Barnardos surveyed 700 national school pupils about their online gaming experiences

Surveys show ‘voluntary’ contributions are rising, despite moves aimed at cushioning costs

Schools say they are forced to levy charges due to gap in State funding to meet everyday expenses

One in four secondary school parents said they had to take out a loan or borrow from friends in order to meet back to school costs

Survey paints grim picture of impact cost of living crisis is having on families across country

Wage cuts imposed after the economic crash over a decade ago - and reversed elsewhere - remain in place for hundreds of charities, the National Charity Summit heard

Extending free books for post-primary students likely to be a feature of forthcoming Budget talks

Charity is experiencing surge in calls for help from families who never needed to avail of their services before

Charity says support has helped children and families with 25,000 hours of family help and 600,000 meals

The opening of Brown Thomas’s new Dundrum mecca this week was jarring

Legislative reforms are being prepared to regulate the guardian ad litem system

Charity says ‘too many’ families are deprived of access to ‘fundamental essentials’

How corporate giving and staff fundraising can make all the difference to charities

NGO coaltion says abusive parents routinely granted unsupervised access to children

Debra Ireland, Barnardos Gifts for Good, Focus Ireland and the SVP need your aid

Nearly 3,500 women contacted a domestic violence service for the first time during the initial lockdown; is this lockdown any better?

Bereavement experts share advice for parents trying to cope in the most trying of circumstances

Children’s charity says it is adapting to ‘new needs’ of 1,580 families during crisis

Our politicians think we are not interested in long-term policies. The election will test if their cynicism is justified

Two people a day became homeless last month on average