The clear message to a woman who finds herself with an unwanted pregnancy is, “You’re on your own, sister”, writes Victoria White.

An organisation which represents one parent families says changes in social welfare supports this summer will put people out of work.

Thousands of lone parents are set to get a reprieve from cuts to their support payments after a decision by Tánaiste Joan Burton to exempt carers from the budget-saving measures.

Mothers I know who work full-time and whose children are in primary school have full-time childminders, writes Victoria White

Social Protection Minister Joan Burton has agreed to look at families that may be affected in the extreme by upcoming cuts to the One Parent Family Payment.

What makes me maddest is that caring for a seven-year-old child isn’t work any more. 

A local election candidate took to Twitter to secure accommodation for a lone mother and her young son after they were evicted from their home.

RTÉ Radio’s Liveline has been severely criticised by the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland for the way it covered the termination of a patient advocate’s contract.

That the Government is to proceed with legislation to protect so-called “whistleblowers” who seek to expose wrong-doing in either the public or private sectors, is to be welcomed.

Whistleblower Louise Bayliss has been reinstated in her job after her employer said “an error” had been made in letting two trainees go.

Patient advocate Louise Bayliss has been reinstated in her job at the Irish Advocacy Network.

Two Dáil members have called for an inquiry after a whistleblowing mental health worker claimed she was sacked.