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Department of Social Protection releases annual statistical information on Social Welfare Services

Measures designed to ease school costs were welcomed by Laois/Offaly TD, Barry Cowen, while constituency colleague Brian Stanley TD  was more cautious insi...

Fianna Fáil TD for Kilkenny, John McGuinness, has welcomed a suite of measures announced by his party colleagues, Minister for Public Expenditure and Ref...

Minister for Education Norma Foley confirmed school transport fees will also be waived for the upcoming academic year

New spending by the Government will be of immediate benefit to parents who are grappling with the costs of sending their children to school in September, Laois ...

A Barbadian paediatrician has contended that legislative action is imperative to controlling the escalating childhood obesity epidemic affecting the island.  Professor Dr Anne St John made the assertion during her remarks on Tuesday at the Q

Hunger and malnutrition stifle physical and academic growth among children

And millions like her — is that things are predicted to get worse. two and a half million people are being moved off their old benefits from today, onto universal credit — a process which will be complicated to navigate and could leave some worse off. then theres the national insurance rise and tax changes. the problem has reached such a scale now, the problem has reached such a scale now. that _ the problem has reached such a scale now. that we — the problem has reached such a scale now, ...

Hot school meals should be available to every primary school pupil in Ireland in the coming years.