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2023
Almost 30% of children rate their mental health as 'not good' and need help to manage it
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'Significant gear change' needed to address children's rights shortfalls
Child with profound disability left in hospital for two years after HSE and Tusla unable to secure care for him
Ombudsman expresses 'grave concern' over potential abolition of Department of Children
Child with an intellectual disability placed in hospital for three months
'Children are eating paracetamol to get through the day, afraid of ending up in a wheelchair'