The number of children presenting to Temple Street Hospital has increased more than 500% in ten years — and many are presenting with suicidal ideation.

Temple Street's Dr Grace O’Malley said they are seeing more children with obesity who are homeless.

Prior to sentencing Paul Carroll SC, defending, told the court that his client was assaulted outside the court. He said his client's lip was cut and he was punched.

The country’s only paediatric chronic pain specialist is to leave his post at the end of this month, but the HSE will not advertise the post until the new year.

Fianna Fáil’s health spokesperson Stephen Donnelly has criticised the “massive lottery post code” when it comes to children’s health services.

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

The country’s three main children’s hospitals have begun postponing elective procedures due to mounting pressure on the system ahead of the peak winter months.

A mother has urged the public to learn first aid after her two-year-old son nearly choked on peanuts on a family break in Kerry.

Zac Higgins, from Mahon in Cork city, was diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury (DAI) to the brain after he was hit by a car in March.

The incident occurred at around 2pm when the boy was struck by a car while cycling on a minor road at Heathfield in Pollagh.

Dundalk has raised more than €7,000 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital under the club’s new purple-patterned ‘third kit’ initiative revealed to fans last March.

Courts poor boxes paid out €1.7m to charities, hospitals and sporting organisations in 2018.

Zac Higgins, from Mahon in Cork city, was diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury (DAI) to the brain following the incident.

A toddler who was diagnosed with a brain injury after he was knocked down in a hit and run last month is sitting up, smiling and laughing but cannot yet speak or walk.

A two-year-old boy who was knocked down in a hit and run in Mahon on the south side of Cork city has been diagnosed with a diffuse axonal injury (DAI) to the brain.

The entire Mahon community is rallying around the family of toddler Zac Higgins, who was injured in a hit-and-run a week ago.

Two-year-old Zac Higgins incurred serious injuries when he ran onto the road while playing with a ball near Castle Meadows on the Skehard Road in Mahon in Cork city at about 4pm on Monday.

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

Six young children have been treated for serious sunburn at Temple Street Hospital in the last 10 days.

The State’s national body tasked with developing services for victims of child sexual abuse has not met since October 2016.

Dublin’s TG4 All-Ireland final player of the match Noelle Healy has challenged her team-mates to retain their title in 2018.

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.

A three-year-old boy is in a serious but stable condition after falling from an apartment in Longford town.

Irish parents have been urged to play traditional games with their children to help combat the obesity crisis among children.

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

As Mother's day falls on Sunday, Temple Street Hospital decided to give their little patients and staff the chance to give their Ma's a big shout out.

Here's your lunchtime bulletin.

An x-ray report found in a department store, a cancer patient’s chart left on the roof of a car before driving away, and a child’s mental-health records accidentally faxed to Bank of Ireland.

The final amount of money raised will be announced on the 23rd December on Ireland AM.