Pope Francis brought joy to one Limerick family in his last-ever public appearance as three-month-old baby John Flynn became the last child in the world to receive a blessing from the pontiff – hours ...

Thursday’s service was led by the All-Ireland Primate before he travels to the Vatican for Saturday’s papal funeral in St ...

The organisation representing hospital consultants has maintained that the scandal surrounding the use of unauthorised springs in children ... earlier this week, the Irish Hospital Consultants ...

First, the housekeeping. Pádraic Joyce feared something cruel when John Maher went down hard on the astroturf in Gaelic Park on Sunday. By the time he spoke on the pitch after the game, Joyce’s ...

Cyber security expert Aoife Noone on the dangers of children being exposed to online porn Irish children as young as six are being exposed to online porn, the Irish Independent has learned.

Translated from English to Irish, this is a snuggly scéal for little ones keen to avoid bedtime. (3+) Letters to a Monster by Patricia Forde, illustrated by Sarah Warburton (Bloomsbury Children ...

A Mother holds her children’s hands for a little while ... Your uncle Patrick drowned last week in a vat of Irish whiskey at the Dublin brewery. Some of his workmates tried to save him ...

An Irish PE teacher in Bangkok has described how children started screaming as a ... has left countless people in real need. Every prayer and every gift will bring hope to people hit by disaster.” ...

HUNDREDS of children had hip surgeries that they may not have needed at all, the Dail heard today, with one mum "sick to her stomach" at the thought her daughter was operated on unnecessarily.

Rebekah Awon’s nine-month-old daughter Sara is receiving a MUAC test in a health facility for the sickest children in the Gokmachar area. If you don’t know what a MUAC test is, be grateful.

By the government’s own assessment, an estimated quarter of a million people – including 50,000 children – will be pushed into poverty by the end of the decade as a result of welfare changes ...

The Scholarship Fund for Inner-City Children (SFIC) raised about $130,000 ... schools during the organization’s third annual Irish American Leadership Breakfast on Thursday, March 13.