One day we will have redress schemes for the children failed by Ireland’s care system
We must stop outsourcing the care of vulnerable young people
Ombudsman for Children
How a car crash in Dublin 4 drove public-sector CEO salaries higher
Resignation of EirGrid chief has had downstream consequences for Government over top-level pay
Irish State has ‘serious questions to answer’ after Daniel Aruebose’s death, Ombudsman says
State has ‘serious questions to answer’ in relation to Daniel Aruebose and Kyran Durnin cases, says Dr Niall Muldoon
Tusla funding boost should be top budget priority, say 150 children’s organisations
Children’s Rights Alliance says child protection and welfare services must be prioritised
Missing Dublin boy: NRP chair calls on Children’s Ombudsman to retract ‘baffling’ comments
Helen Buckley’s call comes as National Review Panel prepares to review case of missing Dublin boy
School phone bans ‘not in best interests of children’, says Ombudsman
Policy needs to ‘move beyond an over-simplistic focus on bans’, says report
Children’s ombudsman stopped visiting asylum seekers due to budget cuts
Dr Niall Muldoon warned his office could not fulfil its statutory obligations with existing resources
Government ‘let down’ child victims of domestic and sexual violence, ombudsman says
Dr Niall Muldoon left ‘very angry’ over ‘shameful’ row about funding monitoring of State’s domestic abuse strategy
Better-off families ‘sailing away from the have-nots’, warns Ombudsman
Government unable to inform Ombudsman how much it spends on children, says Dr Niall Muldoon
Child homelessness a ‘national shame’, TDs and Senators told
Children’s Ombudsman representative says children in emergency accommodation cannot get childhoods back
Children have ‘borne the biggest brunt’ of homelessness crisis
Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon expected to address Oireachtas committee
Spinal surgeries report: The story behind the springs used on children
Implantation of unapproved springs to treat scoliosis in children occurred without either ethical approval or formal approval from any CHI senior clinical leader
Child death: Families face ‘significant difficulties’ in getting answers
Ombudsman for Children says introducing a statutory review mechanism is ‘best thing’ we can do for children and their families
Concern over rise in alleged assaults of special needs pupils
Forty parents planning legal actions over alleged mistreatment, Department of Education records show
Transition year gap: ‘Why is it only some schools get to go on trips abroad?’
The revolutionary programme introduced 50 years ago has proved hugely popular - but not all students have equal access to engaging and life-changing experiences
Parents’ group criticises closure of hundreds of schools to facilitate general election
Schools to shut for third time this year following last March’s referendum and local elections in June
‘Deep concern’ over families evicted from direct provision despite gaining status - Ombudsman
Letter to ministers Darragh O’Brien and Roderic O’Gorman warned movements are having ‘devastating impact’ on children’s rights
Government shouldn’t be so quick to yell Gotcha! at Sinn Féin. Its record on children is shameful
When election candidates coming knocking at your door, will you speak for the children so badly let down by the State?
‘He bate the f**k out of you - every day’: victims of corporal punishment on violence in the classroom
Survivors of physical abuse over decades in Irish schools want an apology for what they suffered at the hands of teachers
Niall Muldoon: My psychological quirk? Am I going to say this to The Irish Times?
The Ombudsman for Children is a clinical psychologist from Donegal, who has worked in the area of child protection for more than 20 years
State failing more children and families falling into homelessness, says ombudsman
Ombudsman for Children blames move away from local authority housing for rising numbers in economic homelessness
Just 39% of under 18s support lowering voting age to 16 - survey
Cost of living, mental health services and housing ranked as the biggest issues for young people
Ombudsman demands action over ‘desperate situation facing so many vulnerable children in Ireland’
Dr Niall Muldoon expresses ‘despair and concern’ at Child Law Project report that highlights State failings
Child with ‘profound’ disability in hospital over 100 days more than medically necessary due to lack of services
Ombudsman highlights lack of State services to support children with disabilities to live at home with families
Office of Ombudsman for Children pays more than €100,000 in settlement with Revenue
Payments made in respect of staff incorrectly categorised as contractors rather than employees
When it comes to the State’s must vulnerable children, we don’t seem to learn from our failures
The annual report from the Ombudsman for Children highlights the failure to tackle systemic gaps in the State’s obligations to vulnerable children
‘You’re wasting my time’: Audio recording prompts father of autistic boy to complain of emotional abuse at school
Many parents of children with complex needs say pupils are mistreated in a school system with no guidelines for dealing with challenging behaviour
Boy with autism ‘distressed’ after being put in wetsuit against mother’s wishes to prevent smearing faeces
Ombudsman for Children’s Office finds ‘notable increase in complexity’ of complaints cases
Tusla unwilling to ‘stand over’ children in unregulated accommodation
Demand on child and family agency services has doubled in past 10 years
Ombudsman for Children calls for reversal of recession-era downgrade of his role
Office of watchdog for children’s interests was bumped down Civil Service salary scale from a maximum of €178,000 to up to €130,000
Analysis: Ireland waved goodbye to its world-famous welcome last year as anti-immigrant rhetoric gained foothold
Disinformation and fear-mongering around immigration have seeped into public consciousness on a scale like never before
Lack of audits for private accommodation for child migrants ‘unfathomable’
Hotels and B&Bs are not suitable places for children to grow up, Ombudsman for Children says and calls for move away from emergency responses
Boy with severe disability spent weeks in hospital ‘because he had nowhere else to go’
New study highlights deficiencies in State care for children with complex conditions
Contacts between scoliosis patients and doctors to be managed differently
Operational change on way after Ombudsman for Children highlights teenager’s five-year wait for surgery
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