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childhood

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Margaret Lynch

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dublin riots

Clinical psychologist: How do we help children make sense of the horrors of yesterday?

Dr Sara O’Byrne

Updated 24 Nov 2023

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Join The Party

Parenting: 'As a rough guide, I would say to expect 78 new WhatsApp groups per child, per term'

Margaret Lynch

21 Oct 2023

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Criticism

Macron wants 'strong' sanctions after child suffering from cancer attacked at Ligue 1 game

5 Jun 2023

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Child Welfare

Childline volunteer: I have been able to help kids in trouble the way I was helped

Jonathan Ryan

17 Dec 2022

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Childline

Opinion: ‘It feels as though I’m answering a call on every shift from a child talking about suicide’

Lee Daly

24 Dec 2020

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Courts

Couple found guilty of neglect of 14-month-old baby girl

15 Dec 2020

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Opinion

Opinion: How to deal with your child's fear of the monsters under the bed

Philippa Perry

3 Mar 2019

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Julen Rosello

Rescuers recover body of Spanish boy who fell down well

26 Jan 2019

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WRC

'One of the worst years of my life': Woman awarded €8k in unfair dismissal case

13 Dec 2018

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Charged

Man charged with murder of 3-year-old boy in Derry

13 Jun 2018

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Audience with the Pope

After being summoned to the Vatican over child sex abuse scandal, all Chilean bishops resign

18 May 2018

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Bronx

Boy (3) started New York fire which killed 12 by playing with apartment cooker

29 Dec 2017

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France

Man arrested over disappearance of nine-year-old girl from Alps wedding

1 Sep 2017

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Poverty

'Left with €15 after bills': The week-to-week struggle of a single parent in Ireland

23 Jul 2017

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Claim

$2m sent to child of Fifa member before 2022 World Cup awarded - report

27 Jun 2017

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Stigma

Adoption in Ireland: 'We're still going through it, we're still carrying the shame'

18 Jun 2017

12.6k

Cavan

Childminder told gardaí baby was not violently shaken or assaulted

26 Apr 2017

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Wexford

Man jailed for five years for orally raping partner's son (7)

24 Apr 2017

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Fermanagh

'Devastating news': Four-year-old boy dies following incident on farm

7 Apr 2017

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abuse claims

Jane Fonda reveals she was raped and sexually abused as a child

3 Mar 2017

30.0k

Family court

Child taken into care after her mother was found passed out on New Year's Eve

4 Jan 2017

31.5k

new arrival

"Heroic" Greek grandmother becomes surrogate mum aged 67

23 Dec 2016

10.2k

remains of the dead

The hunt to find the owners of urns found on the Mexico subway

15 Oct 2016

8.4k

mercy killing

Terminally ill child becomes first minor to be granted euthanasia in Belgium

17 Sep 2016

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Outbreak

Child dies in Scotland after E.coli outbreak linked to blue cheese

5 Sep 2016

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lismolin

Young girl (8) dies in farming accident in Mayo

2 Aug 2016

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Opinion

'As a child of an alcoholic, I am damaged'

Anonymous

10 Jul 2016

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Classy

The Sun put a picture of Wayne Rooney's crying six-year-old son on its front page

28 Jun 2016

96.8k

Lisburn

Man and two children struck by lightning in Northern Ireland

7 Jun 2016

21.2k

water therapy

How a dip in a pool can help open up a new world for children with autism

6 Jun 2016

18.9k

Foster Care

Heartbroken grandparents say Tusla custody battle is 'killing' them

24 May 2016

41.6k

Courts

Young child taken from grandparents and put into foster care because of their age

23 May 2016

82.9k

Cork

Three-year-old child rescued by passerby after falling into River Lee

20 May 2016

34.2k

Ohio

Ohio school put on lockdown after man stabs eight-year-old girl in school yard

6 May 2016

22.1k

ah bless

Watch: RTÉ just tortured an incredibly cute child into giving them his take on 1916

27 Mar 2016

31.3k

Behind Bars

Police in London respond after holding a child in custody overnight

18 Mar 2016

25.1k

Air France

Small child found hidden in plane passenger's carry-on luggage

9 Mar 2016

45.5k

Opinion

Call me a selfish criminal and a murderer if you want, but having an abortion was right for me

Anonymous

17 Feb 2016

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help yourself

Consoling a virtual child could be the key to helping people with depression

15 Feb 2016

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