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# Children

All time
UK police warn mother wanted for abduction 'may pose risk' to her sons
1 Apr 2017
26.2k
'They made me realise that... I'm not worth nothing': The positive effects of mentoring at-risk youths
30 Mar 2017
11.5k
8
More parents are using children to shoplift for them, according to retailers
29 Mar 2017
13.0k
17
Child offenders will no longer be detained in adult prisons
28 Mar 2017
12.3k
21
Transgender teens, blended families and feminism - the new breed of children's books
26 Mar 2017
16.5k
81
'Some people think that every person with autism is like Rain Man, or a wizard at maths'
26 Mar 2017
15.4k
12
'The damage is done, a piece of his spine will have to be removed'
25 Mar 2017
15.0k
13
'Children are eating paracetamol to get through the day, afraid of ending up in a wheelchair'
20 Mar 2017
21.2k
11
DNA from child confirms assassinated Kim Jong-Nam's identity
15 Mar 2017
13.1k
6
Young boys who appeared in Prime Time crèche exposé awarded €48k in damages
14 Mar 2017
43.2k
21
Children who spend more time on phones and tablets are 'more likely to develop diabetes'
14 Mar 2017
40.0k
41
Writing "suits you" under pictures of people holding babies should be outlawed
13 Mar 2017
20.7k
15
Maimed, killed, recruited as executioners - Violence against children in Syria at its worst in 2016
13 Mar 2017
7.7k
20
Death toll after fire at Guatemalan children's shelter rises to 40
12 Mar 2017
7.5k
6
Gardaí should interview the surviving Bon Secour nuns over Tuam burial site, says TD
10 Mar 2017
21.8k
149
Watch: 'We took their babies and gifted them, sold them, trafficked them and starved them'
7 Mar 2017
23.8k
127
Pollution kills 1.7 million children under five worldwide each year
6 Mar 2017
4.6k
6
7,000 fathers have taken paid paternity leave since it was introduced
3 Mar 2017
15.0k
16
Grace case: 47 children went through foster home where there were abuse concerns
28 Feb 2017
18.3k
31
Dentists call for regular teeth screenings in schools to avoid 'traumatic' extractions
28 Feb 2017
8.0k
24
Next in line: Children's self-portraits take professionals' place in Merrion Square
23 Feb 2017
7.1k
8
'Imagine the trauma, fear and confusion': 55% surge in child homelessness
16 Feb 2017
8.9k
86
Minister reveals that over 6,000 children in State care
9 Feb 2017
9.7k
13
'I see my daughter crying in pain, her body bending over. We can't wait two years'
7 Feb 2017
39.3k
58
Poll: Are school uniforms too expensive?
6 Feb 2017
24.0k
54
Online games mean young children are being cyberbullied long before they get a phone
6 Feb 2017
8.2k
19
'I was tested to the limit': How hypnobirthing is helping women during labour
5 Feb 2017
24.4k
17
How different is the story of someone fleeing Syria to that of a World War II refugee?
5 Feb 2017
9.4k
18
45,000 children are set to sow, grow (and eat) their own fruit and veg this spring
5 Feb 2017
10.3k
15
Government bill would end exemptions that allow child marriage
3 Feb 2017
16.7k
23
RTÉ will continue making children's TV programmes in 2017
1 Feb 2017
10.9k
40
Demand for crèches: For the first time, there are over 100,000 children in free childcare
22 Jan 2017
17.6k
38
At least 15 children dead in horror schoolbus crash in India
19 Jan 2017
8.1k
9
Children's lives 'at risk' over lack of nationwide out-of-hours mental health services
14 Jan 2017
9.5k
13
Armenia 'faces shortage of women' due to sex-selective abortions
14 Jan 2017
15.0k
44
Varadkar says lone parents can earn more under measure that kicks in today
5 Jan 2017
25.9k
63
'People were forced to live in the same house for years': Two decades of divorce in Ireland
4 Jan 2017
25.6k
118
More than 2,500 children were homeless in the last week of November
30 Dec 2016
6.1k
98
Over 120 children under the age of one were in state care last Christmas
24 Dec 2016
6.3k
5
Children as young as 12 and pensioners in their 70s shoplifting in Dublin stores
24 Dec 2016
12.5k
17
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