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'Christmas should mean safety and happiness': Over 1,000 contacted Childline yesterday

Alcohol abuse was consistently mentioned by worried children who contacted the charity on Christmas Day.

10.8k

Dec 26th 2016, 12:40 PM

'We distributed €35 million last year. Demand is not slowing': SVP faces unrelenting demand

There has been an increased demand for the charity’s help this year.

9.8k

Dec 12th 2016, 6:30 AM

"We have to hold out hope": Student now missing one week

The family and friends of Mark Casey, 19, travel to Limerick city every day to search for Offaly man who went missing on night out.

26.2k

Mar 14th 2014, 6:00 PM

Domestic violence victims turned away 2,537 times in 2011 from overcrowded refuges

Calls from domestic violence services said: “It shouldn’t take days, weeks, months or sometimes years for a woman’s needs to be met.”

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Mar 2nd 2013, 7:40 AM