach -- October 29, 2006

Ahern misled the D?il -- October 26, 2006

Taoiseach defends huge payments for Church abuse -- October 25, 2006

Taoiseach says Church should not 'cough up' more -- October 25, 2006

State 'failed its young offenders' -- June 21, 2006

Department admits it failed in care of children -- June 13, 2006

State 'ultimately responsible' for children in care -- June 13, 2006

Education dept admits care failures -- June 12, 2006

The Minister for Education, Mary Hanafin, -- June 9, 2006

CHURCH NOT THE ONLY GUILTY PARTY -- May 30, 2006

Suicide victim had begged Taoiseach to launch probe -- April 22, 2006

State accused of failing children in difficulty -- April 12, 2006

Have a heart Minister -- March 30, 2006

Abuse victim criticises department -- March 24, 2006

Minister row delays clerical abuse probe -- March 22, 2006

Lenihan orders review of church guidelines -- March 17, 2006

Hanafin rejects criticism of Dept of Education -- March 7, 2006

Martin and O'Loan clash over treatment of accused priests -- March 3, 2006

? Caol?in wrong on Regina Coeli hostel, says Taoiseach -- February 9, 2006

Religious must break silence on indemnity ?deal? with the State -- January 2, 2006

Lenihan welcomes Church child protection rules -- December 19, 2005

TD 'slower' to seek church's withdrawal -- November 25, 2005

Government can't wash its hands of sex abuse scandal -- November 20, 2005

Ahern 'disturbed' by abuse -- November 18, 2005

'Constructive' meeting with Ahern -- November 17, 2005

CHURCH, STATE AND EDUCATION -- November 17, 2005

First duty of the Taoiseach is to the State, not his faith -- November 16, 2005

Comment: Liam Fay: Stop cosying up to the church, Bertie -- November 13, 2005

Ahern placates abuse victims -- November 13, 2005

Church and State relations today -- November 12, 2005

Ahern defends church's role in education -- November 11, 2005

Deferential church-state link must be ended says O'Donnell -- November 10, 2005

Cabinet to give go ahead for sex abuse inquiry -- November 8, 2005