Dell Technologies extends partnership with children’s charity Barnardos
Charity says support has helped children and families with 25,000 hours of family help and 600,000 meals
One in 10 parents skip meals to afford food for their children, survey finds
Charity says ‘too many’ families are deprived of access to ‘fundamental essentials’
‘Unjust’ priority admissions for past pupils’ children must go, says Ombudsman
Dr Niall Muldoon says rule risks locking generations into cycle of disadvantage
Disadvantaged secondary students ‘excluded’ from higher level subjects
One in five Deis post-primary schools does not have higher level maths or Irish classes
Core social welfare rates to increase by €5 a week from January
Budget 2022: Weekly fuel allowance going up from midnight by €5 a week to €33
Most parents have fears over children’s learning during pandemic
More than half of all families have experienced mental health issues
‘Unconstitutional’ school closures violate children’s rights, say campaigners
Groups say online lessons do not translate into adequate education for all children
Charity says 500 more families will need food support in lockdown
Barnardos says many families face mental health, drug issues and domestic violence
How to handle the kids going back to school – seven tips for parents
No admission without appointment one of the changes parents are going to have to live with
Coronavirus: One-fifth of parents fearful of secondary schools reopening
Half of primary school parents are worried about Covid-19 – Barnardos survey
Coronavirus: Doctors ‘concerned’ over child abuse risk during pandemic
Training for medical staff in identifying abuse signs stepped up, says Tallaght hospital consultant
How will the Covid-19 era affect our youngest citizens?
As the life-saving restrictions begin to loosen, collateral damage is a growing concern
Agencies rally behind parents on the domestic frontline
Lone parents, new mothers, children at risk, or families in financial trouble can consult helplines and websites for support in tough times
President leads tributes to children’s rights advocate Norah Gibbons
Tusla founding chairwoman ‘inspirational figure and a powerful voice’, President says
Students need digital literacy skills to navigate ‘post-truth’ world
All secondary schools to receive new resources aimed at empowering young people
Youth information website says number of ‘sextortion’ cases reported
Practice entails money or sexual favours being extorted from someone by threatening to reveal sexual information or images
‘First step’ towards free books for primary school children
Pilot project will provide free books for 15,500 pupils in disadvantaged schools
Budget took important ‘small steps’ on No Child 2020 themes
Anti-child-poverty initiatives were ‘really significant’, says Children’s Rights Alliance
Barnardos warns of record demand among vulnerable children
Children’s charity says waiting lists are the result of 16% increase in demand for supports
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
Parents ‘stressed out and fed up’ with high back-to-school costs
Barnardos says Government could make books free at primary level at ‘minuscule’ cost to education budget
Temporary house found for homeless family forced to move repeatedly
Peter McVerry Trust finds temporary house in Co Offaly for couple with seven children
State must face up to treatment of women like Majella Moynihan - Zappone
Appropriate reparations required for ‘terrible aspects of our past,’ Minister says
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
Barnardos: Greater ‘realism’ needed on vulnerable children
‘My hope is to shift the public and then the political discourse,’ says charity’s chief
Barnardos to close its campaigning department
Changes, redundancies necessary due to gaps in State funding – chief executive
‘For better or worse, we all carry our childhood with us’
Barnardos chief Suzanne Connolly on the the impact of what happens behind closed doors
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