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GUIDE: Some of the best books to help children explore mental health

Books have the power to transport children outside of their own lives, into magical worlds and places they never could have imagined seeing. However, they can also be hugely important in helping young people come to grips with serious issues that ...

09 Oct 2022 at 12:48

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Bookville Kilkenny unveils fabulous Bookville exhibition this weekend

For 2022 Bookville will be bringing a fabulous Bookville exhibition to Kilkenny City over four days from Friday, October 7. The exhibition will highlight some of the festival’s talented illustrators and their artwork while also giving an insight ...

05 Oct 2022 at 20:00

National News

New National Children’s Hospital to cost more than 1.43 billion euro

The cost of the new National Children’s Hospital will exceed 1.43 billion euro, an Oireachtas committee has heard. National Paediatric Hospital Development Board (NPHDB) chief officer Derek Gunning told the Health Committee the total cost of ...

05 Oct 2022 at 15:00

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Kilkenny Mum Emma Power talks about the big adjustment to her son Lucas' life as a coeliac

Getting through lockdown was hard enough, but for Emma and David Power who live near Castlecomer, the isolation of those times was compounded by the diagnosis of their son Lucas, 11 as a coeliac. The then eight year old was diagnosed just ...

06 Oct 2022 at 20:00

National News

Refugees having to sleep on chairs with no blankets, campaigners claim

Refugees have been forced to sleep on chairs with no blankets at the Citywest transit hub, it has been claimed. Concerns have been raised by campaigners about asylum seekers being subjected to conditions that fail to provide a suitable ...

19 Aug 2022 at 17:52

National News

Two out of five childcare workers seeking work opportunities outside of the sector

A new study has found that just under two in every five childcare workers are now seeking work opportunities outside of the childcare sector. The Early Years Staffing and Pay Survey, conducted by the organisation Services Industrial ...

22 Aug 2022 at 12:57

Local News

Children with special needs ‘left in limbo’ over assessment delays, TD warns

Children with special needs have been failed by the State, the Dail has heard. Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty said youngsters have been “left in limbo” by long delays in being assessed. He said there are 17,000 children waiting on ...

29 Sept 2022 at 15:15

National News

All Irish homes to receive booklet detailing 'historic' new birth information law

A booklet detailing a new law on birth information and tracing will be sent to every household in Ireland. According to the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, who welcomed the ...

26 Jul 2022 at 12:32

National News

Barnardos report finds parents under 'considerable financial pressure' with back-to-school costs

A report from the children's charity Barnardos has found that parents are under 'considerable financial pressure' due to the rising cost of living. The survey, in which 1,000 parents took part, examined the basic cost of ...

26 Jul 2022 at 12:05

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Minister Launches Birth Information and Tracing Booklet

Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic O’Gorman, has today welcomed the launch of a booklet on the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022 to be delivered to every household in ...

25 Jul 2022 at 19:00

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Almost 900 adopted persons and birth parents register contact preferences under new act

A total of 891 adopted persons and relatives applied to the new Contact Preference Register last month following the commencement of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. Of these, 7 adoptees and 2 ...

04 Aug 2022 at 14:00

National News

Dozens of early intervention services for Irish children to share €400k funding

Over €400,000 in funding has been allocated to early intervention services for children and young people across Ireland. The Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, Roderic ...

03 Aug 2022 at 11:04

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