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# Children

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Disney+ launches in Ireland today, here are our top picks to watch first
24 Mar 2020
54.5k
37
'Isolated at home with their tormentor': Childline experiences increase in calls since closure of schools
20 Mar 2020
31.5k
15
Some supermarkets are banning children - but does the science back up their reasons?
19 Mar 2020
43.8k
73
Are playdates okay? The HSE's advice on social distancing for children
Updated 13 Mar 2020
48.1k
31
Catholic group that taped students together in sex ed talks develops presentation for primary schools
7 Mar 2020
119k
168
Parents of children affected by scoliosis spinal rod recall to be contacted by surgeons in next 24 hours
Updated 26 Feb 2020
25.4k
21
'You're not screening for them': Concern that trafficked Irish children are falling through the cracks
23 Feb 2020
27.6k
9
Ireland ranks in bottom 30 in world for tackling carbon emissions, according to UN report
19 Feb 2020
14.0k
62
Toddlers who view screens for over three hours a day are 'less physically active at age five'
29 Jan 2020
14.1k
13
Half of primary school students unable to kick a ball properly, study finds
27 Jan 2020
26.3k
72
Gardaí identify the children whose bodies were found in Dublin home as brothers and sister
Updated 25 Jan 2020
239k
Bodies of three children found at Dublin house
Updated 24 Jan 2020
284k
22
Christmas FM raises €412,000 for Barretstown children's charity
14 Jan 2020
14.2k
13
'The tobacco industry targeting e-cigarettes at young people is cynical, sickening and dangerous'
Updated 9 Jan 2020
18.6k
31
€2 million in funding for IVF and fertility treatment set to be announced by government
18 Dec 2019
16.5k
21
Varadkar says councils should help pay for property inspectors instead of 'investing in white-water rafting'
Updated 10 Dec 2019
22.0k
35
Number of mumps cases in 2019 four times higher than last year
10 Dec 2019
9.8k
83
Teenage girl was on mental health waiting list for three months before suicide
6 Dec 2019
44.2k
14
Some contractor claims for new children's hospital not under board's control, committee to hear
27 Nov 2019
15.3k
25
Professor Luke O'Neill on how to get your children interested in science (plus: two experiments to try at home)
19 Nov 2019
27.4k
6
Poll: Should there be a ban on selling sweets beside shop checkouts?
12 Nov 2019
22.8k
58
Chair of Tusla says 'journey of reform' lies ahead with further improvements needed 'on a daily basis'
2 Nov 2019
15.3k
27
Opinion: Single parents will be forced onto social welfare if childcare costs are not addressed
Louise Bayliss
7 Oct 2019
20.4k
28
Paid maternity and paternity leave to be extended by two weeks
7 Oct 2019
81.2k
33
Opinion: The mental health of our children should be the focus of Budget 2020, not Brexit
Stephanie McGill-Lynch
6 Oct 2019
27.9k
38
Harris hits out at politicians trying to get him to meet vaping company reps
2 Oct 2019
28.4k
73
An increasing number of children are sharing nude or sexually explicit photos on social media
2 Oct 2019
20.3k
22
Behind-the-scenes pressure on minister to raise inheritance tax threshold in the Budget
28 Sep 2019
26.4k
37
The most expensive childcare is in Dublin, the cheapest is in Carlow
27 Sep 2019
52.9k
78
'We're seen as glorified babysitters': Survey finds 94% of childcare workers can't make ends meet
26 Sep 2019
22.8k
28
Group of bikers ride across Ireland donating equipment to neonatal units
14 Sep 2019
13.4k
12
Survey reveals more than 40% of children are talking to strangers online
10 Sep 2019
8.2k
11
Children who swallowed foreign objects accounted for over 2,000 hospital attendances since 2015
25 Aug 2019
12.6k
21
Poll: Should voluntary contributions to schools be scrapped?
14 Aug 2019
33.0k
148
'They are really inspiring - they don't let the fact they are living in that situation hold them back'
1 Aug 2019
22.4k
8
Parents say they're avoiding paying bills to deal with the cost of sending their children to school
1 Aug 2019
15.1k
37
Concern hundreds of children with autism could be without school places in September
31 Jul 2019
12.9k
31
'Our trust has been betrayed': Hyde and Seek parents speak out after RTÉ Investigates programme
Updated 25 Jul 2019
54.1k
43
Tusla releases advice for parents as Zappone 'appalled' at treatment of children in creches
25 Jul 2019
32.1k
77
Over 47,000 children waiting to see a specialist due to consultants shortage
22 Jul 2019
9.3k
29
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