Latest data shows Dublin’s emergency accommodation population reached 12,429 last month

More than 5,800 children in 2,800 families among those in emergency accommodation

Payment seen in Department of Social Protection as ‘first step’ in acknowledging additional costs people with disabilities face

Government approach will ‘do nothing’ to prevent similar tragedies, children’s care alliance says

Eighteen child victims of trafficking were identified in the State last year, but none were born in Ireland

Case study: Mother and daughter were both struggling with mental health issues and sought help from Barnardos

Gaelcholáiste Synge tells Department of Education it needs space for more classrooms and pupils using wheelchairs

Beneficiaries of temporary protection told during summer to vacate hotel quarters at Citywest, Dublin, by Friday

Self-harming behaviours and suicidal ideation are also identified as issues in survey

Teenager found with heroin ‘on his person’, High Court judge told, while dealing with matters related to special care system

Fifty children judged to need advocates do not yet have one, guardian ad litem service says

Up to 20 teens facing charges including public order, theft, dangerous driving and assault not legally represented on Monday

Tusla says it is being ‘penalised for overruns in other sectors’ with agency’s budget to be levied next year to cover overruns in education

Child Law Project review finds special care places often unavailable for children, with 241 on Tusla waiting list

The Office of Public Works, which manages the park, has closed all access to it for the weekend