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CyberSafeKids, an online safety charity, revealed the research findings to mark Safer Internet Day

A UN committee heard it may not be possible for the State to stop sending children to adult mental health units

Brendan Clifford (37) was previously sentenced to five years in prison, with the final 18 months suspended, after he admitted sexually assaulting a boy and sexually exploiting his sister in 2015

Telford squeezed the woman’s face and jaw before he threw her onto the bed. He grabbed her by the hair and threw her onto the floor where he continued to slap and kick at her legs.

Children and young people accessing child mental health services with open cases have been "lost" to follow-up care

Leo Varadkar’s new unit will aim to reduce the time children have to wait to receive healthcare or be assessed for special needs.

A spokesperson for the Irish College of General Practitioners has advised parents to watch out for possible signs of Strep A infection as children’s immune systems have become more prone to infections following Covid lockdowns.

“One child wriggling in the seat, another trying to get out the door, or climbing up on things - all while the stylist is trying to do their job. It can be very stressful for everybody." 

A dispute has arisen over who should continue to look after the orphaned children of the second marriage of their deceased wealthy father, the High Court has heard

The High Court has been asked to make orders preventing the State from administering Covid-19 vaccines or booster shots to children aged between five and 11 years of age until full information about any alleged risks have been given to the public

Of the 97,700 children on waiting lists, one in four have been on their respective list for over a year. 

Children’s Commissioner Koulla Yiasouma said government is not working together effectively to protect children and young people.

The HSE’s public health medicine and flu lead, Dr Aparna Keegan has called on all parents to bring their children aged two years to 19 years to get their flu vaccine

The HSE is urging parents to make sure their children are up to date with their MenB vaccines after three cases of meningitis were discovered recently

Sinn Fein’s Pearse Doherty told the Dail 17,000 youngsters are awaiting on initial contact with a children’s disability team.

The children's mother suffered critical injuries from the blaze, and was rushed by helicopter to a hospital in Dublin.

Hundreds of people attended the requiem mass on Friday morning.

Lisa Cash (18) and her eight-year-old twin siblings Christy and Chelsea Cawley will be laid to rest at Bohernabreena Cemetery

A man has been arrested after Lisa Cash and her eight-year-old siblings Christy and Chelsea died in Tallaght at the weekend.

Scoliosis operations for children were scheduled to take place over the next three weeks at Temple Street Hospital in Dublin.

Recent data from the Health Protection Surveillance Centre, "shows a worrying drop in the uptake of childhood vaccines in two-year-olds".

Since the start of the war, 45,000 displaced people from Ukraine have arrived in Ireland

Up to five children and teenagers are diagnosed each week with Type 1 diabetes in Ireland.

FUSS (Families Unite for Services and Support) organised a day of demonstration and action on Saturday, as the group are crying out for improvements to overburdened services and supports for children with disabilities.

A knife-wielding mother "drenched" her infant son in boiling water and said 'I want to kill my children and myself' whilst falsely imprisoning a social worker, the court heard

The study, published in the Journal of Nutritional Science, is the largest of its kind in Ireland to date.

The Act will provide for the abolition of both overnight and day case public in-patient charges for children under 16 years in all public hospitals

Almost 90 per cent of parents worry about the content their children could see online

Cork University Hospital has become home to tens of thousands of honeybees.

“It would be selfish to go out”, Dr Denis McCauley said

Helen McEntee said pornography and the sex trade fuel misogyny and violence against women and undermine gender equality

Michael Golden (73) of Crosspatrick, Killala, Co Mayo was convicted unanimously by a jury following a Central Criminal Court trial last month of seven courts of indecent assault, four counts of sexual assault and nine counts of oral rape against four children on dates between 1980 and 1997

Some 3,000 children in Cork will receive the lifelong gift of the joy of reading, thanks to a book-giving scheme from singer Dolly Parton, writes Ellie O’ByrneWHILE the country star is best known for hits like ‘Jolene’, ‘9 to 5’ and ‘Islands in the ...

Hunger linked to coronavirus is leading to the deaths of 10,000 more children a month over the first year of the pandemic, according to an urgent call for action from the United Nations.