THE Government has moved to take back direct control of the health service by overhauling the board of the Health Service Executive (HSE) ahead of the promised dismantling of the executive.

OBESITY levels, educational excellence and the physical development of children are directly related to their parents’ educational background and wealth, a groundbreaking study of Irish children’s lives has found.

THE Government that stole Christmas. And stole it, what’s more, from thousands of children and families who need it most and can afford it least.

THE Minister for Children is looking at generous donors to help fund the Government’s roll-out of youth cafes nationwide.

Child protection will be one of the topics discussed at a major two-day conference opening today in Kilkenny.

ANYONE who has spent time in the capital will testify to it but now the facts prove it — Dubliners are all talk.

ISN’T it funny how sometimes really important things happen and nobody pays them a blind bit of attention?