# Barnardos
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This year
2024
Barnardos Research
Over 40% of parents have skipped meals or reduced portions so children would have enough to eat
27 Feb
12.5k
95
Last year
2023
Unwanted Christmas Gifts
Barnardos appeal for unwanted Christmas gifts to help fund the charity's work
29 Dec 2023
7.5k
5
Barnardos
'It’s a very stressful time': Two thirds of secondary school parents worried about back to school costs
2 Aug 2023
11.2k
45
Energy Bills
More than a third of parents surveyed by Barnardos had to cut back on heating due to inflation
24 May 2023
6.8k
36
food poverty
1 in 5 parents haven't had enough food for their children, according to survey
Updated
8 Feb 2023
15.4k
18
All time
School Costs
Most parents concerned about cost of sending children back to school, survey says
26 Jul 2022
10.8k
26
Survey
Quarter of parents worry whether they can provide food for their family - Barnardos report
22 Feb 2022
7.9k
16
Homelessness
Government has 'lost its way' on child poverty, says Ombudsman for Children
23 Dec 2021
11.3k
12
Back To School
Most parents believe children will require additional supports when back to school - survey
28 Jul 2021
12.0k
6
helping hand
Earls to raffle Ireland jersey from historic win over All Blacks for children's charity
1 Apr 2020
4.5k
3
Back To School
Parents say they're avoiding paying bills to deal with the cost of sending their children to school
1 Aug 2019
15.1k
37
Children's Charity
Barnardos confirms redundancies amid financial concerns as it makes 'shift in strategic direction'
19 Mar 2019
18.8k
22
tusla
Tusla has deemed 350 unborn children at risk of significant harm in 3 years
27 Jan 2019
14.6k
45
Back To School
Parents report going hungry over cost of sending their children to school
2 Aug 2018
12.3k
52
hidden homelessness
'We come across kids who are exhausted... situations where toilet training has been almost impossible'
30 May 2018
21.1k
28
Child Protection
Children's rights groups angry at DĂ¡il vote setting digital age of consent at 16 (they wanted it to be 13)
16 May 2018
19.8k
15
hidden homelessness
Ronan is five years old and has to share a bed with his mother in his grandparents' house
10 Mar 2018
42.5k
94
lost children
'We're failing children': One in seven kids lost to homelessness, poverty or neglect
21 Feb 2018
11.8k
82
homeless crisis
'I'd get my pocket money and give them an ice cream' - 2,973 children are homeless in Ireland
15 Sep 2017
15.0k
24
School Costs
'You have to ask: why are voluntary contributions necessary in a country where we're on the rise financially?'
19 Aug 2017
17.9k
41
Children
'Not a legacy to be proud of': Charities tell ministers how to pull 139,000 children out of poverty
21 Jul 2017
7.7k
18
appalling
'Imagine the trauma, fear and confusion': 55% surge in child homelessness
16 Feb 2017
8.9k
86
Domestic Violence bill
Government bill would end exemptions that allow child marriage
3 Feb 2017
16.7k
23
ceo pay
Barnardos didn't stick to the guidelines for paying its senior staff, says audit
24 Jan 2017
24.0k
34
Domestic Abuse
'Daddy bit Mummy's face - I was scared': Report gives voice to kids in abusive homes
5 Dec 2016
22.5k
30
Voices
'A terminally ill child was forced to live in a car for weeks - this is not right'
June Tinsley
27 Mar 2016
166
87
Barnardos
Barnardos has a plan to make education free for primary school children
15 Jun 2015
5.2k
44
nanny state
Making parents criminals for smacking their kids? "Totally unacceptable"
28 May 2015
13.3k
160
Hunger
A huge number of Irish adults are worried about not having enough money to buy food
18 May 2015
13.7k
69
Distress
Mother and three children forced to take damp two-bed flat with sewage issues
23 Mar 2015
20.8k
53
Support
'There's a little boy or girl in your community who's going to bed cold or going to school hungry'
31 Aug 2014
9.7k
35
Missing Out
Teachers see a worrying rise in Irish children coming to school hungry
25 Aug 2014
14.5k
128