It is estimated up to 6,000 children will have a parent in prison this Christmas.

The St.Vincent de Paul will unveil a plaque later today at the site of the first meeting of the society 175 years ago.

Homeless families in emergency accommodation in Dublin will be given access to free public transport for the month of August.

“The findings of this report are stark and clearly demonstrate that for many lone parents there is no recovery," said Willie O'Dea.

When judging of this year’s 12,634 Great Taste entries from around the world was completed, there were 392 Irish winners.

This week, I wrestled with my own powerlessness.

State terrorism comes in many forms, but one of its most cruel and revolting expressions is when it is aimed at children, writes Henry Giroux.

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Nearly all of the homeless families staying at Dublin’s Gresham Hotel have been offered new short-term accommodation.

Almost €250,000 has been paid out so far this year to keep eight homeless families in hotel accommodation in Cork.

Thousands of families have been forced into homelessness as record high rental costs and a drastic lack of housing supply is pushing families to the brink.

Families with young children have been urged to take advantage of a new €19m state aid support scheme that is set to come on stream next month and is aiming to help thousands of households across the country.

There are calls for child protection authorities to intervene after the housing minister said a deadline to stop using emergency accommodation for the homeless cannot be met.

Arlene Harris talks to the founders of a charity set up to help ease the financial stress parents with children with life-limiting illnesses can experience, added to the pain of watching their child suffer.

At least 1,400 vacant social houses are to be returned to productive use by the end of the year for homeless households and families on housing waiting lists, writes Stephen Rogers and Eoin English.

Thousands of middle-income families won’t get promised childcare supports because the Government “botched” the scheme’s rollout, writes Elaine Loughlin.

It has emerged that thousands of families will miss out on up to €12 a week, possibly for months over problems with the government's new childcare subsidy scheme.

100-tonnes of humanitarian relief supplies from Irish Aid are to be distributed in Somalia by Concern Worldwide.

Housing Minister Simon Coveney says the figures reflect efforts to speed up the number of families exiting homelessness.

More than two thirds of single parent families are at risk of poverty, according to new figures.

Saudi Arabia has condemned the passsing of a new law in the United States that allows 9/11 families sue the kingdom for damages.

The families of six crew members on a Malaysian passenger jet shot down over Ukraine have filed lawsuits against Malaysia Airlines for negligence and breach of contract.

Farming families across the country are set to back Dairygold’s ‘Wrap It Pink’ campaign, with the Irish Cancer Society.

Authorities in China’s capital will extend leave from work for new mothers and fathers, state media reported yesterday, in what appeared to be the latest incentive to encourage families to have more children.