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Opinion
'I won’t ever be able to understand exactly how the HPV vaccine works. So as a parent I have to trust the experts'
Eric Nolan
3 Sep 2018
17.8k
129
Jastine Valdez
'I kept on collapsing when I knew something was wrong': Jastine Valdez's parents on daughter's murder
29 Aug 2018
33.4k
24
Social Protection
Government providing €49.5 million for school clothing scheme, up €2.1 million on last year
25 Jun 2018
7.1k
24
Education
Poll: Were your parents the biggest influence on your career choice?
4 Jun 2018
26.2k
44
Every Little Helps
People asked to host coffee mornings to help make hospitals more fun places for sick kids
3 Jun 2018
8.4k
8
Cervical Cancer
What to do if your daughter didn't get the HPV vaccine before, but wants it now
25 Mar 2018
22.5k
29
parents
Doctors warn parents after boy burned due to spark from aerosol soap can
18 Feb 2018
51.6k
23
Smartphones
Varadkar says children need to be protected from predators online
31 Jan 2018
9.5k
62
no fair
People are sharing the weirdest things their parents banned from them as kids, and it's gas
11 Jan 2018
10.7k
13
budget 2019
Proposals to give parents a tax credit for directly employing childminders in their own home
2 Jan 2018
22.6k
34
Home
'They were hell on earth': Global efforts to get kids out of orphanages are paying off
25 Dec 2017
17.0k
3
Newborns
More than 27,000 fathers have taken paternity leave so far
8 Nov 2017
13.1k
47
Homelessness
Emotional damage to homeless children should be examined by Children's Ombudsman
2 Sep 2017
5.4k
22
hip hip hurray
It's my son's third birthday - here's why I'm refusing to give into 'party pressure'
16 Aug 2017
7.7k
2
Childcare
Childcare payments may differ from county to county after creche fee audit
4 Aug 2017
13.5k
5
Childcare
The minefield of free childcare: The Grandparents Creche is great, but how do you pay the bill?
26 Jul 2017
4.9k
3
Child Safety
Warning for Irish parents over Snapchat update that shows users' exact locations
27 Jun 2017
21.0k
17
Child Safety
'When did it become the norm to say 'I'll go out with you if you send me a naked pic'?'
15 Jun 2017
22.7k
26
Family court
Child remains in care after parents refuse to answer phone or turn up to court hearing
20 Apr 2017
22.6k
egg on your face
At what age are you 'too old' to get an Easter egg off your parents?
16 Apr 2017
14.3k
5
added pressure
More parents are using children to shoplift for them, according to retailers
29 Mar 2017
13.1k
16
you're next
Writing "suits you" under pictures of people holding babies should be outlawed
13 Mar 2017
20.9k
16
Newborns
7,000 fathers have taken paid paternity leave since it was introduced
3 Mar 2017
15.1k
17
Background
'He likes his dad to collect him from the airport' - WWE's heartwarming tribute to Ireland's Finn Balor
17 Feb 2017
9.0k
9
family supports
Prisoner parenting course aims to prevent mothers and fathers from reoffending
13 Feb 2017
9.7k
12
Social Welfare
Varadkar says lone parents can earn more under measure that kicks in today
5 Jan 2017
26.1k
61
Foster Care
'If we had simply accepted that ageist foster parents rule, it would still be with us'
28 Dec 2016
16.6k
9
Mobility grant
'If he has a major seizure in the night, we need to know the car will start'
17 Nov 2016
12.7k
22
only gay in the village
Everyone fell in love with this girl's lovely parents on RTÉ's Only Gay in the Village
10 Nov 2016
10.2k
Childcare
Children do better when minded by relatives and childminders rather than full-time parents, says ESRI
2 Nov 2016
25.3k
37
responsibility
'It's not the State's problem, it's the family's': Care system to adopt tough love approach
30 Oct 2016
24.3k
33
Courts
Mother jailed after failing to protect son (6) from "extreme sexual violence" of father
17 Oct 2016
24.0k
47
you raise them up
Are you a parent? Here's what Budget 2017 will do for you
11 Oct 2016
49.6k
168
Parenting
31 questions everyone plagues you with when you've had a baby
4 Oct 2016
7.5k
12
Children who own mobile phones are doing worse in maths and reading
29 Sep 2016
14.4k
32
kinderleavings
Parents are sharing the grim, grim breakfasts they eat every day, inspired by this comedian
28 Sep 2016
10.0k
mammy dinners
13 things only people who lived at home in college will understand
17 Sep 2016
14.1k
good f**king luck
A mam wrote her husband this unsparing letter before leaving him with the kids for the weekend
16 Aug 2016
13.3k
9
Pregnancy Loss
Savita Halappanavar "at the core" of new care standards for bereaved parents
10 Aug 2016
9.1k
34
enrolment policies
Unbaptised and bottom of the list - frustrated and worried parents speak out
2 Aug 2016
17.1k
74
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