Earls to raffle Ireland jersey from historic win over All Blacks for children's charity
The Munster star is hoping to raise €15,000 for Barnardos Ireland.
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The Munster star is hoping to raise €15,000 for Barnardos Ireland.
That’s according to the Barnardos School Costs Survey, published today.
The children’s charity has said it was still coping with gaps in state in funding first introduced a decade ago.
Last year, Tusla deemed that 100 unborn children were at risk of significant harm and took steps to protect them.
The board will be appointed on an administrative basis until legislation has passed.
Average back-to-school costs have risen at all levels since last year.
Advocates today called for more action on so-called hidden homelessness.
The government had put forward a proposal to set the digital age of consent at 13.
Hidden homelessness is a growing problem in Ireland.
Barnardos wants €250 million to be invested in public services to help children in need.
Today is Barnardos’ national collection day.
School principals say rising costs are putting pressure on parents and on schools.
Many parents will have to spend hundreds of euro in the coming weeks.
Today, leading NGOs will outline measures they say could make a real different to the quality of life of children in this country.
Children’s charity Barnardos said it was appalled by the figures
The bill needs to be approved by the Oireachtas before it’s enacted.
Another HSE audit found a discrepancy in fuel cards used by the National Ambulance Service.
A report today highlighted the devastating impact living in an abusive environment can have on every part of a child’s life.
June Tinsley writes that some families are living in deplorable conditions around the country and says the time for talk is over.
The children’s charity estimates that €103 million would eliminate costs for all parents.
One TD is very unhappy about the proposal.
A full third of Irish parents with young children are concerned about feeding their family.
The family took the flat to avoid emergency accommodation.
“In its last year in office, how will the Government respond to these children?”
Received something you don’t want or need this Christmas? Barnardos could use it.
Barnardos says that ‘without the generosity of volunteers we would not be able to reach the children who need our support’.
Missing breakfast is causing kids to lose six weeks of learning each year.
Barnardos calls on government to take a stand on cost of school uniforms and books as parents are “being pushed to breaking point again and again”.
Barnardos wants to know about the price of socks, PE clothes and tablets.
Barnardos has launched an online fundraising campaign to buy a bike for a young boy after his was stolen yesterday. His family cannot afford a new one.
Barnardos said that of action isn’t taken, lasting damage could be inflicted on children and parents.
Barnardos says that children are the hidden victims of the housing crises.
This is despite the fact that investment was allocated for these jobs two years ago and demand is rising, with 2,943 children now waiting to see therapists.
Figures released this week reveal there are eleven HSE areas that have no early intervention teams at all.
A coalition of health groups are meeting this morning to urge that upcoming legislation be enacted.
It follows the revelation this week that over thirty people have been arrested in Northern Ireland as part of a major child abuse investigation.
Barnardos chief executive Fergus Finlay says that policy makers seem to ‘regard children as being the cause for the mess we’re in’.
There have been calls for schools to allow parents to buy generic uniforms and iron-on crests to save money. Do you agree?
Children’s charity Barnardos has laid out the results of its annual School Costs Survey in this very handy and informative graphic