‘Slush has gone to everything with Saoirse. He even came back from her biopsy with a bandage’The comforter – the special item that makes a child feel secure – is the focus of #IBelongTooTue Sept 28 2021 - 06:01
Managing asthma: ‘Once I got it controlled I could pretty much do anything’Ingrid McLoughlin ended up in A&E several times before her condition was managedTue Sept 21 2021 - 06:01
How do I spot if my child has . . . asthma?‘There is still a degree of underappreciation and underdiagnosis of asthma,’ says specialistTue Sept 21 2021 - 06:01
Ireland’s children’s hospice: From making memories to family counsellingDr Joanne Balfe of LauraLynn has been with hospice since before it opened its doors in 2011Tue Sept 14 2021 - 06:01
10 years of putting living into children’s dyingAoife Shiels can testify to just how important LauraLynn is to families like hersTue Sept 14 2021 - 06:01
‘With cancer, you have a kind of camaraderie. It is very sociable’One family’s experience of palliative care and keeping life as ‘normal’ as possibleTue Sept 07 2021 - 06:01
Why it’s best not to say ‘don’t be shy’ to your quiet childYour child’s reluctance at the school gates is not cause for concern – they may simply be an introvertTue Aug 31 2021 - 06:01
Why are children with mental health problems ending up in A&E?While some need treatment for a physical problem, most are in the wrong placeTue Aug 24 2021 - 06:00
Type 1 diabetes: ‘It is sometimes very hard to accept’Beautician Leah Cheung has been living with type 1 diabetes since her diagnosis at age 12Tue Aug 17 2021 - 06:01
How do I spot if my child has . . . diabetes?A delay of just a few days can affect the level of medical intervention neededTue Aug 17 2021 - 06:01
Gay Byrne’s perfect family summer: ‘We have such fond memories of going out in the boat with Dad’Crona Byrne, Dáithí Ó Sé and others on finding a home from home to pass through the generationsWed Aug 11 2021 - 06:01
Young people hooked by a healthy new hobby that can last a lifetimeAngling initiative reveals the benefits available to families at the end of a fishing lineTue Jul 27 2021 - 06:01
How do I spot if my child has . . . heat exhaustion?There is a spectrum from heat stress at the mild end to heat stroke at the extreme endSun Jul 18 2021 - 06:01
‘Everything in your cupboards is basically a poison’When Martha was diagnosed with coeliac disease, the whole family went on a gluten-free dietTue Jul 13 2021 - 06:01
How do I spot if my child has . . . coeliac disease?A coeliac diagnosis is more serious than a gluten intolerance; it causes internal damageTue Jul 13 2021 - 06:01
Child protection workers ‘don’t shrug it off in the car on the way home’Paul Harrison’s new memoir reflects on his 40 years doing society’s ‘dirty job’Wed Jun 30 2021 - 06:01
How the digital world has given some people voices – and taken others’ awayFor people with special needs, digital communication is a force for both exclusion and inclusionTue Jun 22 2021 - 06:01
Mental illness: Where should family involvement begin and end when a parent needs treatment?New study underlines need for a ‘think family’ policy in mental health treatmentTue Jun 15 2021 - 06:01
Helping parents to pick up the pieces after the shattering loss of a childFirstLight provides therapy for what can be complicated grief after the death of a childWed Jun 09 2021 - 06:01
A father’s grief: ‘I was sidelined, there is no doubt about that’There is still societal pressure on men to “keep it together” after a child’s deathWed Jun 09 2021 - 06:01
Coping with loss: Widowed at 41 with 12 childrenOrlagh Walker was 28 weeks pregnant when her husband Fergus Green collapsed at workWed Jun 02 2021 - 06:01
‘Worth the wait’: The families getting help from the Cancer Fund for ChildrenThe Belfast-based organisation hopes to roll out its services across all of Ireland’s 32 countiesWed May 26 2021 - 06:01
Q&A: Are Covid-19 vaccines on the way for teenagers and children in Ireland?Inoculating children and younger teenagers may be key to living with virus long termMon May 17 2021 - 06:01
Q&A: What is asthma and how is it diagnosed in children?Cause of disorder in children seems to be a combination of genetics and environmentTue May 11 2021 - 06:01
‘It wasn’t “just asthma” – it was fatal asthma in the end’Eleven-year-old Conor Callaghan had coped with the disorder, and it seemed to be under controlTue May 11 2021 - 06:01
Ireland’s midwives: ‘It is scary. The pandemic is not the nicest time to be having a baby’On International Day of the Midwife, we get a glimpse of what it has been like during lockdownWed May 05 2021 - 06:01
Professional and personal lives collide in pandemic pregnancySarah O’Callaghan has been on both the giving and the receiving ends of lockdown maternity careWed May 05 2021 - 06:01
Deaf children ‘lose out’ in disability services geared towards a hearing worldAdditional needs are not being heardWed Apr 28 2021 - 06:01
New generation of children benefiting from newborn hearing screeningNicole Rooney (4) was diagnosed with a permanent hearing impairment at birthWed Apr 28 2021 - 06:01
If the vaccine clot risk is tiny, why is it scaring people?We face a far higher risk from Covid-19 than from very rare clots after vaccinationSat Apr 24 2021 - 06:00
Irish hospital doctors on long Covid: Athletic people are ‘inordinately affected’‘They really find it hard that they were sick and it’s going to take time to get better’Tue Apr 13 2021 - 06:01
Maria Walsh MEP on long Covid: ‘Extremely tired, fierce migraines, blurry eyes’The 33-year-old's post-Covid-19 syndrome fits a pattern of higher risk for young womenMon Apr 12 2021 - 06:01
‘To see my painting in a gallery was unbelievable’: An incognito charity fundraiserIdentities of artists taking part in Jack & Jill sale not revealed until afterwardsTue Apr 06 2021 - 06:01
‘Everything was wiped and it was like taking a different child home’Extra year of Jack & Jill home nursing care a huge relief for familiesTue Apr 06 2021 - 06:01
Children ‘should have right’ to know donor parents from age of 12Domestic surrogacy should be ‘incentivised’ over foreign, Government advisedWed Mar 31 2021 - 14:27
The controlling parent is having a good CovidLockdown is tough on teens and those in their early 20s; they’re wilting as we speakWed Mar 31 2021 - 06:01
Trading adolescents’ autonomy for safety is an exchange that needs balanceAlthough boundaries constrain freedom, involving teens in negotiation of those boundaries helps to give them a sense of autonomyWed Mar 31 2021 - 06:01
Child development checks in a time of pandemicCancellation and delay of benchmark tests a source of worry for locked-down parentsWed Mar 24 2021 - 06:01
Speech acquisition: Key development stages for childrenMonitor your child as they start to talk as hearing and other difficulties may be foundWed Mar 24 2021 - 06:01
‘Cancer was once a death sentence but thankfully not any more’Mary Tobin from Lucan, Dublin, has been diagnosed with cancer six times since 1994Tue Mar 16 2021 - 06:01
‘Maybe it’s the optimist in me. Dying never came into my mind’Cancer patients share their stories to raise awareness ahead of Daffodil DayTue Mar 16 2021 - 06:01
Lifestyle risk factors can significantly increase likelihood of dementia, research showsHalf of dementia cases could be prevented by improving lifestyleFri Mar 12 2021 - 06:01
‘Do I have to do everything around here?’ Irish women and the ‘invisible job’It’s not often you read a book and think: only a woman could have written this. I just didMon Mar 08 2021 - 06:01
Suicide is selfish, and nine other myths and misconceptionsMisunderstandings still surround the issues of when and why people take their own livesWed Mar 03 2021 - 06:01
Meet Pádraig, former J1 student, whose robotic exoskeleton has given him new hopeAn Saol Foundation’s pilot project is giving brain-injury survivors the prospect of better livesThu Feb 25 2021 - 06:01
Family of brain injury survivor Des Vallely still waiting to get him home‘We are all ready to take him’ – says Tara DaltonSun Feb 21 2021 - 06:01
‘There is such a backlog’: A paediatric surgeon on the battle to see children with scoliosis‘It takes nine months’ rehabilitation to get a child back up once they have gone down’Tue Feb 16 2021 - 06:01
Seeds of hope for children in the planting season aheadSocial enterprise GIY’s schools-based event The Big Grow is in its 10th yearWed Feb 10 2021 - 06:01
Locked down and vulnerable: ‘It’s the kids we don’t know about. That is the worry’How has Tusla been coping with looking after the State’s children during the past year?Wed Feb 03 2021 - 06:01
Pandemic parenting: Lockdown’s pressure-cooker effect on Irish familiesDemand has been soaring for help to cope with child-to-parent violenceWed Jan 27 2021 - 06:01
