NO CHILD 2020  

It shall be the first duty of the Government of the Republic to... secure that NO CHILD shall suffer hunger or cold from lack of food, clothing, or shelter, but that all shall be provided with the means and facilities requisite for their proper education and training as Citizens...

Declaration of 1st Dáil, January 1919

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Barnardos chief executive Suzanne Connolly at the organisation’s Finglas centre. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill ‘For better or worse, we all carry our childhood with us’
At a disadvantage: while middle-class girls thrive, working-class boys struggle. Photograph: Moment/Getty Class and education in Ireland: ‘Disadvantaged students cannot thrive’
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Labour leader Brendan Howlin was accused of lecturing the Government on what to do while being a “bloody hypocrite” and a “blackguard”. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill Labour accused of hypocrisy over motion for ‘fair start for every child’
The number of those between 18 and 24 presenting as homeless has almost doubled since 2014. Young homeless ‘forgotten about’ in housing crisis
If a more egalitarian housing system is to be introduced, the Government will have to modify its dependence on private developers. But there is little to suggest it is ready to make that transition. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA Wire The Irish Times view on child poverty: We must do better than this
Pupils from Scoil Úna Naofa in Crumlin preparing for their performance in the National Youth Orchestra festival. Photograph: Marc O’Sullivan ‘Kids in Foxrock play the violin, not Crumlin’: the school that’s changing lives through music
Tanya Ward of the Children’s Rights Alliance said some schools had provided bean bags for children to rest on so they could participate in lessons after catching up on sleep. Photograph Nick Bradshaw Housing crisis ‘forcing families to choose between food and rent’

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No Child 2020 is an initiative by The Irish Times, providing a sustained focus on child welfare and children’s issues