This is compared to 587 at the same time last month.

Two people have been injured in a crash between a tram and a car.

The Christmas lights were officially switched on at Temple Street Children's Hospital by patient Jake and The Coronas.

Kind-hearted volunteers have created an unusual festive centrepiece for their community centre - a 6ft 2' knitted Christmas tree.

A man in his 20s was arrested and is being held at Ashbourne Garda Station.

Two children have been taken to hospital following a collision with a car in Tipperary.

Slapping children is linked to poor outcomes for them in later life including suicide attempts, heavy drinking and drug use.

Two people have been killed and a boy is being treated for serious injuries after three separate crashes over the last 24 hours.

The 9-year-old was cycling his bike on a minor road at Heathfield, Pollagh when he was hit by a car at around 2pm yesterday.

A 12-year-old girl whose arm was scalded when a takeaway cup of tea she was carrying under her elbow in a Starbucks spilled on her, has settled a High Court action over the accident for €85,000.

The principal of a Dublin inner city school has said children impacted by homelessness are not able to develop properly because of their circumstances.

So that’s Wednesday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

A nine-year-old boy left brain damaged and permanently disabled after a failure to diagnose an infection when he was a baby has settled his High Court action against Temple Street Children's Hospital, Dublin with a final record damages payment of €25m.

2-year-old Zac Higgins suffered a broken collarbone and shoulder blade, and a bleed to the brain after being struck by a car while playing at about 3.50pm on Monday in Castle Meadows estate on the Skehard Road in Mahon.

A male teenager arrested in connection with a serious hit-and-run in Cork was released from Garda custody this morning.

Gardaí have arrested a juvenile in his late teens today in connection with a hit-and-run incident in Cork yesterday.

Ten years to the day after her husband, Shay passed away.

A High Court dispute between a Church of Ireland Minister and Archbishop Michael Jackson has been settled.

"Unfortunately, the children know the people who are shooting and who are getting shot."

Latest: A fire which has left a mother and three young children in hospital is now being treated as suspicious, according to investigating Gardaí.

Update 3.40pm: An 18-year-old man has been remanded on bail after he was charged with a serious assault on his 10-week-old baby daughter.

An infant boy has been injured in a fall from the third floor of an apartment block in Longford town.

CCTV footage revealed the final movements of Ronan Kennedy, aged three years and ten months, at the Quality Hotel in Youghal, Co Cork.

A young boy on his way to a football match died from traumatic brain injuries after he was struck by a truck.

A three-year-old boy who fell from a building in Offaly yesterday remains in hospital this morning.

Update 10.09pm: A three-year-old boy who fell from a building in Offaly earlier today has been transferred to Temple Street Children's Hospital this evening.

More than 50,000 children attended the Emergency Department of Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin last year.

Around Limerick, they're describing miracle toddler Neil Shanahan as "the flying boy".

Family friends of a little girl from Wicklow who has been struck down with a rare illness have set up a fund to help with her family's living expenses.

The family of a two-year old boy who fell from a sixth-floor hotel balcony in Limerick on Saturday is keeping a vigil at his bedside at Temple Street Children's Hospital.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Sixteen people spent the night in a hotel, after their homes were damaged in an apartment complex fire in Dublin.

A baby girl remains in Temple Street Children's Hospital in Dublin today after receiving severe head injuries believed to be caused by a suspected assault.

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A 14-year-old boy is in a critical condition in hospital this evening after falling from a bridge in Dublin.

A baby boy injured in a crash in Dublin over the weekend has died.

A baby boy remains in a serious condition in hospital following a road crash in Dublin over the weekend.