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# parents - Wednesday 11 December, 2019
Suggestions children aged 4 would be taught about masturbation called out as 'dangerous scaremongering'
The minister said the ethos of the school is central to any curriculum and will be protected.
# parents - Sunday 10 November, 2019
'Young people learn about sex through porn, many have no idea what a healthy relationship looks like'
Parents and teachers need to be better equipped to talk to young people about sex and relationships, Noeline Blackwell has said.
# parents - Monday 21 October, 2019
'What we have in Ireland is not equal': Same-sex parents call for more legal rights to their children
The protest was held this afternoon outside the Department of Health building in Dublin.
# parents - Monday 7 October, 2019
Paid maternity and paternity leave to be extended by two weeks
New legislation will provide for extra paid leave for each parent of a child who is born, or adopted, from 1 November 2019.
# parents - Saturday 28 September, 2019
Behind-the-scenes pressure on minister to raise inheritance tax threshold in the Budget
A tax-free threshold on transfers between parents and their children currently stands at €320,000.
# parents - Wednesday 14 August, 2019
Poll: Should voluntary contributions to schools be scrapped?
Parents can be asked to pay between €60 to €115.
# parents - Thursday 1 August, 2019
Parents say they're avoiding paying bills to deal with the cost of sending their children to school
That’s according to the Barnardos School Costs Survey, published today.
# parents - Thursday 25 July, 2019
Four more weeks of unpaid parental leave available from September
This will increase the unpaid parental leave from 18 weeks to 22 weeks from 1 September 2019.
# parents - Saturday 4 May, 2019
'Our son Patrick is looking down on Leanne this weekend. She was very close to him'
A look through Leanne Kiernan’s rise to the top, through the highs and the lows, ahead of today’s FA Cup final.
# parents - Monday 15 April, 2019
Man sues parents for throwing away his €25k porn collection
The 40-year-old man’s father told him he had done him a favour by getting rid of his 12 boxes of films and magazines.
# parents - Wednesday 13 March, 2019
Parents' focus on 'winning' custody battles is harming Irish children
An Oireachtas committee will today hear from various interest groups about proposals to reform the family law system.
# parents - Sunday 3 March, 2019
Opinion: How to deal with your child's fear of the monsters under the bed
Philippa Perry writes about how not to shut children down, which might only encourage them not to talk to you about big and small things.
# parents - Saturday 16 February, 2019
Young people share their experiences in care: 'This was the chapter where I turned my life around'
A number of young people shared their experiences yesterday and said they want to erase the stigma attached to being in the care system.
# parents - Friday 11 January, 2019
Same-sex couples will be able to use ‘parent’ on birth certificates under new law
The changes will resolve a number of difficulties in the registration of donor assisted births.
# parents - Tuesday 9 October, 2018
Parents to get an extra two weeks' paid parental leave from next year
The measure will be introduced from November 2019.
# parents - Wednesday 26 September, 2018
Opinion: In the digital era, how do you raise your child to be a reader?
Bookseller Lorraine Levis advises parents on how to raise a book-loving child in a screen-loving era.
# parents - Monday 3 September, 2018
'I won’t ever be able to understand exactly how the HPV vaccine works. So as a parent I have to trust the experts'
The desire to protect and care for your child is indescribable, writes Eric Nolan. And that means doing your best to keep them safe.
# parents - Wednesday 29 August, 2018
'I kept on collapsing when I knew something was wrong': Jastine Valdez's parents on daughter's murder
Jastine was abducted and murdered by Mark Hennessy in May of this year.
# parents - Monday 25 June, 2018
Government providing €49.5 million for school clothing scheme, up €2.1 million on last year
It is paid at a rate of €125 for children aged 4-11 and €250 for children aged 12 years and over.
# parents - Monday 4 June, 2018
Poll: Were your parents the biggest influence on your career choice?
Parents may not be fully aware of the vast range of science and technology careers available, Dr Des Fitzgerald said.
# parents - Sunday 3 June, 2018
People asked to host coffee mornings to help make hospitals more fun places for sick kids
Volunteers spend time with sick children in hospital, doing crafts, reading to them or playing games with them.
# parents - Sunday 25 March, 2018
What to do if your daughter didn't get the HPV vaccine before, but wants it now
Since September 2016 the uptake rate for the vaccine has increased from 51% to 62%.
# parents - Sunday 18 February, 2018
Doctors warn parents after boy burned due to spark from aerosol soap can
The doctors said that face paint the boy was wearing might have been oil-based, which would have reacted with the spark.
# parents - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
Varadkar says children need to be protected from predators online
The digital age of consent in Ireland is 13.
# parents - Thursday 11 January, 2018
People are sharing the weirdest things their parents banned from them as kids, and it's gas
“My mom wouldn’t let me watch the birth scene in the Spice Girls movie.”
# parents - Tuesday 2 January, 2018
Proposals to give parents a tax credit for directly employing childminders in their own home
Many people currently pay cash to their childminder, but this new measure would ensure these minders receive the benefits of any employee.
# parents - Monday 25 December, 2017
'They were hell on earth': Global efforts to get kids out of orphanages are paying off
The number of children in Romania’s orphanages has plummeted from more than 100,000 in the 80s to about 7,000.
# parents - Wednesday 8 November, 2017
More than 27,000 fathers have taken paternity leave so far
“We have to take a wider societal view and not think of rearing children as something best done in one’s spare time, preferably by women,” Deirdre Clune said.
# parents - Saturday 2 September, 2017
Emotional damage to homeless children should be examined by Children's Ombudsman
New figures show there were 2,423 children in emergency accommodation in the Dublin at the end of July.
# parents - Wednesday 16 August, 2017
It's my son's third birthday - here's why I'm refusing to give into 'party pressure'
All he wants is a cake but I know other parents will expect more, writes Chrissie Russell.
# parents - Friday 4 August, 2017
Childcare payments may differ from county to county after creche fee audit
The review will take 10 months to complete and will inform Minister Katherine Zappone’s future budget decisions.
# parents - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
The minefield of free childcare: The Grandparents Creche is great, but how do you pay the bill?
Family childcare comes at a price that can be difficult to define, writes Chrissie Russell.
# parents - Tuesday 27 June, 2017
Warning for Irish parents over Snapchat update that shows users' exact locations
Snapchat has introduced a map feature that allows users to track other people’s location.
# parents - Thursday 15 June, 2017
'When did it become the norm to say 'I'll go out with you if you send me a naked pic'?'
Children and technology expert Andy Phippen gives his advice to parents on the issue of sexting.
# parents - Thursday 20 April, 2017
Child remains in care after parents refuse to answer phone or turn up to court hearing
The family court heard that the family had living arrangements “unsuitable for a young child”.
# parents - Sunday 16 April, 2017
At what age are you 'too old' to get an Easter egg off your parents?
The burning question of the day.
# parents - Wednesday 29 March, 2017
More parents are using children to shoplift for them, according to retailers
According to Retail Excellence, all kinds of shops – from electronics to garden centres – are reporting higher rates of children shoplifting.
# parents - Monday 13 March, 2017
# parents - Friday 3 March, 2017
7,000 fathers have taken paid paternity leave since it was introduced
The initiative allows fathers to take two weeks off work to help care for their babies, if they have enough PRSI contributions.
# parents - Friday 17 February, 2017
'He likes his dad to collect him from the airport' - WWE's heartwarming tribute to Ireland's Finn Balor
The 35-year-old Wicklow native, whose real name is Fergal Devitt, has forged a successful career in wrestling.
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Poll: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went head-to-head in the first live televised election debate last night where a range of issues from healthcare to housing were discussed.
One moment that set people talking was towards the end of the debate when presenter Pat Kenny asked each of the candidates if they have ever used illegal drugs.
While Martin instantly replied that he has never taken illegal drugs, Varadkar said he already answered this question in an interview several years ago. After he was pressed for an answer from Kenny and Martin, Varadkar admitted he had used illegal drugs but said it was “obviously a long time ago.”
Speaking on the Tonight Show after the debate, Fr Peter McVerry dismissed it as a pointless question, adding that only people buying drugs regularly should have to account for their moral decision.
It is clear that a wider debate is to be had around personal drug use and how much of this should be shared by those running for elected office.
So today we’re asking you: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
Poll Results:
Yes (7645)
No (5330)
I'm not sure (611)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Lise Hand: Will they? Won't they? Shades of Love Island as big parties can't avoid recoupling talk
By Lise Hand - @liseinthecity
Opinion: Young people don't vote? You may be right, but we might surprise you
By Adam Hallissey and Ben Quigley - @progressbrief
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