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‘Hubs’ were a short-term fix for family homelessness but are a long-term reality for many
No Child 2020
A special project by The Irish Times providing a sustained focus on child welfare and children's issues over the year.
Fintan O’Toole: Did the Irish Times ‘No Child 2020’ project work?
There was some progress on child poverty in 2019, but many of the problems grew worse
No Child 2020: Its five demands, and what it achieved
No Child 2020 set out long-term and short-term goals to improve children’s lives
The time has come to end child poverty once and for all
No Child 2020: The Budget saw important investments for vulnerable children
Over 100 reports of suspected abuse, neglect of homeless children filed
Tusla says notices received from accommodation managers unlikely to capture all cases
Budget took important ‘small steps’ on No Child 2020 themes
Anti-child-poverty initiatives were ‘really significant’, says Children’s Rights Alliance
Eradication of poverty event told of direct provision hardship
Event told ‘not right that we have over 100,000 children still living in poverty in Ireland’
Free school meals pilot scheme to be allocated €160,000 in 2020
Child poverty intervention is in addition to hot meals pilot running in 36 primary schools
Children of Jack and Jill: ‘You worry you might get that call’
Tracy Carroll is grateful to the Jack and Jill foundation for helping her daughter Willow
‘I have hard days, days here crying over him for hours’
The Jack and Jill nurse helping a severely disabled child and his mother is providing a very special service
Children have a right to access art and culture
Ratification of UN children’s convention in 1992 committed State to targeted cultural investment
Hot school meals for all a solid start in battle against child poverty
We trail our European cousins when it comes to providing nourishment to school children
Minister open to idea of separate agency for child support payments
Doherty unhappy with current situation whereby courts rule on relatively small sums
Economic analysis: How to achieve the goals of No Child 2020
Proposals to tackle child poverty sound costly, but are tiny in terms of overall spend
Fintan O’Toole: It is time for a children’s budget
No Child 2020: Nothing could be more financially prudent than eliminating child poverty
LifeSkills school programme ‘transforming outcomes’ for children
Pupils learn how to make good decisions, deal with stress and feel good about themselves
Alliance calls for end to child poverty in pre-budget submission
Children’s Rights Alliance proposes daily hot meals, free school books and hobby subsidy
€20m would provide free primary school books to all
No Child 2020: The high cost of school books affects some families worse than others
Boy with autism ‘regressed’ due to refusal of school-bus place
Autism advocacy charity says move ‘breaches spirit of Act’ aimed at protecting boy
‘Some children just have biscuits to keep them going from 9am to 2.40pm’
Principal of Tipperary primary school says some children are coming to school hungry
No place for 470 schools on hot meals for children scheme
Figures show gravity of ‘food poverty’ problem facing families trying to feed youngsters
Not going to school next week: ‘Our children are slipping through the cracks’
No Child 2020: Hundreds of children with special needs are without school places
Child in care was left with nowhere to go due to financial issues, report finds
Child Care Law Reporting Project highlights cases of children forced abroad for care
‘Kids living here don’t have a normal childhood’
No Child 2020: Children in Direct Provision suffer bullying and restricted educational access
Deaths of six children known to Tusla associated with ‘substance misuse’
Review says in some cases social workers ‘overly optimistic’ about parents’ competency
Doherty rejects call for role specifically tackling child poverty
Minister says her conscience and those of colleagues ‘should be enough of a driver’
Child homelessness in midlands more than triples in two years
Number of homeless families in midlands reached 45 towards end of April
Creative Ireland initiative is not perfect but it is making a difference
Children from all backgrounds could benefit from music, drama and art in every school
‘When I was 16 everything was fine, then suddenly it wasn’t’
No Child 2020: ‘No child should feel isolated because of their mental health struggles’
The Irish Times view on Cruinniú na nÓg: the artist in every child
A ‘culture card’ should be issued to all under-18s to allow them greater opportunity to experience cultural life
Elizabeth’s story: My childhood was ‘ripped away’
No Child 2020: Elizabeth Akinwande writes about seven months of homelessness
Vote 2019: Is it time to reduce the voting age to 16?
A major group of Irish citizens had no vote in this week’s elections and referendum: children
Frustration grows over lack of school places for children with autism
‘I am frightened for my son,’ says one mother ahead of a protest in Dublin on Saturday
More than 300 election candidates sign up to No Child 2020 campaign
Some 105,000 children in Ireland are growing up in consistent poverty
What’s your policy on children? A party-by-party guide
In advance of next week’s local and European elections, we look at parties’ child poverty initiatives
The Irish Times view on child poverty: getting our priorities straight
A politician who thinks deeply about child poverty is a politician who thinks deeply about the future of Ireland
How families of Ireland’s sickest children can fall into a financial black hole
On top of grieving for the loss of a normal future for their seriously unwell child comes the financial pressure
Children on ‘reduced timetables’ being denied education
Oireachtas committee to hear from Traveller and special needs groups of ‘growing crisis’
Neighbourhood youth projects turn 40
North inner-city Dublin projects ‘beacons of hope’ for families in disadvantaged area
The ghost in the nursery: how adversity can harm children
No Child 2020: Adverse childhood experiences are linked to physical and mental health problems
National strategy needed to eradicate child poverty, politicians told
Children’s Rights Alliance event hears that 107,000 children are living in deep poverty
Hot school meals programme can change lives – principal
‘Some picked out the vegetables, saying they had only ever seen them in pictures’
Child homelessness: The worst thing I’ve ever seen
Three frontline professionals give a glimpse of what they’re witnessing
Number of homeless children reaches new high of 3,800
Children accounted for all but four of the 41 additional people who became homeless since February
11 people in a two-bed house: Life on the margins, north and south
No Child 2020: How two of the most deprived parts of Ireland compare
Child poverty: Are we failing a future generation?
No Child 2020: More than 300,000 children on the island of Ireland live in poverty
The Irish Times view: No Child 2020
If we truly are shocked by what happened to vulnerable children in the past, we will change the future
Government reliance on private rental ‘not the way to go’
Ombudsman for Children says housing should be fundamental right in Constitution
Family hubs like ‘a jail for children’
Ombudsman reports children as young as five years of age attempting to flee hubs
Children’s heartbreaking testimonies reveal reality of life in family hubs
New accounts are almost identical to those heard from children in direct provision
Young people leaving State care face ‘real risk’ of homelessness
Focus Ireland says many vulnerable young care leavers are in insecure accommodation
‘Alarming levels’ of child poverty linked to low pay
Thousands of working households are struggling to stay out of poverty, report finds
Zappone: Poorest families will not lose out over new childcare support scheme
Single parents’ support group expresses scepticism over Minister’s promise
Some poorer single parents may be forced to give up work due to childcare reforms
Changes to subsidised childcare programmes will see some parents lose up to €80 a week
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