On 31 March of this year the Constitutional Convention recommended to the Government, by an overwhelming majority of 85%, that economic, social and cultural (ESC) rights, such as healthcare, housing and social security, be given enhanced protection in the Irish Constitution. 

A new report from Think Tank for Action on Social Change (TASC) has claimed that people who live in a deprived area or work in an unskilled job are more likely to be sick and to die at a younger age.

CITIES such as Cork, Waterford and Galway face a substantial wait to find out if they will get directly elected mayors with budgetary and planning powers.

MINISTER Micheál Martin’s efforts to shake off the nursing home charges controversy suffered a serious setback yesterday when a former ombudsman excoriated the Oireachtas committee that cleared him of responsibility.