Reporting on child welfare and homelessness nominated for Mary Raftery Prize
No Child 2020 initiative and Homelessness series in Irish Times nominated
Sign off: Is our education system deaf to the needs of vulnerable young pupils?
Many deaf children are deprived of access to quality sign language and risk never reaching their full potential
Deaf children and their families fight to be heard
Many children let down by system with patchy support and lack of specialised teachers
Is sex education in our schools good enough?
Students need lessons in life and love at a time of easy access to the dangers of porn
‘I was sexually abused throughout my childhood’
‘We need better programmes to help child sex abusers, as well as preventative programmes’
Making the next ‘States of Fear’
Mary Raftery’s 1999 documentary changed people’s minds about institutional abuse. Fifteen years later, what can it teach today’s programme-makers?
What are your children learning about being gay?
It starts with ‘that’s so gay’ in the playground and can end with physical abuse – so will the new policies on homophobic bullying make schools safer places for LGBT students?
After the Asylum: ‘I like my reality now.'
The destructive voices in Michelle Dalton’s head resulted in her being admitted to hospital as a teenager. She now supports others in distress
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