# Welfare
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help with homelessness
Unemployed under-26s now have to pay less towards their rent supplement
26 Dec 2016
12.2k
38
FACTCHECK
FactCheck: How do jobseeker's payments here compare to Northern Ireland?
11 Oct 2016
59.2k
108
Unemployment
Ireland has the highest rate of young people receiving benefits across 35 countries
5 Oct 2016
21.7k
145
chilcot report
UK forces over-stretched and under pressure in Iraq and Afghanistan
6 Jul 2016
7.9k
14
Assaults
Social welfare office workers suffer punches and have chairs thrown at them
23 Apr 2016
27.3k
83
letters of note
Department insists no issue with Joan Burton's 'unusual and concerning' letter to constituents
16 Dec 2015
31.2k
100
Gender Identity
The University of Limerick has launched gender-neutral bathrooms
8 Sep 2015
32.1k
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Voices
Unless you can magic up a few houses, welfare recipients will need to move away from Dublin
Aaron McKenna
22 Aug 2015
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what the puck
This year's King Puck has been picked... But what exactly happens at the Kerry fair?
6 Aug 2015
18.1k
29
lone parents
Labour TD insists she wasn't suggesting parents bring their children to work
8 Jul 2015
27.5k
105
Life Expectancy
Terminally ill welfare claimants are being asked when they think they're going to die
7 Jul 2015
24.6k
35
no change
Disappointment at "unusual" news that rent supplement limits won't be increased
27 Mar 2015
12.8k
61
Life on the Inside
"The kids began laughing when he told them that his family have to queue up for food"
10 Jan 2015
27.3k
158
Voices
'Dear Joan: Today, I sat in a dole office and cried to a complete stranger through a glass partition'
Anonymous
9 Jan 2015
38.3k
400
intervene
At least eight people prosecuted for animal abuse so far under new cruelty law
12 Dec 2014
6.1k
12
Welfare
Fraud on Jobseekers' Allowance cost the State €2.68 million a week in 2013
26 Sep 2014
15.6k
48
Welfare
A TD used a Dáil question to ask if a water meter protester would have their dole cut
28 Jun 2014
49.7k
357
Good Morning
The 9 at 9
Good morning! Here are the nine biggest stories you need to know this morning as you kick off your day.
11 Jun 2014
7.3k
signing off
In cases where work pays less than the dole ... 7 out of 10 people choose work
11 Jun 2014
13.1k
56
Migrants
Joan Burton has no plans for UK-style crackdown on welfare for jobless immigrants
2 Feb 2014
11.4k
84
Voices
Column: The Government stalls while people with mobility difficulties fall deeper into isolation
Anne-Maree Quinn
30 Jan 2014
79
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Social Welfare
Burton calls for 'living wage' and says welfare state makes employers 'efficient'
2 Nov 2013
17.7k
121
Budget 2014
Social welfare garda checks must not involve racial profiling - ICI
16 Oct 2013
19.7k
368
Social Welfare
Welfare paid out nearly €100 million in incorrect payments last year
30 Sep 2013
13.0k
89