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# Education
Four per cent of primary schoolchildren never get any parental help with homework
Two thirds of primary school children are assisted daily by their parents with homework, but 4 per cent of primary school children and 28 per cent of secondary school children never receive any.
# Your Say
Poll: Should more high-rise properties be built in Dublin to address the supply problem?
What do you think?
# Peace Prize
Pope Francis and Richard Haass shortlisted for Tipperary Peace Award
The five short-list nominees for the peace prize have been revealed.
# News Fix
Here’s What Happened Today: Monday
Everyone’s talking about the final day of Haas-led negotiations in Belfast, Michael Schumacher, and the 31 people killed in Volgograd.
# children's clothes
Minister welcomes industry concerns over children's clothing and sexualisation
Frances Fitzgerald recently invited Irish fashion retailers to prepare a set of guidelines aimed at addressing “increasing concerns over the sexualisation of childhood and issues such as body-image”.
# Antrim
Two hospitalised, several wounded in Antrim stabbing incident
A male and a female have been taken to hospital following an incident in Newtownabbey.
# Lucky
Kerry man collects €250,000 Lotto win
The New Year is off to a good start for one lucky Kerry man…
# budget2014
Higher rate of Invalidity Pension to be phased out
A higher level of payment offered within the scheme is to be cut for certain recipients.
# Limerick
Youth held in private hospital room after being turned away from detention centres
A Limerick teenager facing several charges was turned away from local State detention centres last night and spent the night in a private room in the Mid-Western Regional Hospital under garda escort.
# peter daly
Emigration, corruption, intrigue: The life of Peter Daly
A new RTÉ Radio One documentary tells the tale of now-80-year-old Ballyshannon native Peter Daly, who was involved in one of the biggest drug busts in American history – known as the ’100 Kilo Case’.
# Leicester
Three arrested in connection with Leicester house fire
Three 19-year-olds are being questioned in relation to a fatal house fire which killed a mother and her three children in England.
# Dublin Fringe Festival
Activists and outsiders: Unsung heroes celebrated in the Dublin Fringe Festival
The 2013 Dublin Fringe Festival, launched today, offers a celebration of political and social engagement by new and returning artists over 18 days of exciting and thought-provoking shows.
# Your Say
Poll: Do you welcome The Irish Sun removing the topless shoot from Page 3?
What do you think?
