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2024
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2023
Voices
Parenting: 'As a rough guide, I would say to expect 78 new WhatsApp groups per child, per term'
Margaret Lynch
21 Oct 2023
20.4k
budget 2024
Further doubt cast over 25% childcare cost cut as Tánaiste fails to say if Govt will honour promise
5 Oct 2023
10.1k
25
spinal surgery
HSE boss apologises to children and parents impacted by spinal surgeries crisis
5 Oct 2023
7.7k
19
your stories
Does your child have a smartphone, or did you have one as a child? We want to hear your stories
6 Sep 2023
8.6k
12
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
vivienne murphy
SF seeks investigation into lack of paediatric ICU beds in Cork after girl's death from Strep A
17 Apr 2023
8.1k
9
Domestic Violence
Rate of pay for domestic violence leave should be worked out by end of summer, says minister
30 Mar 2023
5.5k
11
All time
Child Maintenance
Calls for dedicated State service to pursue parents who fail to pay child maintenance
31 Jul 2022
21.1k
46
Government's 'objective' to cut childcare costs before Christmas - Taoiseach
Updated
20 Jun 2022
26.5k
46
cost of childcare
Parents paying nearly €800 in monthly fees per child in childcare, report finds
13 May 2022
20.9k
35
capping fees
Government to reduce childcare costs 'considerably' in the next Budget
24 Apr 2022
63.5k
63
Reunited
'I hadn’t seen my parents for two-and-a-half years. It was really emotional'
12 Mar 2022
110k
15
Waiting Lists
Waiting lists for children's surgeries to be tackled by extending operating theatre hours
15 Feb 2022
14.8k
16
storm barra
Schools across the country advised to 'open tomorrow as usual'
Updated
8 Dec 2021
76.6k
74
Delay
'Desperate' parents paying double to get birth certs via private companies amid registration delays
27 Nov 2021
68.2k
38
Newborns
Parents face child benefit lag due to long delays in birth registration
3 Oct 2021
22.7k
30
THE MORNING LEAD
'I have no idea who will mind my children': Readers' stories of Ireland's childcare crisis
28 Aug 2021
77.3k
47
Get in touch
Have you faced difficulties finding childcare for your young child? We want to hear your story
26 Aug 2021
15.0k
17
Back To School
Minister seeks to 'reassure parents' that a full reopening of schools is planned
25 Jul 2021
35.0k
38
Pregnancy
'Two-tier system' means couples still forced to travel for termination after severe foetal diagnoses
21 Mar 2021
43.3k
50
flu season
120,000 doses of children's flu vaccine destroyed due to low uptake, despite 'heavyweight' promotion campaign
Updated
16 Mar 2021
30.7k
29
canvassing
Leaving Cert: Exam timetable released as parents could face 'sanctions' for lobbying
Updated
18 Feb 2021
59.7k
50
Supreme Court
Parents of brain-damaged boy lose Supreme Court appeal for control of medical treatment
22 Jan 2021
24.6k
parents
'Our kids are suffering': Some parents 'devastated' over failure to re-open special education as planned
21 Jan 2021
15.2k
94
Pregnancy
Further restrictions in maternity hospitals as some decide to reverse decision allowing partners into 20-week scan
8 Jan 2021
21.1k
10
Children's Rights
Children with disabilities waiting years for assessment a violation of their rights, committee to be told
1 Dec 2020
9.5k
9
services cut
People with disabilities have been ‘forgotten’ during pandemic, Dáil told
7 Oct 2020
13.7k
35
Vaccination
The flu vaccine and children: Here is everything parents need to know
28 Sep 2020
54.4k
27
concerned parents
70% of primary school parents concerned about impact of Covid-19 on children's mental health
24 Jun 2020
15.6k
26
Childcare
State grants will ensure childcare providers should have no reason to increase fees, says minister
10 Jun 2020
15.8k
12
new sex ed plan
Suggestions children aged 4 would be taught about masturbation called out as 'dangerous scaremongering'
11 Dec 2019
28.5k
67
Smartphones
'Young people learn about sex through porn, many have no idea what a healthy relationship looks like'
10 Nov 2019
21.2k
23
Equality
'What we have in Ireland is not equal': Same-sex parents call for more legal rights to their children
21 Oct 2019
21.5k
68
budget 2020
Behind-the-scenes pressure on minister to raise inheritance tax threshold in the Budget
28 Sep 2019
26.4k
37