# children - Friday 12 February, 2021
# Children
# Children
News2day editors Avril Hoare and Anne-Marie Smyth outline how the team has broken down the tough issues in the last year.
# children - Wednesday 3 February, 2021
# Donald Trump
# Donald Trump
An estimated 600 to 700 children remain apart from their families.
# children - Tuesday 2 February, 2021
# Court Cases
# Court Cases
The Justice Minister said the issue will be resolved “in a matter of weeks”.
# children - Wednesday 27 January, 2021
# Criminality
# Criminality
A new initiative will be piloted at two locations to intervene in situations where children are being drawn into criminality by adults.
# children - Monday 18 January, 2021
# Special Needs
# Special Needs
Talks are continuing with unions about the reopening of schools for students with special educational needs.
# children - Monday 11 January, 2021
# Special Needs
# Special Needs
Four groups, representing 30,00 children, state that remote schooling is not an option for them.
# children - Wednesday 6 January, 2021
# Creche
# Creche
The measures will remain in place until at least the end of January.
# children - Monday 4 January, 2021
# Childcare
# Childcare
The government has asked parents who are not essential workers to keep their children at home.
# children - Friday 1 January, 2021
# ECCE
# ECCE
Creches and childminders can continue to operate as planned.
# children - Monday 28 December, 2020
# Parent's Benefit
# Parent's Benefit
Parent’s Benefit is a social welfare payment available for employed and self-employed people.
# children - Thursday 12 November, 2020
# Factcheck
# Factcheck
The incorrect claim is being widely shared on social media.
# children - Wednesday 28 October, 2020
# Cabinet Meeting
# Cabinet Meeting
The government released a statement about the Mother and Baby Homes this evening.
# children - Monday 28 September, 2020
# Vaccination
# Vaccination
“The flu vaccine is one of the safest vaccines we have, it’s one of the oldest vaccines we have,” a GP said.
# children - Monday 14 September, 2020
# Nphet
# Nphet
The period of isolation following onset of symptoms has also been reduced from 14 days to 10 days.
# children - Thursday 3 September, 2020
# Report
# Report
Ireland placed 26th in a ranking of mental health concerns for children and adolescents.
# children - Friday 28 August, 2020
# Schools Reopening
# Schools Reopening
A mixture of excitement and frustration prevailed at one Louth school with classes of 33 pupils as available classrooms lie empty.
# children - Thursday 27 August, 2020
# Back To School
# Back To School
Many children, and parents, are anxious about schools reopening.
# children - Sunday 23 August, 2020
# Schools
# Schools
That’s according to a new study published by DCU researchers.
# children - Thursday 20 August, 2020
# Domestic Violence
# Domestic Violence
Women reported being beaten, strangled, burned and raped, and there was a spike in calls during the Covid-19 pandemic.
# children - Thursday 13 August, 2020
# Special Needs
# Special Needs
The report highlights a decline in children’s abilities and skills since the introduction of Covid-19 restrictions.
# children - Wednesday 29 July, 2020
# New Parents
# New Parents
Social Democrats TD Holly Cairns says it is ‘incredible’ that it does not already exist.
# children - Tuesday 14 July, 2020
# Maternity Leave
# Maternity Leave
Sinn Féin is going to introduce a motion to the Dáil today calling for 12-week extension to paid maternity leave.
# children - Wednesday 8 July, 2020
# Dáil
# Dáil
The drug is used to treat SMA which can develop in babies and toddlers and can significantly reduce life expectancy.
# children - Sunday 28 June, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
Providers say they’ve done everything they can to make things seem normal for children.
# children - Friday 26 June, 2020
# Symptomatic
# Symptomatic
A separate study also published by the Lancet examined brain function complications as a result of Covid-19.
# children - Friday 12 June, 2020
# Ombudsman
# Ombudsman
The Children ’s Ombudsman has written a letter to the three party leaders involved in government formation talks.
# children - Thursday 11 June, 2020
# Your Say
# Your Say
A proposal to merge the Department of Children with the Department of Education is being considered.
# children - Wednesday 10 June, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
A €75 million funding package has been announced.
# children - Friday 29 May, 2020
# Childcare
# Childcare
These services will first be made available to children of essential workers and those experiencing poverty or welfare issues.
# children - Tuesday 26 May, 2020
# Opinion
# Opinion
Karen Clince of Tigers Childcare says there is another way to provide childcare safely, and she has some suggestions.
# children - Thursday 14 May, 2020
# Coronavirus
# Coronavirus
The scheme has been scrapped after just six providers had applied to take part.
# children - Sunday 10 May, 2020
# Kawasaki Disease
# Kawasaki Disease
While no link has been formally established to the new coronavirus, scientists believe the Kawasaki disease could be connected.
# children - Thursday 16 April, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Wages of thousands of employees working in the childcare sector will be topped up to a maximum of €586 a week.
# children - Monday 6 April, 2020
# Law Society
# Law Society
The pandemic can’t be used as an “excuse to prevent separated parents having contact with their children”, the Law Society says.
# children - Wednesday 25 March, 2020
# Emergency Measures
# Emergency Measures
The government is to pay a proportion of childcare staff costs during the closure period.
# children - Tuesday 24 March, 2020
# Entertainment
# Entertainment
The new streaming service has over 500 films and thousands of television episodes.
# children - Friday 20 March, 2020
# Child Abuse
# Child Abuse
The ISPCC said home is not a happy place for all children and they do not have their regular support network in schools anymore.
# children - Thursday 19 March, 2020
# Covid19 Facts
# Covid19 Facts
One experts says that it has not been confirmed yet if children are vectors.
# children - Friday 13 March, 2020
# Covid19
# Covid19
The HSE said parents should be practical in minimising the risk, while allowing some semblance of normality to continue.
# children - Saturday 7 March, 2020
# Pure In Heart
# Pure In Heart
Teenagers have previously spoken to TheJournal.ie about the presentations in secondary schools – in one case a group was told condoms fail one in six times.
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