Garda attends internet safety committee just four times in five years

Internet Safety Advisory Committee no more than ‘a talking shop’, claims Barnardos chief

Parents are feeling ‘overwhelmed’, survey finds

Responses from parents in Barnardos report focussed on difficulties spending enough time with children

ISPs slow to back Garda plan to block child sex abuse material

Only one internet service provider has joined scheme to blacklist abuse sites since late 2013

Children’s charity campaign to aid one in seven children who are ‘lost’

Barnardos say one in seven Irish children are lost to homelessness, poverty or neglect

Child homelessness in Ireland worst in Europe, forum hears

As rate of child homelessness rises 287% in three years, close attention to rights urged

Meagre increase in allowance will not lift children out of poverty

Government says it didn’t have more to give in Budget 2018, but it had €400m for tax cuts

Over 2,000 children waiting for initial mental health appointment

Delays are having ‘long-term unnecessary consequences’ on children, says Barnardos

‘Outlandish therapies’ exploit families of autistic children

Opinion: Misinformation about autism leaves many at risk from ‘purveyors of snake oil’

Long-awaited early years strategy to come within months - FG TD

National Early Years Strategy raised at Children’s Rights Alliance annual conference

Primary education could be made free ‘overnight’ - Barnardos

‘Tiny overall investment’ could remove cost of books, transport and contributions

Primary school shake-up to focus on ‘play-led’ learning

Children would not study traditional subjects until aged 10, under new proposals

Significant increase in the number of homeless children

New figures show progress made in tackling the homelessness crisis has been reversed

Tusla carrying out review of staff identified in ‘Grace’ case reports

McGrath aims to set up inquiry into case of woman left with family despite abuse allegations

Goldman Sachs and AIB team up for Glen of Downs Golf Club sale

Receivers for both firms will pool resources to put golf club and land on sale as one lot

Glen of the Downs Golf Club faces liquidation

Club members assessing ways to set up new club as creditors meeting to be held Friday

Number of families helped by Barnardos up 8% last year

‘I wish I could put every child at risk of poverty on a hospital trolley,’ Finlay says

Charities deny receiving donations from foundation linked to vulture funds

Matheson Foundation claims to have donated to Temple Street and Barnardos

Barnardos calls for €103m to make primary education ‘free’

Children’s charity says Government should provide books and end need for parental contributions

Kenny in position to do ‘exciting stuff’, says Finlay

Joan Burton must go as Labour leader, former party adviser warns

Single-parent families suffer worst rate of poverty

EU income survey says proportion at risk of poverty has grown since 2013, from 15.2% to 16.3% last year

Nearly 140,000 children living in consistent poverty

CSO income survey shows one-parent families twice as likely to be poor

Irish musicians to take part in Concert for Paris

Free event will have all-French programme and involve hundreds of performers

Ireland Says Yes: The Inside Story of How the Vote for Marriage Equality was Won – Book Review

This insightful account shows how uniting, strategic, and effective the campaign was

Number of public sector jobs for people with disabilities to double

Public service employment target of people with disabilities to increase from 3% to 6%

Campaigners will not support ban on alcohol sponsorship

Anti-binge drinking group says it will not back restrictions for sports and live events

300,000 children likely to require back-to-school payments

Authorities struggling to keep up with additional claims for means-tested allowances

Fr Peter McVerry receives French human rights award

Honour coincides with refurbishment of Dublin apartments for six homeless people

Youth group praises ‘positive outcome’ from controversial drinking campaign

The Alcohol Health Alliance was good result from Diageo dispute, says Youth Council

Miriam Lord: ‘The quiet Yes kept its counsel. They spoke when it mattered’

Miriam Lord reports from Dublin Castle where crowds gathered to hear referendum result

Most teachers believe number of children coming to school hungry has increased

Study commissioned by Kellogg’s finds food poverty rate among low-income households is as high as 11%

Give Me a Crash Course In . . . funding cuts at Accord

Studies prove ‘no differences in children’ raised by gay or heterosexual couples

Fergus Finlay says quality of parenting the ‘single most important thing for a child’

No campaign attacked over ‘dishonest’ and ‘scurrilous’ tactics

Barnados chief Fergus Finlay says the media ‘needs to get real about this too’

Personal route to reach public central to Yes campaign

Stressing their own experiences gets positive response for Yes side

Children’s charities call for Yes in same-sex marriage vote

Group criticises ‘exploitative, hurtful and dishonest’ use of children by No campaign

Diageo steps down from Stop Out-of-Control drinking board

Head of campaign Fergus Finlay says director of drinks giant was not ‘forced’ to leave

Second Opinion: A public health warning about the new anti-binge drinking campaign

GP resigns from Stop Out-of-Control Drinking campaign

Dr Ciara Kelly cites ‘time constraints’ on leaving campaign funded by Diageo

Radio: Pat Kenny – formidable on the one hand, a bit like Alan Partridge on the other

The Newstalk presenter’s waning pulling power is leading to an odd mixture of blandness and dramatic asides

Bank of Ireland publishes first ‘responsible business’ report

Boucher says repaying State aid was seminal moment

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