Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children

Children in Ireland as young as five-years-old have unlimited and unsupervised access to the internet, a children’s charity has reported. The Irish (...)

A new “friendship” app, which has become increasingly popular with Irish teenagers in recent months, is being used to exchange sexually explicit photo(...)

It’s many parents’ greatest fear – that their child could be whipped away by a stranger with bad intentions. Growing up, many of us were told “don’t (...)

The Ombudsman for Children has said the new National Taskforce on Youth Mental Health will need to ensure it delivers specific actions that will “make(...)

Irish charities are being used by vulture funds to avoid paying tax in the State, the Dáil has heard. Social Democrats TD Stephen Donnelly claimed t(...)

Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has said she would like to halve the number of children who are homeless within her first year in Government.(...)

The number of homeless children and families continues to increase with the latest figures for last month showing there were 2,177 homeless children i(...)

Removing children from a foster home where there has been an allegation of sexual abuse should only be done as a “last resort”, the head of Tusla, the(...)

We all know babies cry – that’s how they communicate. But until you become a parent, you may not realise how piercing and persistent a baby’s crying c(...)

Almost 3,500 homeless adults used emergency accommodation in Dublin at the end of last year, the highest number in any three-month period since the fi(...)