A children’s weight management service has seen a marked increase in clinically obese homeless children being referred for treatment this year.

There is no extra money to bail out the HSE despite its €100m overspend so far this year.

“It was a terrific day, a wonderful way to celebrate the centenary of Ford in Ireland.”

Children are waiting 18 months to see a cardiologist, it has emerged, writes Evelyn Ring.

Children are waiting 18 months to see a cardiologist, it has emerged.

Bullying has emerged as a “very big issue” from a study of children attending a hospital-based obesity treatment programme, with 63% bullied about their weight.

Patients at a major children’s hospital were at a “high risk” of infection because of poor hygiene, it has emerged.

HAS the word ‘yuck’ ruined more than one family mealtime?

Temple Street goes ‘off-call’ as precaution, transferring critically ill children, cancelling surgeries

Five patients who were in the Temple Street PICU have been transferred to Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital Crumlin.

Award-winning Irish animation studio Cartoon Saloon has created a short film narrated by Moone Boy star Chris O’Dowd especially for children going into hospital for an operation.

Vulture funds are using charities to avoid paying tax in Ireland, potentially costing the exchequer up to €20m a week, it has been claimed.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar said yesterday it was a “great regret and a great tragedy for the country” that the planned building of the new national children’s hospital took so long.

Health Minister Leo Varadkar talks a lot, both on and off the airwaves, but he isn’t often given to over-excitement. He exudes a calm demeanour amidst the maelstrom of political life.

Teenage patients have created an interactive radio game which transforms hospitals into virtual gaming worlds as part of a groundbreaking arts programme.

A surgeon has criticised hospital managers for not having the courage to speak up when things go wrong.

Staff and guests will be invited to a special prayer service in a Co Cork hotel this morning to remember the toddler who lost his life after being pulled from its swimming pool.

A three-year-old Tipperary boy remained in a critical condition last night after getting into difficulty in a hotel pool on holiday in East Cork.

The man who was killed in Wednesday’s workplace accident and his critically injured brother are cousins of the Irish International football captain, Robbie Keane, it has emerged.

WHY is one in four Irish schoolchildren overweight or obese? Poor diet. Tick. Lack of exercise. Tick. Lack of sleep. Tick.

TVs, tablets, and smartphones should be kept out of children’s bedrooms as lack of sleep is putting them at risk of being overweight.

Gardaí at Blanchardstown are appealing for witnesses after a serious road accident left a 13-year-old boy in a critical condition in hospital.

The repetitive interviewing of a child who is believed to have been sexually abused can cause confusion and contaminate the child’s story, according to experts speaking at a national conference yesterday.

MARIE Heffernan’s twins were born 14 weeks early. They had been due on September 9.

There are "major deficits" in services for children with spina bifida, a leading paediatrician has warned.

Festival fans have been given a chance to get their hands on tickets for this year's Electric Picnic - by raising money for charity.

IF YOUR preschooler has started biting his or her nails, it’s not worth getting yourself in a state about it.

A paramedic has described how his young son died from meningitis in front of his eyes within hours of being gripped with the killer disease.

A veritable who’s who of rugby, the wider sporting arena, society figures, and even a hint of Hollywood stardust turned out to pay homage to Ireland’s greatest rugby player at the Convention Centre in Dublin last night.

He may be tackling tough questions about who will manage the boys in green, but FAI chief executive John Delaney took time out to launch a different type of football challenge.

The Health and Safety Authority has launched a fresh investigation into security measures at Dublin Zoo after a tapir attacked a child.

The two-year-old who suffered severe injuries when she was mauled by a tapir at Dublin Zoo has been released from hospital.

WHEN Dara-Lynn Weiss decided to come ‘the heavy’ with her overweight seven-year-old, she couldn’t have imagined the controversy.

Lillie Dixon, who weighed 38kg when she was just six years old, is one of more than 300 children to benefit from a unique family-based childhood obesity treatment programme.

Boys are far more likely to fall out of high windows than girls, a study reveals.

WE haven’t quite hit the heights of Beijing’s nine million bikes, but we are embracing cycling with gusto, if sales figures under the Cycle to Work scheme are anything to go by.

CHILDREN aged between three and seven are over three times more likely to be in an accident resulting in a personal injury claim than those aged three or less.

THE decision to build the National Children’s Hospital on the Mater site in Dublin is the right one, Health Minister Mary Harney has insisted.

FINAL preparations are being made for a charity swim across an often treacherous stretch of sea between the Aran Islands and Doolin in Co Clare this Saturday.

IRELAND’S €800 million National Paediatric Hospital could face significant difficulties unless its planned capacity takes account of the country’s surging under-18 population, experts have warned.

Meteor award winners Aslan are to help raise thousands of euro for sick children, it emerged today.

IRELAND’S four leading children’s hospitals joined forces yesterday to launch a nationwide appeal for a slice of the country’s SSIA windfall.