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Professor Luke O'Neill on how to get your children interested in science (plus: two experiments to try at home)
'Health and safety rules did not apply...': Life on the road touring - and cooking for - Stockton's Wing
Mike Hanrahan
Column: 'We're worried our son will become an orphan due to our lack of rights'
Kelly & Gabriela Socol
Severe asthmatics face a 'lottery' for access to life-changing drugs
Twenty women say they were not allowed return to work at end of their maternity leave last year
'Absolutely outrageous' that promised public fertility fund still not finalised
'Until now people have been expecting these kids to adapt - but why should they adapt?'
Opinion: Single parents will be forced onto social welfare if childcare costs are not addressed
Louise Bayliss
Government launches competition to promote Irish students' individuality
Energy drinks contain up to 17 spoons of sugar and twice as much caffeine as an espresso
Opinion: The mental health of our children should be the focus of Budget 2020, not Brexit
Stephanie McGill-Lynch
As vaping-linked injuries and deaths rise in the US, some Irish colleges are moving towards an all-out ban
Opinion: The health service will collapse if the exploitation of Ireland's carers isn't addressed
Catherine Cox
'Zero excuse' that teenage boys should not get same access to free HPV vaccine as girls
'Doctors did everything they could but it was just too late' - Families warn about dangers of sepsis
Grade inflation is soaring: Are degrees losing all meaning?
Two sets of triplets born in 24 hours in Co Down hospital
Lynn Ruane: Child maintenance reform would be good for children - and good for the country
Lynn Ruane
Court decides child in foster care can go to Church of Ireland school against wishes of Catholic parents
British royal Archie Mountbatten-Windsor baptised at 'intimate service'
Trailer Watch: Which movie should you go see this weekend?
Calls for free folic acid to be given to Irish women as minister considers it ahead of Budget
PE lessons could be taught through Irish in effort to make language relevant 'to the next generation'
'It's about a culture change': New welfare payment which could benefit up to 60,000 parents announced
Teachers to be rotated among schools under new substitute panel plan
Child Protection: The failure to publish the report into Mother & Baby Homes is part of a continued cover-up
Shane Dunphy
'Smallest' boy who was born the same weight as an apple set to leave Japanese hospital
DCC forfeited almost €90k in library fines to boost memberships
'It's about being respectful... then the intimacy happens': The story behind those baby gorilla photos
Opinion: 'I wanted to pursue my acting dreams - but having kids was a huge risk. What should I do?'
Sarah Carroll
'She is a true warrior': Campaign to raise funds for Irish woman who needs transplant in UK
Disney+ streaming service sets November launch as it looks to rival Netflix
Opinion: 'I was born with my organs outside my body and given the last rites but now I have two children of my own'
Edwina Wrenn
'I was furious and scared': Sinéad Burke on how being harassed on O'Connell Street inspired her new education campaign
'It’s horrendous, we’re so helpless': Mum of three-year-old hit and run victim praying for full recovery
'It was really touch and go': Eight-week-old pup given life saving surgery following public donations
'It's better than your child coming home in a hearse': Family campaign after daughter killed in car crash
Opinion: I had a tumour growing in my breast but I also had a life growing inside me
Mary Canavan
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'It spreads like wildfire': Why Ireland, and the world, is seeing a huge surge in measles cases
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Poll: Should children be banned from attending school if they haven't been vaccinated?