Archbishop Diarmuid Martin today unleashed a scathing attack on recreational drug users, accusing of them of being inherently connected to gangland violence.

Psychiatric nurses are resisting cost-cutting plans to transfer female psychiatric patients to a male ward.

The High Court has reserved judgment until Monday on an action taken by a couple who say the Adoption Board is preventing them from adopting a child from Ethiopia.

A Polish man wanted in his native country for the alleged sexual exploitation of children has walked free from the High Court after the request for his extradition was refused.

Disability groups are hitting out at charges for long-term care for intellectually disabled people.

The Irish Foster Care Association has said that there is an urgent need for new foster parents throughout the country.

The Government is being urged to suspend the introduction of its proposed new community childcare subvention scheme.

Nearly 2,000 people died from alcohol-related problems over an 11-year period, a new study released today reveals.

A coroner has said that there is no evidence of any lack of care by staff at a Belfast day centre after a man collapsed there and later died in hospital over a year ago.

New measures are being introduced to tighten up the law on the sex-offenders register and to combat the sexual grooming of children.