Children's Rights
# childrens-rights - Saturday 23 March, 2013
Van Turnhout in discussions with Fine Gael over filling Mitchell’s MEP seat
TheJournal.ie has learned that the senator is in discussions over the possibility of joining Fine Gael and running for the seat being vacated by Gay Mitchell next year.
# childrens-rights - Tuesday 19 February, 2013
Column: Last year’s multi-million euro underspend in mental health is unacceptable
In a year when many families and communities lost a child or young person to suicide, it makes no sense that €29 million pledged to be spent on mental health was not used, writes Tanya Ward.
# childrens-rights - Monday 18 February, 2013
New bill introduces definition of a grandparent
Fine Gael TD said it is an unusual piece of legislation as our laws do not generally address such personal issues as familial bonds.
Government awarded overall C grade in 2013 report card
The report card comes from the Children’s Rights Alliance, which put the Department of Social Protection at the bottom of the class due to child poverty.
# childrens-rights - Thursday 27 December, 2012
Putin says he will sign anti-US adoptions bill
The Russian president said today he will sign a controversial bill banning Americans from adopting Russian children.
# childrens-rights - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
Referendum website’s ‘Like’ button illustrated bias for Yes vote
The Supreme Court delivers its full ruling into why the Government’s website for the Children’s Referendum was not impartial.
# childrens-rights - Saturday 1 December, 2012
‘Baby boxes’: what they are, and why the UN wants them banned
Revival of medieval ‘foundling’ boxes in which abandoned babies were placed send “bad message to society”.
# childrens-rights - Tuesday 20 November, 2012
Column: We’ve passed the children’s referendum, but there’s more to do
The sexual abuse scandals in Australia’s Catholic Church and the BBC show that there is still work to do beyond the contitutional change passed earlier this month, says the Children’s Rights Alliance.
# childrens-rights - Sunday 18 November, 2012
The 9 at 9: Sunday
Good morning! Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# childrens-rights - Sunday 11 November, 2012
Constituency-by-constituency: How you voted
Which electoral area had the highest proportion of ‘Yes’ votes? Which one had the highest percentage of ‘No’ ballots? And into which top 10 does the Taoiseach’s home constituency fall?
# childrens-rights - Friday 9 November, 2012
Column: ‘I want the best for children, which is why I am voting No’
Pat Kavanagh says she has serious questions about the new Child and Family Support Agency.
Column: ‘Vote Yes to end the culture where children are seen and not heard’
Fergus Finlay says countless reports documented Ireland’s failings to protect children, but this constitutional amendment will change that.
# childrens-rights - Thursday 8 November, 2012
Children’s Referendum website corrected after omitting part of amendment
The government’s scaled-down version of ChildrensReferendum.ie needed amending this evening after it omitted part of the referendum being held on Saturday.
Minister: Government acted “in good faith” on referendum information
Children’s minister Frances Fitzgerald says the Office of the Attorney General gave legal advice on the website and booklet.
Colm O’Gorman: The State failed children, but so too did society
The head of Amnesty International Ireland addresses concerns of the ‘No’ camp in Children’s Referendum – and says the Constitution will still be unambiguous in asserting the status of the family.
Supreme Court says Government’s Referendum site ‘not fair, equal or impartial’
The Supreme Court says the government’s literature is not impartial, and therefore an inappropriate use of public money.
Column: EastEnders plot has no bearing on Children’s Referendum
The dramatic storyline has not gone unnoticed but it should not permeate people’s opinions, writes Tanya Ward.
Children vote on… children’s referendum (They went for ‘Yes’)
Five youth organisations give test poll to those not entitled to vote – but whose lives are most likely to be affected by the outcome.
# childrens-rights - Tuesday 6 November, 2012
Referendum Commission praises ‘civic-minded’ broadcasters for extra time
Over 60 broadcasters accepted a request from the Commission to devote extra time to its impartial broadcasts on Saturday’s vote.
# childrens-rights - Sunday 4 November, 2012
Children’s Referendum: Varadkar hits out at the No side
The Minister has strongly criticised what he labelled “the constant misinformation” being propagated by the No side.
# childrens-rights - Saturday 3 November, 2012
Poll: Should voting in elections and referendums be held on Saturdays?
Tánaiste Eamon Gilmore has said future Saturday votes will depend on the turnout in next week’s referendum. Do you support holding votes on Saturdays?
# childrens-rights - Thursday 1 November, 2012
Supreme Court to hear appeal over Children’s Referendum using public money
The High Court today rejected the claim by Mark McCrystal that the Government is using public money to call for a Yes vote – but now the case will go to the Supreme Court.
# childrens-rights - Wednesday 31 October, 2012
As it happened: Vincent Browne’s Children’s Referendum debate
Emotional language and arguments as Frances Fitzgerald and Fergus Finlay argued for a ‘Yes’ vote as John Waters and Kathy Sinnott argued for a ‘No’.
Four out of five women turned away from overstretched domestic violence centres
Refuge centres for victims of domestic abuse are stretched to the limit, forcing vulnerable women and children to stay in dangerous living conditions.
# childrens-rights - Wednesday 24 October, 2012
Poll: Do you feel informed enough about the children’s referendum to vote?
The vote is just over a fortnight away but are you confident that you know enough to cast your vote?
# childrens-rights - Saturday 20 October, 2012
Children’s Rights Referendum: Three days left to register for your vote
Applications to get onto the Supplementary Register of Elections close on Tuesday. Here’s what to do.
# childrens-rights - Friday 19 October, 2012
First major opinion poll shows ‘Yes’ leading the way in referendum
A RedC poll commissioned by the National Youth Council of Ireland shows almost universal Yes support.
# childrens-rights - Wednesday 17 October, 2012
Column: Will we forget Malala, as we’ve forgotten other young victims?
The assassination attempt on 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai has put her situation in the spotlight. But she’s not the first, writes Dr Ekaterina Yahyaoui.
# childrens-rights - Tuesday 16 October, 2012
Fine Gael TDs to run marathon for Yes vote in referendum
Fine Gael Deputies Liam Twomey and Damien English will run to raise money for Barnardos, and encourage people to vote Yes in the Children’s Referendum.
Referendum Commission asks broadcasters to give more time to bulletins
Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan wants broadcasters to give more time to information on the children’s referendum.
# childrens-rights - Monday 15 October, 2012
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban arrives in UK for treatment
Malala Yousafzai is being treated for a damaged skull in a highly specialised unit in Birmingham.
TV3 first to announce televised debate on children’s referendum
The debate will be held on Halloween Night, October 31, and will feature four parties, two each from the Yes and No campaigns.
# childrens-rights - Sunday 14 October, 2012
RTÉ to stay 50-50 for referendum debates – but news coverage ‘cannot be prejudged’
The national broadcaster is dropping a ‘stopwatch’ system for news broadcasts, but will keep it for formal debates.
# childrens-rights - Tuesday 9 October, 2012
Condemnation after Pakistan child rights activist (14) shot in head
Malala Yousafzai led a campaign for the right to education for children. She was shot in the head on her school bus.
Complaints to Children’s Ombudsman rose by over 20 per cent last year
The Ombudsman for Children Emily Logan said that her office was highlighting cases which were likely to lead to systemic change.
# childrens-rights - Monday 8 October, 2012
The Evening Fix… now with added Tetris
Here are the things we learned, shared and loved today.
Referendum will save €600k by opening polls for two hours fewer than usual
Polls usually open from 7am but this time around they won’t open until 9am.
# childrens-rights - Monday 1 October, 2012
Archbishop says children’s rights vote is no ‘magic formula’
Diarmuid Martin says the Children’s Rights referendum is welcome, but will not solve all challenges for parents and children.
# childrens-rights - Sunday 23 September, 2012
Near consensus – but here’s why both sides will get 50/50 coverage in the Referendum
With little opposition to the referendum so far, there are suggestions that broadcasters will simply cut down on coverage rather than have to give 50/50 airtime to both sides.
# childrens-rights - Thursday 20 September, 2012
John Lonergan: “Our treatment of children has been appalling”
The former governor of Mountjoy said that it will be easy to get the children’s rights referendum passed – but warned that the real test will come afterwards.
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