Average viewer of child abuse material ‘a middle-aged married man with children’

Appointment follows controversy over spending at Glen

€215,000 payment to Paul Kelly not included in altered accounts given to funders

Three women encounter political pain while another gets Clinton to sneak past sneakers rule

Independent Senator calls for authority to follow example of Department of Education

Some questions remain over how the new legislation will be enforced by gardaí

Republic to attend Geneva hearing concerning the implementation of children’s rights

Drinks industry has power to cut prices if it cuts alcohol strength

Health authorities say children are more susceptible to the impact of second-hand smoke

Jillian van Turnhout repsonds to criticism from non-governmental organisations

Institution once described as ‘finishing school for bullying and developing criminal skills’

GP Cyril Daly began campaign in 1967 to ban corporal punishment

Cover of Budget 2016 document illustrates Government move to woo mothers

PR and consultancy fees, opinion polls and entertainment among TDs’ expenditure

Bill a ‘panicked reaction’ following public’s ‘huge lack of buy-in’ on water charges

Cabinet to discuss draft legislation which will apply to all past and future adoptions

Tusla report says managers are not satisfied most vulnerable children can be kept safe

Another law in 2014 with the same provisions also not implemented, Seanad told

Tusla head tells Oireachtas that Child and Family Agency needs 280 new employees

€1 million spent on legal fees in case of girl detained in English psychiatric unit

Taoiseach Enda Kenny suggests reform in EU legislation and public policy consultation

Minister wants Bill to go further in recognising rights of those aged 18 and under

Senator eats McGrath alive over his ‘outrageous’ behaviour in Oireachtas restaurant

Róisín Shortall, Stephen Donnelly, Catherine Murphy and Katherine Zappone involved

Ninth National Carers Week will see more than 150 events across the country

Gerard Craughwell twice applied to group of five Independents and was twice rebuffed

The Alcohol Health Alliance was good result from Diageo dispute, says Youth Council

Children’s groups say Ireland is out of kilter with Europe by permitting corporal punishment

May 22nd offers ‘incredible opportunity’ to look LGBT people in the eye and tell them they are equal

Frances Fitzgerald: Rejects criticism saying children’s welfare turns on good parenting

Ruling follows complaint by campaigners over ‘reasonable chastisement’ defence

Dr Ciara Kelly cites ‘time constraints’ on leaving campaign funded by Diageo

Government Senators are now in a minority in the 60-seat upper chamber

Oireachtas report calls for taskforce to harmonise treatment of head injuries

Varadkar warns of higher bills in January if concessions and lower charges not agreed

Philomena Lee backs law which would help women separated from sons and daughters by adoption

Seanad due to debate legislation which could give 50,000 adopted people the right to their birth cert

Senator Averil Power says adoptees have been ‘robbed of their identities’ for too long

Just 63 more employed since 2011 despite €90m in extra funding, claims Mental Health Reform

He was not saying ‘not in my back yard . . . but our back yard is full’