#Childrens Health

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AI seriously endangers children's mental health
AI is in every aspect of our lives now, and regulation is not keeping up - children are at huge risk, writes Alex Cooney, Chief Executive of CyberSafeKids

Tue, 30 Sep, 2025

Government commits to holding inquiry into spina bifida and scoliosis care at CHI
Government commits to holding inquiry into spina bifida and scoliosis care at CHI
It is understood the terms of reference for the inquiry will be drawn up 'in collaboration with parental advocacy groups'

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025

Working mom breastfeeding baby with laptop on the couch
Breastfeeding is tricky to talk about, but we must show support
New mothers don’t need your judgement on how they feed their babies, but if they do decide they want to breastfeed they need your support

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025

Children’s hospital may begin treating patients next spring
Children’s hospital may begin treating patients next spring
HSE chief Bernard Gloster said 'you couldn't but be embarrassed by' 'failings between CHI and parents' but denied the CHI orthopaedic surgeries scandals were the cause of its planned merger into the HSE

Sun, 28 Sep, 2025

Father, daughter hold hands outdoors. Parent, child. Love, affection.
Barnardos to help support birth fathers explore reunions with their children who were adopted
The children’s charity is to hold an event in Dublin next month for birth fathers

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025

CHI boss told of HSE takeover just hours before news was made public
CHI boss told of HSE takeover just hours before news was made public
Jennifer Carroll McNeill announced on Wednesday that the three CHI hospitals would fall under the HSE from 2027

Thu, 25 Sep, 2025

Trump Autism Tylenol
Suzanne Crowe: Trump linking paracetamol with autism is misinformation at its most horrible
Shaming of mothers and their actions before, during or after childbirth is as old as time and is profoundly misogynistic

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

President Trump state visit to UK
Donald Trump's comments about paracetamol 'pose a real threat to public health'
Department of Health said guidelines for use of paracetamol are not being changed

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

Donald Trump
ieExplains: What did Donald Trump say about autism and paracetamol?
Donald Trump’s unproven claim that paracetamol in pregnancy causes autism is rejected by Irish doctors, scientists, and autism advocates

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

Little 7 years schoolboy going to school.
Suspensions ‘crisis’ at flagship special school in Cork 
One parent says Carrigaline Community Special School — for children from 4 to 18 with a dual diagnosis of autism and intellectual disability — handed out suspensions 'like confetti'

Sun, 21 Sep, 2025

Mother of Cork toddler 'Jimmy the miracle' urges parents to learn signs of sepsis
Mother of Cork toddler 'Jimmy the miracle' urges parents to learn signs of sepsis
Cork child still battling effects of condition three years after coming close to death

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

Daniel Aruebose: Pathologists trying to determine cause of boy's death have 'little to go on'
Daniel Aruebose: Pathologists trying to determine cause of boy's death have 'little to go on'
Gardaí focus on Daniel Aruebose's parents, as officers wait to see if father returns to Ireland

Wed, 17 Sep, 2025

World Childhood cancer Day. Girl patient listening to a doctor in medical office.
Cancer charity offers parents grants and advice
Childhood Cancer Ireland was set up by parents of children with cancer

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Parents fear further delays in review of their children's hip dysplasia operations
Parents fear further delays in review of their children's hip dysplasia operations
Parents in the Hip Dysplasia Advocacy Group are to meet the HSE on Saturday

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Medical students warned that trust in doctors is under severe threat
Medical students warned that trust in doctors is under severe threat
Conspiracy theories about vaccines and covid having destuctive impact, head of the school of medicine at Trinity College Dublin warns

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Mother and son looking out of window
Systemic barriers are keeping families in poverty, summit hears
Group representing single-parent families tells Child Poverty and Well-being Summit we need the political will to address child poverty and deprivation

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

Child playing with mathematical toy
Creche to pay child €3,000 compensation for discrimination over nut allergy
Parents claimed creche failed to provide reasonable accommodation for their child as required under legislation

Wed, 10 Sep, 2025

Foot of newborn baby
Ireland ranks third globally for FASD as report warns of hidden disability crisis
A new report warns Ireland faces a hidden health crisis, with FASD rates ten times the global average

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

Donabate missing boy
S Fergus Finlay: Ireland’s child protection failures go beyond Tusla — the real issue is political will
Ireland has one social worker per 3,000 people, yet we scapegoat Tusla instead of fixing systemic failures in child protection

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

Dentist and patient in dentist office
Dentist recruitment shortage is an emergency that must be addressed
We urgently need more places in dentistry courses and a new focus on making dental treatment accessible for everyone, writes Fintan Hourihan

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

Close up of doctor woman hands typing on laptop siting on a desk at the office
'Significant gaps' in sepsis care create a challenge for early diagnosis
Health staff also said public knowledge of sepsis and resistance to antibiotics is 'poor'. They called for education on the risks and symptoms which should not frighten people

Mon, 08 Sep, 2025

Euro stock
Savings scheme to allow foster carers financially support children after they turn 18 
Guidance being developed by Tusla

Mon, 08 Sep, 2025

Sad boy standing alone in the hallway
Children’s Ombudsman and Tusla chief to address seminar on our most vulnerable children
End Child Poverty Week is intended to highlight child poverty and its impact on children, young people, and families, ahead of Budget 2026

Mon, 08 Sep, 2025

Meals on Wheels should provide school lunches as suppliers withdraw from scheme - TD
Meals on Wheels should provide school lunches as suppliers withdraw from scheme - TD
Cork South West TD Michael Collins said: 'Meals on Wheels are already out on the road every single day, delivering to elderly people across rural Ireland. They are certified, professional, and up to the highest standards.

Wed, 03 Sep, 2025

Review into children's spinal care at hospital still in first phase two years after it started
Review into children's spinal care at hospital still in first phase two years after it started
The review is a key report together with continuing probes into spinal and hip surgeries at Children’s Health Ireland hospitals

Tue, 02 Sep, 2025

Smartphone research
Sizable rise in children using AI chatbots and seeing content that 'bothered' them, report says
The CyberSafeKids report found that over a quarter of children reported seeing content or having unsolicited contact online that 'bothered' them which included horror, violence, sexual content, threats and scams

Tue, 02 Sep, 2025

Boy using asthma inhaler to treat inflammatory disease, wheezing, coughing, chest tightness and shortness of breath. Allergy tre
When our homes are making us unwell, housing becomes a health issue
Budget 2026 is an opportunity for the Government to show leadership by supporting a healthy population and healthy housing, writes Eilís Ní Chaithnía

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

AOIFE KEARNEY
Mary Lou McDonald calls for opposition to collaborate ahead of next election 
Sinn Féin’s leader is being tipped for a presidential run, but she still has work to do in the Dáil, writes Paul Hosford

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

'Childcare scheme leaves out working families whose children have special needs'
'Childcare scheme leaves out working families whose children have special needs'
Parents take discrimination case to WRC as they are denied the payment all parents receive to subsidise childcare

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

'Toddler is being discriminated against and denied €5k subsidy due to his disability'
'Toddler is being discriminated against and denied €5k subsidy due to his disability'
Workplace Relations Commission to hear Arlo Neill is being discriminated against as he's denied the €5,000 payment all parents receive to subsidise childcare and early learning 

Sun, 31 Aug, 2025

Cork mother has 'never been more worried about the opening' of National Children's Hospital
Cork mother has 'never been more worried about the opening' of National Children's Hospital
Health minister Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has raised concerns about construction of the new hospital. She said funds are being under-used

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025

Children with disabilities attending vet clinics and pet shops to use chair scales
Children with disabilities attending vet clinics and pet shops to use chair scales
Mother Ciara Dunne believes that 'it should be a requirement for all CDNTs and disability services to have a chair scales, regardless of whether they have a dietitian or not'

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025

What to do if you think your child is being bullied
Most 13-year-olds don't report being bullied as they don't think of it as bullying, says report
Online abuse or name-calling was more likely to be labelled as bullying than other types, such as being excluded by others

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025

Parents of nine-year-old Harvey, who died waiting for scoliosis surgery, call for 'peaceful' protest 
Parents of nine-year-old Harvey, who died waiting for scoliosis surgery, call for 'peaceful' protest 
Last month there were 131 children on the main spinal surgery waiting lists at Children’s Health Ireland hospitals

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025

Girl covering her eyes with her hands
Corporal punishment carries 'multiple risks' to children’s health, says WHO
An estimated 1.2 billion children are subject to this ‘harmful practice’ each year, affecting physical and mental wellbeing, World Health Organization report finds

Thu, 21 Aug, 2025

Children Using E-cigarettes or Vapes
Children who vape 'three times more likely to become smokers'
New worldwide analysis shows ‘striking’ link between young people's use of e-cigarettes and vapes, and cigarette-smoking later in life

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025

File Photo The Health Service Executive has said it is working to establish how many patients may need to have their medical tes
HSE to launch platform for Cork and Kerry patients to give feedback on healthcare 
The platform will work by offering patients the chance to upload feedback by telling stories about their care

Tue, 19 Aug, 2025

Child referred to Tusla over sexual abuse concerns left on waiting list for 14 months
Child referred to Tusla over sexual abuse concerns left on waiting list for 14 months
The inspection report found that of the five national child protection and welfare standards assessed, all five standards were not compliant

Mon, 18 Aug, 2025

MSPs debate child care plans
Childcare providers set to leave government funding schemes and increase fees, Government warned
One provider of multiple creches last month told parents it would leave the scheme citing rising costs

Mon, 18 Aug, 2025

Girl holding sandwich showing OK sign
School meals fuss throws the baby out with the bathwater
Social media misinformation around nutrition is causing privilege and scaremongering to override science, writes Niamh O'Connor

Mon, 18 Aug, 2025

Autistic Waterford boy ‘in great form’ after delayed dental appointment but many more still waiting
Autistic Waterford boy ‘in great form’ after delayed dental appointment but many more still waiting
Taoiseach intervened after family told the 'Irish Examiner' earlier this year about the 10-year wait for treatment the boy faced

Sun, 17 Aug, 2025

Childcare survey
Nearly 900 childcare providers approved to raise fees despite State funding
Government data shows almost 900 State-funded childcare providers approved to raise fees this year, despite ongoing subsidy supports for parents

Sat, 16 Aug, 2025

Our children bear the scars of Simon Harris's broken promises on scoliosis surgery
Our children bear the scars of Simon Harris's broken promises on scoliosis surgery
As Darragh Cahill again waits for scoliosis surgery he needed months ago, his mother Claire says Simon Harris must step down after failing to deliver on his promise to cut waiting times to no more than four months

Fri, 15 Aug, 2025

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Cholera patients treated on floor of Sudanese clinics with 40 dead in one week
During July, medical charity Médecins Sans Frontières treated over 2,300 cholera patients while working with Sudan's ministry of health

Fri, 15 Aug, 2025

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