Today Is Universal Children’s Day But One In NINE Children Live In Poverty Here
Today marks UN Universal Children’s Day but what is being done to lift Ireland’s poorest children out of poverty? One Family – Ireland’s organisation for people parenting alone, sharing parenting, and separating – have voiced their concerns on the inequality that exists in Irish society for the one in nine (11 percent) children who live in consistent […]
10 years ago
While Your Child Was Sleeping, Childcare Volunteers Took Calls From Thousands Of Other Children
While the majority of us can sink into our sofas at night knowing that our children are safe, snug and asleep in their beds, the volunteers working the late night shifts at Childline know all too well that this is not the case for all children in this country. This is the story of 13-year-old […]
10 years ago
Wicklow Man Arrested And Charged With Assaulting Four Children
This is absolutely awful news this morning. A man in his 30s, named as Stephen Hartnett, has been arrested in Bray and charged with assault causing serious harm to four young children. It is reported that the man ran to a neighbouring house in distress and said that he thought the children were dead. Emergency services […]
10 years ago