Media regulator made ‘big mistake’ in not tackling algorithms in online safety code, Dáil hears
Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore warns of ‘endless, relentless toxic feeds’ to children ‘in doom loop’
Children's Rights Alliance
Breakfast clubs in Deis primary schools: ‘If it wasn’t here and you’d had no breakfast you’d be on the yard hungry’
Calls increasing for expansion of breakfast clubs to all Deis primary schools amid rising deprivation
Parents’ group criticises closure of hundreds of schools to facilitate general election
Schools to shut for third time this year following last March’s referendum and local elections in June
Almost 9,000 children in direct provision not eligible for double child benefit payment
Children’s Rights Alliance calls for urgent delivery of the International Protection Child Payment to address poverty s
Kyran Durnin case: How can a child go missing for two years?
Locals in Dundalk express bafflement and shock at disappearance of boy in 2022, when he was aged six
Most people want budget to prioritise low-income families, poll finds
Children’s Rights Alliance head says ‘once-off and top-up payments will not help the children and families most in need’
Ireland has made vital progress in tackling child poverty but no child can be left behind
If we do not pay attention to children today, they may force us to pay attention to them as troubled adults tomorrow
‘Little or no progress’ made by Government on children’s mental health supports, report says
Coalition has done well in areas such as online safety, affordable access to childcare and school books scheme expansion, Children’s Rights Alliance says
‘My children just deteriorated when we became homeless’: The stolen lives of families in emergency accommodation
Growing number of children in homelessness, emergency housing is enormous concern
Budget 2024 must target income support for children living in poverty - community groups
End Child Poverty Week seminar hears of difficulties in direct provision and generational poverty
‘We went to court arguing over €30’
State needs to step in with guidance and support on maintenance, says lone parents’ organisation
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