CHILDREN and parents are to be questioned about their views on physical and other forms of punishment in a move which could lead to a legal ban on corporal punishment.

EXERCISE must be made a mandatory part of the school curriculum, the Government has been warned, after new figures show most schoolchildren do less than an hour of physical education (PE) each week.

PROTESTERS, the Children’s Rights Alliance and the Ombudsman for Children expressed disappointment leaving Geneva last night without pinning down the Government on when it will substantially revise its children’s policy.

CHILDREN, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged, are being placed at risk by the government's failure to amend the Constitution, according to child and legal experts.

CHILDREN, particularly the most vulnerable and disadvantaged, are being placed at risk by the government's failure to amend the Constitution, according to child and legal experts.

THE cost of putting a child through school and college could reach €30,000, parents have been advised.