“I’ve worked in homeless services for nearly 22 years now at this stage and I’ve never seen it as bad. Rough sleeping has increased, family homelessness has increased, the number of children homeless has increased, the lack of good quality accommodation, the lack of any type of accommodation… it’s hitting people very hard.”

BROADCASTER Síle Seoige is philosophical about what life has thrown at her. 

Sensory technology will soon allow lonesome grandparents, separated from their loved ones by geography, to touch and embrace via the internet.

Over 5,000 free curries will be dished out in Cork to highlight how much food is still wasted, writes Joe McNamee

HALF the Cabinet being stuck in a lift on budget day was a fitting metaphor for a Government going nowhere.

IF I TELL the truth about being a judge for this weekend’s People of the Year Awards, they’ll never invite me again.

ST VINCENT de Paul conferences nationwide have expressed interest in joining a pioneering scheme set up by the charity's Cork branch to help those with a bad credit history get loans.

Fine Gael is calling on the Government to increase the number of State school psychologists, in line with pre-election commitments.

It may not apply across a broad media front. It may not even apply right across the Irish Examiner’s front. A lowly columnist cannot be held responsible for what news editors and leader writers decide.

A scathing report into the Irish prison system was finally released tonight after being delayed by the Department of Justice for one year.

Niamh Nolan hears of the fight Waterford Red Cross has made for survival.

A PUBLICAN slapped with an injunction stopping customers lighting up outside his premises says he hopes he loses his court case this week to prove the smoking ban is unworkable.

Super Bowl tycoon Malcolm Glazer has emerged as a major competitor to the Magnier/McManus axis, BRIAN O’MAHONY reports.

POLITICIANS, charities and members of the public successfully petitioned Justice Minister John O’Donoghue to reduce or clear court fines during his five years in charge.

Priests and church volunteers in the Diocese of Ferns are being told to avoid contact with children while not in public view.