This is an increase in the 20,209 children overdue for assessment at the end of 2025.

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín raised the matter following an RTÉ Investigates programme into the ‘obscene’ care of children.

A total of 79 per cent of respondents to a poll for the Irish Heart Foundation support the measure to prevent kids being bombarded with posts for foods high in sugar, fat and salt.

Riad Bouchaker, 51, of no fixed abode, is charged with the attempted murder of three youngsters in 2023.

The children who are all from the same family cannot be identified by order of the court.

The EU Commission said Snapchat may have breached the Digital Services Act by exposing minors to grooming attempts and recruitment for criminal purposes.

The Irish Penal Reform Trust study notes that single mothers are being drawn into the sex industry to make ends meet.

In many cases, children are experiencing more harm after being taken into care, the report concludes.

The siblings fell to the ground when the pane of glass on the balcony railing gave way. They had been playing with two other siblings who were not injured.

Sister and brother Nevaeh (7) and Jayden (3) O’Neill, fell from the balcony at Mount Suir apartments in Gracedieu.

During school holidays, 66 per cent of children spend two or more hours per day on devices

Paul Givan has sent a letter to all school principals.

The investigation found another 2,450 referrals that had not been ‘triaged’ within five days as required under national protocols

Minister for Education and Youth Hildegarde Naughton was embroiled in controversy when she announced a review of SNA allocations

Around three-quarters of Ireland’s corporation tax comes from large US multinationals, with just two sectors – tech and manufacturing – accounting for about 87 per cent of that

Figures from the HSE show 20,209 children are overdue AON, with 16,960 children waiting over three months. 

Manchester toddler Jude Owens successfully executed a pool bank shot at two years and 302 days old.

Research suggests that rates of problem gambling are significantly higher among people who gambled as children.

Research suggests that rates of problem gambling are significantly higher among people who gambled as children.

6035 children are waiting over a year for first contact from a CDNT.

The Irish chef said that children should be taught about how their meals connect to their local area and the seasons.

After the disappearance of Kyran Durnin, in July this year, a Children Missing in Education (CME) team was set up to help find children who are missing from school.

What is the ban in Australia, what are the arguments for and against, and will Ireland follow suit?

Children’s Minister Normal Foley said that she had confidence in Tusla.

A study has found 63 per cent of children have come across extremist views online

The woman told the court, "he is not a bad person when sober".

The number of people using emergency accommodation rose to 16,755 in October, 5,274 of whom were children.

Norma Foley was responding after the agency’s chief executive Kate Duggan said several children went missing from Tusla’s care every day.

35,649 children and adults were supported by Barnardos in 2024, a 37 per cent increase on the previous year and the highest level ever recorded.

While flu can be managed at home in most cases, very young children and those with underlying conditions are at higher risk of becoming seriously ill, with some requiring hospitalisation

Leighton Morrison, aged 49, of Woodfield, Galway Road, Tuam, Co Galway pleaded guilty at Castlebar Circuit Criminal Court to sexually assaulting two children

The HSE says the rise is down to 2,957 new applications were received in Q3, making a total of 9,570 received to date in 2025. 

At the Family Law Court, Judge Alec Gabbett has granted access to the man, who has no biological link to the two children, for a limited number of access visits each year

The children arrived in Ireland along with 29 family members, a spokesperson for the department said. The initial evacuation was carried out overland from Gaza to Jordan via a WHO medical evacuation convoy.

Maureen O’Hanlon has been backing Team Hope for the past decade.

Despite frequent use, only 27 per cent of 8-12 year-olds believe that being online is mostly a good thing for them

The Happy Ever After childcare centre, which supports 97 children, will stop operations on October 31st this year, leaving families scrambling for alternative childcare and 19 staff members facing unemployment

Alexandre Pallares, 27, pleaded guilty at a sitting of Naas Circuit Criminal Court to a charge of assault causing harm to the baby boy

The excavation at the site of the former Mother and Baby home in Galway began 10 weeks ago

The commitment was made by Tánaiste Simon Harris to the parents of Harvey Morrison Sherratt, nine, who died in July.

Research from Indeed found women are twice as likely as men to have reduced their hours because of childcare responsibilities, with 31 per cent of women compared to 15 per cent of men.

A man faced a number of motoring offences when he appeared at Belfast Magistrates’ Court on Tuesday.

A 37-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of driving with excess alcohol.