Riad Bouchaker is facing charges including the attempted murder of two female children and one male child.

This is a drop from the 12,106 children waiting for their first contact at the end of April.

The HSE has confirmed that a child has been on a waiting list for psychological care for 13.5 years.

Out of 202 million private households in the 27-country bloc, just under a quarter included children last year, according to information collated by Eurostat, the EU statistics office.

Children’s Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon wants the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child incorporated into Irish law.

The Oireachtas Committee on Housing was told that families and children are ‘sinking’ in homelessness.

The Little Blue Heroes Foundation was set up to support families of children with serious illness.

A 10% increase in minimum rates of pay for childcare workers has been proposed by the Joint Labour Committee.

New Esri research, commissioned by BlockW, highlights the complexities and risks associated with children’s digital technology use.

Minister for Education Helen McEntee said she will provide updated figures to the cabinet in July, which will then be publicly shared.

Sinn Féin president Mary-Lou McDonald urged the Government to act

Five children and nine women were among 35 people deported from Ireland to Nigeria on Wednesday night.

Children were being asked to support vulnerable young people around the world by hosting a tea party in their final weeks of school.

An academic study on the impact of the home-visiting scheme in Darndale found it had resulted in a series of positive outcomes for children.

It comes as teenage campaigner Cara Darmody began staging a 50-hour protest outside Leinster House on Tuesday morning.

An audit was conducted into a random anonymised sample of patients, aged one to seven years, who were operated on from 2021 to 2023.

The girl’s family have praised the staff at the institution she is attending for going ‘above and beyond’.

too much screen time and too little natural daylight are key risk factors in the development of myopia, a condition rising globally.

Sarah Gannon’s book is inspired by her seven-year-old daughter Ciara who has Charge syndrome and is deafblind.

It leaves the total number of children awaiting spinal surgery procedures at 228.

The first Online Safety Monitor calls on the Government to lead reform of EU laws against child sexual abuse material.

Pearse Doherty said it was alleged that the surgeries were conducted ‘purely for financial gain’.

The girl is now aged six but was five at the time of the attack in Parnell Square.

Only 36 per cent of people are aware that people who were not born in Ireland can foster, while 36 per cent of people are aware that people over 55 can foster.

Oisin Peavoy (39) of Granby Row, Dublin 1, pleaded guilty to two counts of production on an article at locations in Parnell Square and Gardiner Street Upper

Aontú leader Peadar Tóibín said there had been a ‘shocking increase’ in the number of children referred to Tusla.

Anthony Quigley from Roches Heights, Mitchelstown, Co Cork appeared before Cork Circuit Criminal Court having previously pleaded guilty to engaging in offensive conduct of a sexual nature following an incident in his hometown last year.

The current Government must do more for marginalised children, according to a specialist group.

28 per cent of the children surveyed reported that they could go online whenever they wanted.

Ireland Reads Day will take place on February 22nd.

The Children’s Ombudsman said the complaints process was ‘not sufficiently robust’ to deal with complaints about restraint.

Child income poverty has fluctuated more in Northern Ireland than in the Republic of Ireland, according to a new report.

The rapes of the three children committed took place when the defendant was a teenager over 20 years ago

HIQA has released a new report, detailing its monitoring of children's services over the last 10 years.

The study also found that girls in all girls’ schools have the most gender equal views while boys in all boys’ schools have the least.

The Central Criminal Court heard from two of the victims of the devasting and long lasting effects

The new rules will not affect filters which are created to be obvious and funny, including those which feature the likes of animal ears.

A survey commissioned by TUICU found that almost nine in ten parents (86 per cent) say that children should earn their pocket money by carrying out household chores.

Assessments of need are conducted to identify the health service needs of children with disabilities

A number of arrests have been carried out over recent weeks by Gardaí in the Coolock and Raheny districts, targeting people who are engaging in targeted property crime and profiting from criminal activities.

The new infant group will join the existing two cohorts which were recruited in 1998 and 2008.

Nine children from a family of 10 have been taken from their parents on the basis of alleged neglect or abuse, the High Court heard on Monday

An estimated 19,500 children are believed to be in temporarily occupied areas or Russian territory.