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Kathy Donaghy: Parents should choose Christmas gifts wisely because screens are robbing children of their innocence
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Campaigners say special-education minister is ‘disconnected’ on reality of availability of school places
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Push to cap childcare fees below €354 a week seen as step towards Government’s €200-a-month pledge
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‘We provide a vital role with so little support’ – mum calls for financial equity for single parents and carers

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Kathy Donaghy: Parents should choose Christmas gifts wisely because screens are robbing children of their innocence

Campaigners say special-education minister is ‘disconnected’ on reality of availability of school places

Push to cap childcare fees below €354 a week seen as step towards Government’s €200-a-month pledge

‘We provide a vital role with so little support’ – mum calls for financial equity for single parents and carers

Mary McCarthy: Why Ireland’s Children’s Ombudsman hasn’t done its homework on school smartphone bans

Máire Treasa Ní Cheallaigh: Appropriate sex education for children is not stealing their innocence

Why we can expect a ‘bummer of a budget’ and what is likely to be in it

‘Each day was a battle when I was homeless, now we can breathe again’: Mum praises Depaul for help in turning her life around

Catherine Ardagh: Dragging stressed-out parents of children who need special education to courts should be a source of shame

Secretaries’ strike: ‘She’s the heartbeat of the school. We’re only able to open due to her. In a few weeks the ESB won’t be paid’

Discrimination concerns as some schools ask for pupils’ religion during pre-enrolment process

Fostering and finances: ‘You receive an allowance, but it doesn’t always meet the child’s needs’

Lorraine Courtney: Government is contemptuous of families – just look at its apathy towards childcare

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