No Child 2020

Proposals to tackle child poverty sound costly, but are tiny in terms of overall spend

Pupils learn how to make good decisions, deal with stress and feel good about themselves

Children’s Rights Alliance proposes daily hot meals, free school books and hobby subsidy

No Child 2020: The high cost of school books affects some families worse than others

Autism advocacy charity says move ‘breaches spirit of Act’ aimed at protecting boy

Principal of Tipperary primary school says some children are coming to school hungry

Figures show gravity of ‘food poverty’ problem facing families trying to feed youngsters

No Child 2020: Hundreds of children with special needs are without school places

Child Care Law Reporting Project highlights cases of children forced abroad for care

No Child 2020: Children in Direct Provision suffer bullying and restricted educational access

Review says in some cases social workers ‘overly optimistic’ about parents’ competency

Minister says her conscience and those of colleagues ‘should be enough of a driver’

Number of homeless families in midlands reached 45 towards end of April

Children from all backgrounds could benefit from music, drama and art in every school

No Child 2020: ‘No child should feel isolated because of their mental health struggles’

A ‘culture card’ should be issued to all under-18s to allow them greater opportunity to experience cultural life

No Child 2020: Elizabeth Akinwande writes about seven months of homelessness

A major group of Irish citizens had no vote in this week’s elections and referendum: children

‘I am frightened for my son,’ says one mother ahead of a protest in Dublin on Saturday

Some 105,000 children in Ireland are growing up in consistent poverty

In advance of next week’s local and European elections, we look at parties’ child poverty initiatives

A politician who thinks deeply about child poverty is a politician who thinks deeply about the future of Ireland

On top of grieving for the loss of a normal future for their seriously unwell child comes the financial pressure

Oireachtas committee to hear from Traveller and special needs groups of ‘growing crisis’

North inner-city Dublin projects ‘beacons of hope’ for families in disadvantaged area

No Child 2020: Adverse childhood experiences are linked to physical and mental health problems

Children’s Rights Alliance event hears that 107,000 children are living in deep poverty

‘Some picked out the vegetables, saying they had only ever seen them in pictures’

Three frontline professionals give a glimpse of what they’re witnessing

Children accounted for all but four of the 41 additional people who became homeless since February

No Child 2020: More than 300,000 children on the island of Ireland live in poverty

No Child 2020: How two of the most deprived parts of Ireland compare

If we truly are shocked by what happened to vulnerable children in the past, we will change the future

Ombudsman for Children says housing should be fundamental right in Constitution

Ombudsman reports children as young as five years of age attempting to flee hubs

New accounts are almost identical to those heard from children in direct provision

Focus Ireland says many vulnerable young care leavers are in insecure accommodation

Thousands of working households are struggling to stay out of poverty, report finds

Single parents’ support group expresses scepticism over Minister’s promise

Changes to subsidised childcare programmes will see some parents lose up to €80 a week