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Government launches new Children First Awareness Week

Today marks the launch of the first National Children First Awareness Week, which will run from the 1st to 7th November. The aim of the week is to raise awareness of Children First and remind wider society, including organisations working with ...

01 Nov 2021 at 10:36

National News

Antigen test available to primary school children from today

Free antigen tests are to be made available to all primary school children from today. Parents and guardians are being advised to contact the principal of their child's school immediately if they receive a positive Covid-19 test result for ...

29 Nov 2021 at 10:36

Local News

Children with special needs ‘left in limbo’ over assessment delays, TD warns

Children with special needs have been failed by the State, the Dail has heard. Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty said youngsters have been “left in limbo” by long delays in being assessed. He said there are 17,000 children waiting on initial ...

29 Sept 2022 at 15:15

National News

Record number of domestic abuse cases against women and children reported last year

Domestic violence and abuse charity Women's Aid is reporting the highest number of domestic abuse cases in its 50-year history, with over 40,000 disclosures in 2023. The Women’s Aid Annual Report for 2023 shows a shocking 40,048 ...

18 Jun 2024 at 10:34

National News

Disclosing final cost of new children’s hospital would be foolhardy – Taoiseach

The Taoiseach has refused to confirm whether the Government is expecting a surge in the cost of the new National Children’s Hospital, saying it would be a “mistake” and “foolhardy” to estimate the final price. Micheal Martin ...

30 Nov 2022 at 15:35

National News

Back-to-school payment worth almost €300 available to over 100k families from next week

Over 100,000 families in Ireland are set to receive a payment of up to €285 next week. Families who applied for a once-off payment made to eligible people to help with the cost of sending kids back to school will receive ...

03 Jul 2024 at 09:05

National News

Calls to ‘overhaul’ housing policy to help children out of homelessness

There have been calls to “overhaul” the Government’s housing policy to help keep children out of homelessness. Erene Williamson, head of Homeless Services for Ireland with the Salvation Army, said the root cause of ...

16 Aug 2024 at 15:56

Home

Golfer Leona Maguire teams up with KPMG to deliver hundreds of library books to Clare schools

THE ‘back to school’ buzz reached fever pitch at Clonmoney NS, Newmarket-on-Fergus when golfer Leona Maguire paid a visit to launch their new ‘little library’ of books, gifted through the Books for Birdies ...

18 Sept 2023 at 19:00

Northern Ireland

Protect nutrition for children during emergencies – cross-border report

Governments need to do more to safeguard nutrition for infants and children during emergencies, a cross-border report has said. The importance of this was shown in the aftermath of Storm Eowyn, an editor ...

28 Mar 2025 at 07:00

National News

'A true Irishman' - Tributes paid as father-of-two killed after car mounts pavement outside UK pub

The family of a much-loved Irish dad who was killed when a car mounted the pavement and hit him as he sat outside a pub have paid tribute to a "devoted husband, a proud father, a loving son" and "true ...

01 Aug 2024 at 13:53

Cost of National Children's Hospital to rise by over €50m due to inflation

National News

Cost of National Children's Hospital to rise by another staggering amount due to inflation

The cost to build the National Children’s Hospital is estimated to increase by €51 million due to inflation, the Public Accounts Committee has heard. This is an estimation of costs made during the ...

16 Jun 2022 at 13:39

Arts & Entertainment

GUIDE: 7 ways to inspire kids to love books

Reading takes us on adventures we may never normally have and teaches us about the world beyond what we can see, but some people may not be that interested. Much of our connection with reading is ...

05 Mar 2023 at 09:18

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