Niall Muldoon

Schools are imposing reduced timetables on children in a way that “may not be solely child centred”, a landmark report on the issue warns. The report(...)

Some family hubs are merely “glorified hotels” with additional washing and cooking facilities, the Ombudsman for Children, Dr Niall Muldoon has said (...)

The number of homeless families can be expected to rise during the next four years, until the number of new homes being built meets demand, according (...)

The Government should monitor the use of reduced timetables by schools to ensure vulnerable children are not being inappropriately excluded from educa(...)

The Government is constantly “grappling” with homelessness, Ombudsman for Children Dr Niall Muldoon has said. Dr Muldoon said the Government’s relia(...)

Children as young as five have tried running away from family hubs, while others describe them as “like a children’s jail”, a landmark study published(...)

The Ombudsman for Children, Niall Muldoon, isn’t given to flashy or attention-grabbing public pronouncements. Yet a line from his annual report i(...)

The standard of support being provided to hundreds of children in foster care who have moderate to severe disabilities continues to be a cause of conc(...)

As the legal, financial and business implications of the United Kingdom’s decision to leave the European Union continue to dominate the headlines and (...)

The teaching of children with social and behavioural difficulties has always posed a challenge for the education system. That is why vindicating a “ri(...)