Abortion, treatment of Travellers and homelessness in Ireland to be discussed

The rigid State Exam Commission is obtuse, wasteful and holds back people with dyslexia

Tallaght, Ballymun, Darndale projects warned as Atlantic Philanthropies funds withdrawn

Dublin has the highest rates of child homelessness, figures reveal

Child’s rights committee says schools ‘continuing to practise’ religious discrimination

James Reilly says it is not appropriate a child should have to be baptised to go to school

More than 1,000 under-eights will spend Christmas in emergency accommodation

Government moves on child rights ahead of UN committee hearing in January

Children’s ombudsman indicates that in region of 138,000 children living in poverty

Ruling follows complaint by campaigners over ‘reasonable chastisement’ defence

Denied using term ‘illegitimate’ when referring to children or promoting corporal punishment

Submission was so inaccurate, Alan Shatter wrote to Rome seeking clarification

To date €3.5 million paid out to women

National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland welcomed recommendations on eliminating corporal punishment

Pope Francis tells worshippers at Vatican paying damages was only right

Protection afforded to denominational education could be protected, says ombudsman

Group that has complained to European committee said to have taken law out of context

Balance to be struck between ‘protecting children and criminalising parents’ - report