Children with additional educational needs will not need assessment to access classes or schools
Minister for Children Norma Foley announces Government will replace existing process with new system
Norma Foley
Pensions enrolment scheme and childcare plan sum up challenges facing Coalition
Both policies form core of Government’s pitch to voters: it will address chronic issues in delivery while curing symptoms of cost-of-living crisis
New measures to strengthen safeguarding for vulnerable adults to be approved by Cabinet
New measures are designed to protect the elderly and people with disability, in both home and care settings
Leaving Cert AI reforms risk making a mockery of the principle of equality
Teachers are wearily getting on with the reformed Leaving Cert, but there are some things they just can’t do – like stopping students cheating
Christmas will be ‘miserable’ for children in poverty, Minister told
TD says Government target of reducing child poverty to 3 per cent is disappointing
Review into Kyran Durnin case to stay unpublished as concern is raised over another missing child
Norma Foley says she was informed gardaí were investigating case of a boy (10) who did not return to school in September
Half of Early Learning and Care staff expect to leave job within five years – OECD report
Survey found 97% of workers in Irish sector have high qualifications but low level of job satisfaction
Large extensions to critical infrastructure ‘should be exempted from seeking planning’
Jack Chambers to outline proposals to Cabinet aimed at speeding up delivery of key projects
Tusla chief apologises for statement issued after alleged sexual assault of girl (10)
Kate Duggan says several children in care go missing a day, either from school or while on a trip
Women see safety from violence as a key aspiration for equality
Minister launches National Strategy for Women and Girls, with gender pay gap reporting to expand
Companies sue Ministers over alleged breach of €4.4 million contract for IP accommodation centre
Firms claim defendants have repudiated a contract to refurbish Knockmitten House in Western Industrial Estate
Ukrainian teen Vadym Davydenko killed in Dublin had only just arrived in Ireland
Two others injured in violent incident at shared accommodation in Donaghmede
Government gender pay gap portal to fall short of promises made on International Women’s Day
The portal will roll out to less than a sixth of the expected 6,000 companies as part of a ‘pilot scheme’
From childcare to welfare: five takeaways from Budget 2026
What are the headline measures in the Government’s €9.4 billion spending plans?
Third-level student fees ‘to be cut by €500 permanently in Budget’
Another €12 weekly rise in core welfare payments in doubt as talks go down to wire
More than €4m in public childcare funding being lost because of pay deal delay
Minister urged to spark a ‘Donogh O’Malley moment’ by transforming access to childcare
Hunt for childcare a desperate gambit for parents, campaign group hears
‘It’s like you drive around until you find an empty space to park your child, to shove your child into’
Irish State has ‘serious questions to answer’ after Daniel Aruebose’s death, Ombudsman says
State has ‘serious questions to answer’ in relation to Daniel Aruebose and Kyran Durnin cases, says Dr Niall Muldoon
How can a child just disappear without the State even noticing?
Search for remains Co Dublin boy – the second child to vanish in a year – raises concerns about welfare of vulnerable children during Covid pandemic
Gardaí believe remains of missing boy assumed dead are buried on lands in north Co Dublin
No response from cadaver dog brought on to search site
More public sector and Civil Service jobs earmarked for disabled people
Much-anticipated national strategy to be published on Wednesday, setting out commitments
Gardaí understood to have spoken to parents of missing boy feared dead as land search begins
Officers take control of area of open ground in Donabate which will be scoured for clues over coming days
Jim Gavin comes with his own presidential parachute and ticks all the boxes
Fianna Fáil faithful are praying the leadership doesn’t make a mess of its amusing plan to win the presidential election though superior tactics
New rules could see developers obliged to provide workable creche buildings
Some mandated childcare facilities in new housing estates remain empty because of fit out costs or unsuitability
‘The two creches can only hold so much’: The childcare scramble in Ireland’s growing towns
In Co Kildare, where the population has doubled and is predicted to double again, parents are pushing for more
A promising start for Jim O’Callaghan, not so for James Browne: How has the Cabinet performed in its first six months?
Jim O’Callaghan and Peter Burke have made promising starts, James Browne has a lot of catching up to do
Parents face fee rise after Dublin childcare provider pulls out of ‘deeply flawed’ core funding model
More centres expected to withdraw from scheme in coming weeks, citing growing costs
Fertility treatment and the workplace: ‘It’s a hugely personal thing to have to say’
Workplace issues ‘one of the biggest challenges’ for those undergoing IVF
‘Constructive’ talks take place between Minister and disability service providers, says department
Organisations warn about ‘extreme risk’ to capacity for expanding services or sustaining existing operations
State agencies to implement new rules aiming to enhance transparency in political ads
Introduction of alcohol warning labels to be deferred for two years, Ministers to hear
Why are the experiences of people, like me, who were resident in Temple Hill forgotten?
Residents of the old St Patrick’s Infant and Dietetic Hospital are excluded from redress schemes despite its role in adoptions
Crackdown on short-term lets: property owners and politicians push back
Concerns raised by holiday home owners and politicians over plans aimed at freeing up housing for long-term rental market
Higgins ‘open’ to visiting Tuam mother and baby home site as he welcomes excavation
The excavation will begin on Monday, some 11 years after research by local historian Catherine Corless revealed 796 children died at the institution
No money yet released from €8m special needs funds despite Tanáiste’s pledges
Groups due to benefit from funds asked to reapply with no guarantee they will receive grant
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