Children and young people being pulled into poverty at rate higher than general population – Child Poverty Monitor renews calls for national child poverty unit
Today (13.07.2022), the Children’ Rights Alliance launches a new Child Poverty Monitor – the first, in a series of reports that will analyse the complexity of child poverty across the country. The Monitor explores the root causes and showcase solutions to addressing issues including educational disadvantage, social exclusion, accessing healthcare, homelessness, food poverty and income […]
Online Safety Bill can open the window to a safer online world for children but requires serious political will and action, says children’s campaign group
Today the Department of Tourism, Culture Arts, Gaeltacht Sport and Media published theOnline Safety and Media Regulation (OSMR) Bill. The Children’s Rights Alliance has united 16 of its members as part of the#123OnlineSafety Campaign to urge legislators to make critical changes to the Bill to ensure it is fit for purpose. Responding to today’s publication, Chief Executive […]
Children More Interested In Taking Physical Exercise Than Many Adults Might Think
Surprising as it may be to some, it would appear that children of primary school age and older have a significantly deeper interest in taking physical exercise than many adults might realise. That is a belief shared by banana importers Fyffes who, because of Covid-19 school closure regulations, have taken their ‘Fit Squad’ programme of […]
9% of Motorists Admit Kids Are Driving Distraction
The AA is urging motorists to take all precautions necessary when travelling with children as back-to-school season gets underway, after 9% of drivers admitted to having been involved in collisions or near-misses while attending to a child in the car. An AA survey of almost 11’000 motorists found that 7.5% of drivers had been involved in […]
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9% of Motorists Admit Kids Are Driving Distraction
The AA is urging motorists to take all precautions necessary when travelling with children as back-to-school season gets underway, after 9% of drivers admitted to having been involved in collisions or near-misses while attending to a child in the car. An AA survey of almost 11’000 motorists found that 7.5% of drivers had been involved in […]
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