Inspections conducted at a care home for people with intellectual disabilities in Co Tipperary found a string of problems after health watchdog Hiqa received a tip-off about issues there — including that people were shouted at and called names.

THE nuns who made hundreds of millions of euro by selling property during the Celtic Tiger had made plans to use the money.

The majority of households on social welfare or taking home the minimum wage are in risk of living in poverty, a disturbing report revealed today.

IT’S almost a year since David Harte was involved in a pilot assessment programme to see what disabled children like him need.