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# Children

All time
'My dad was on heroin... I was put into care when I was 8': The experience of young homeless families
13 Dec 2018
22.0k
36
'Beyond crisis': Almost half of beds for children with mental health needs closed due to safety concerns
30 Nov 2018
7.8k
2
Hopes that Irish children's TV will follow UK and feature Lámh signing after viral video
24 Nov 2018
19.3k
13
Poll: Are 'no fry zones' around schools a good idea?
15 Nov 2018
22.2k
60
Homeless kids launch book of stories and poems to let other children know 'they are not alone'
9 Nov 2018
8.5k
14
Homeless crisis will not begin to ease until at least 2021, committee told
Updated 8 Nov 2018
14.0k
40
Growing up in Ireland: Just one in four 9-year-olds get recommended level of physical activity
8 Nov 2018
10.4k
13
More than 1,600 children and teens waiting over a year for psychology appointments
3 Nov 2018
11.5k
44
Opinion: 'Eating this mineral in pregnancy - and before conception - can boost how your child's brain develops'
Ciara Wright PhD
2 Nov 2018
25.5k
15
Homeless and Traveller children 'falling through gaps' in education system
30 Oct 2018
17.6k
59
Knife-wielding woman attacks and injures 14 children in Chinese kindergarten
26 Oct 2018
10.4k
19
The number of homeless children in Ireland has risen by 136 in the space of a month
24 Oct 2018
7.6k
15
Children are being trafficked into Ireland by their own families for exploitation by the sex trade
19 Oct 2018
40.7k
56
One fifth of obese 13-year-olds in Ireland believe they are just the right weight
17 Oct 2018
15.2k
30
'My mother was tied to the bed and when she couldn't push, one of the nuns sat on her chest'
15 Oct 2018
100k
26
Decongestants 'should not be given' to young children with colds
13 Oct 2018
33.8k
33
'When I come home I am not allowed to cook for my children' - the harsh realities of Direct Provision in Ireland
30 Sep 2018
46.1k
54
32% of Irish children are talking to strangers online every week
10 Sep 2018
11.0k
21
'Three children died as a result of measles that year. I remember their eyes'
John Fitzsimons
2 Sep 2018
26.6k
74
China looks ready to scrap two-child policy by 2020 ... but few parents interested in more babies
2 Sep 2018
13.9k
8
Being rude and mean to a co-worker can have very negative effects on their children
12 Aug 2018
20.0k
10
'We have a duty to keep personal info private': Tusla denies withholding child abuse details from gardaí
10 Aug 2018
12.5k
13
Warning issued after five more people contract measles in Dublin
9 Aug 2018
31.7k
89
Poll: Do you think grandparents should get cash for helping out with childcare?
2 Aug 2018
38.8k
163
'Major changes' needed as 82 children admitted to adult mental health units
25 Jul 2018
9.0k
9
The older you get, the worse at making decisions you may become
22 Jul 2018
11.6k
12
Study finds 40% of people have a fictional first childhood memory
22 Jul 2018
10.5k
17
Retail Excellence suspends partnership with Facebook after undercover reporter exposes violations
18 Jul 2018
17.2k
42
Calls for fines and gardaí after undercover report about Facebook moderation in Dublin
18 Jul 2018
24.9k
45
Parents with severe trauma in childhood more likely to have children with behavioural problems
14 Jul 2018
15.3k
13
‘I was homeless and in a shelter at 15’: Care leavers being forced into homelessness
14 Jul 2018
16.6k
49
Poll: Should vending machines selling unhealthy foods and drinks be banned in schools?
12 Jul 2018
25.6k
151
Taoiseach 'appalled' that comment referring to 'knacker children' not removed by Facebook
11 Jul 2018
51.3k
74
Homeless children in education: 'She is very tired in school, exhausted, I would be too if I had to travel'
Updated 3 Jul 2018
16.3k
51
'You're very strong': Thai football team lost for nine days in a cave have been found
Updated 2 Jul 2018
100k
70
12 children and their football coach trapped for two days in flooded Thai cave
25 Jun 2018
14.8k
7
Government providing €49.5 million for school clothing scheme, up €2.1 million on last year
25 Jun 2018
7.0k
24
Over 70 babies who died at Bethany Home - and one mother - to be named on new memorial stone
24 Jun 2018
16.3k
19
Trump orders end to separation of migrant children but says 'the border is going to be just as tough'
21 Jun 2018
11.0k
83
Dealing with grief on Father's Day: 'We won't mourn the loss of Adam, but we’ll celebrate everything he gave us'
17 Jun 2018
28.9k
7
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