Acclaimed actor, Cillian Murphy, has concerns for his children in the era of smartphones and social media.

A conference to explore ways to address the kind of youth radicalisation, that can lead to atrocities such as those in London and Manchester, opens tomorrow in Galway.

JK Rowling’s children’s charity is teaming up with NUI Galway to help millions of children unnecessarily placed in orphanages worldwide reunite with their families.

The Child and Family Agency has announced a major programme of early intervention measures for children after it received over €8m in one-off Atlantic Philanthropies funding.

Irish teenagers who took part in a new sex education programme said they were better informed and more aware of the consequences of their actions afterwards.

Children’s charity chief Fergus Finlay says he is more scared than ever about the number of youngsters at risk in Ireland.