# Children

Last week

14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024

slushies

No slushies for children under four, says FSAI

16 Jul

14.2k

This month

July 2024

child law project

Top judges ‘in despair’ at lack of care places for vulnerable children

8 Jul

4.0k

Back to School Allowance

Back to School Allowance to be paid out to over 126,000 families this week

8 Jul

16.0k

Voices

Parenting: Policing my teen's outfits — how did I get here?

Margaret Lynch

Updated 7 Jul

21.7k

Last month

June 2024

surrogacy law

Emotional scenes outside Leinster House as landmark surrogacy and fertility legislation passes

8 hrs ago

20.1k

budget 2025

Free school books to be extended to Leaving Cert, as Harris says budget to target education costs

20 Jun

13.4k

Growing up in Ireland

The number of 13-year-olds who say they have drunk alcohol has fallen over the last decade

20 Jun

8.2k

vaccine programme

Up to 28,000 babies to be offered RSV vaccine this autumn

18 Jun

8.6k

Voices

Parenting: 'I can still vividly remember the stress, tears and dread of my Leaving Cert'

Margaret Lynch

8 Jun

9.8k

This year

2024

Voices

Parenting: 'Our sex ed class was delivered by a local church member — she was a disaster'

Margaret Lynch

25 May

23.1k

Voices

Opinion: Child-free restaurants? That's just insulting, we were all kids once

Niamh O'Reilly

18 May

16.1k

Voices

Parenting: Raising older kids can be lonely — and we haven't even reached the teenage years

Margaret Lynch

11 May

28.1k

Health

Significant spike in whooping cough in small babies in Ireland, after five infants die in England

10 May

19.4k

Voices

Parenting: A message for the new Taoiseach - please get a handle on housing

Margaret Lynch

13 Apr

15.4k

Voices

Parenting: Can we stop the madness of uncomfortable and costly school uniforms?

Margaret Lynch

30 Mar

16.1k

Voices

Opinion: How did we ever believe self-regulation by tech platforms would be a good idea?

Noeline Blackwell

30 Mar

8.4k

signed off

Irish kids' TV show using Lámh signs given green light for new series

21 Mar

10.5k

Children in Care

Tusla has cut ties with two for-profit agencies housing vulnerable children following audit

29 Feb

21.2k

The Daily Poll

Poll: What is the right age for a child to own a smartphone?

8 Feb

26.3k

Voices

Parenting: Manifesting? Would ya go away outta that

Margaret Lynch

3 Feb

14.0k

Voices

Parenting: I've had it with January, is it nearly over?

Margaret Lynch

20 Jan

24.7k

Last year

2023

scoliosis

Donnelly: 'Children waiting for spinal surgeries have been failed by their own country'

28 Dec 2023

8.1k

Voices

Christmas toys: Children with additional needs can learn so much through play

Ruth Roberts

22 Dec 2023

5.3k

Disability Services

Boosting staff numbers in community teams for children with disabilities 'top priority', says minister

22 Dec 2023

6.7k

Special Educational Needs

Four new special schools to be established in Limerick, Wexford, Meath and Kildare

6 Dec 2023

13.0k

petcare

'Don't dress your pets up' and other helpful advice heading into Halloween night

30 Oct 2023

17.6k

Children's Ombudsman

'History will not judge us well': Children unsafe in Direct Provision, Ombudsman warns

19 Oct 2023

8.1k

camhs

Lack of regulation in mental health sector 'wouldn't happen in any other walk of life'

11 Oct 2023

7.7k

budget 2024

A cut of twenty-five per cent in average creche costs announced for September 2024

10 Oct 2023

14.9k

Voices

Parenting: When we were growing up, our parents weren't bombarded by images of perfection

Margaret Lynch

7 Oct 2023

20.6k

THE MORNING LEAD

Going to bed hungry: Parents are ‘doing without’ food as cost-of-living crisis hits

6 Oct 2023

22.6k

spinal surgery

HSE boss apologises to children and parents impacted by spinal surgeries crisis

5 Oct 2023

7.7k

Voices

Eoghan Cleary: The new sex ed curriculum is being misrepresented by a small but loud group

Eoghan Cleary

27 Sep 2023

30.0k

Temple Street

Taoiseach, Health Minister to meet with families impacted by spinal surgery crisis

Updated 26 Sep 2023

6.7k

growing costs

O'Gorman doubles down on need for fee freeze as childcare providers protest at Leinster House

Updated 26 Sep 2023

23.9k

Voices

Parenting: 'We can't block technology for our kids - that ship has sailed'

Margaret Lynch

23 Sep 2023

14.9k

memory games

Eamon Ryan says school exam system 'not serving our purposes'

23 Sep 2023

12.1k

Voices

Substitute teacher: 'I lived abroad and came home, but teaching in Ireland has been a disaster'

Anonymous Teachers

Updated 14 Sep 2023

69.1k

Voices

Parenting: 'I've realised that to raise resilient kids I need to practice what I preach'

Margaret Lynch

9 Sep 2023

23.9k

Online Safety

One in four primary school children report being cyber-bullied in the past year

5 Sep 2023

7.1k