The Irish Times view on the manosphere and tradwives: Government intervention is ill-advised
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Department of Children, Disability and Equality
Special care services for emotionally disturbed children ‘approaching crisis point’
Staff wrote to Minister for Children asking her to intervene, citing low morale, high stress and concern for safety of youths
‘Tradwife’ and ‘manosphere’ content’s influence growing in Ireland, says National Women’s Council
New campaign warns about misogynistic content and challenges online messaging where women can be ‘pressurised’ into care roles
New public information campaign warns of the terms ‘tradwife’ and ‘manosphere’
Government-funded strategy takes aim at stereotypical gender roles promoted by influencers
First ever review of childcare fees to target creches overcharging parents
Department of Children says local authorities will check whether creches are breaching funding deal to freeze fees at 2021 levels
€1.5bn to be set aside for tax package for workers in summer economic statement
Expenditure increases limited to €7bn with €1.5bn to be set aside for tax package aimed at increasing take-home pay
Dublin creche raising fees after being ordered to refund more than €100,000 to parents
Charlie’s Childcare had signed up to State funding scheme, agreeing to keep fees at 2021 levels in return
Thousands of creche and early education staff to be balloted on pay proposals
Offers by two main representative bodies ‘unfair and unacceptable’, Siptu says
Tusla reports ‘unprecedented demand’ as referrals pass 100,000 for first time
Emotional abuse was most common concern, accounting for 45% of all reports made to agency
Three departments face closer supervision after exceeding budgets
Health, Education and Children subject to ‘special measures’ involving oversight from Department of Public Expenditure officials
Records of children ‘boarded out’ from religious institutions to be withheld
Personal data to be kept out of public archive set up to remember institutional abuse victims
Advocates for children’s rights in court bring challenge to new Government regime
Association says new scheme compromises the independence of guardians ad litem
What we know about the lives of Irish primary school children
In the News podcast: New study shows how children from poorer backgrounds are failed
Thousands of vulnerable children’s records ‘may be destroyed’ in coming weeks
Concerns mounting for contents that could include children’s letters, poems or accounts of personal events
Parents taking ‘fake sick days’ as creches close at short notice
Creches can’t recruit staff amid ‘perpetual circus’ in childcare sector, says Tigers Childcare chief executive
Childcare fees to be capped at €183.70 per week for 45 hours of care
Childcare providers will be required later this year to share more data with the Government about fees
‘Really disappointing’: Institutional abuse survivor advocate ‘hugely frustrated’ by redress scheme
Patricia Carey says €15,000 is ‘the price for forcible removal of a child from their family’
The childminder exodus: ‘I love it ... Leaving was not an easy decision’
Leigh Ann Gilmore (54) said decision, due to introduction of new regulations for sector, ‘came at great personal upset’
Transport authority disputes PAC report claiming new ticketing system is €41m over budget
Key IT projects at Government departments and State agencies set to run €61m over budget
Two-thirds of 25-year-olds in Ireland report some type of discrimination
Gender the most cited ground by ESRI study participants, with spending more time online associated with higher scores
Stressful, torturous and a scramble: report highlights issues around access to special school places
Mother recounts one of ‘worst times in my life’ in her bid to secure placment for autistic son
Minister gets more authority to object to developers who try to turn creches into housing
Minister for Children will now be designated as a prescribed body under planning laws
Travellers in plea to Government to save support organisation closed after decades
Southside Traveller Action Group helped households with education, accommodation and healthcare
Oberstown children locked in rooms for hours at weekend, Hiqa inspection finds
Staffing levels at child detention facility at times too low to provide safe cover, Hiqa report says
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