17 childcare services are at risk of not being able to open tomorrow due to outstanding renewals or registrations, some of which relate to garda vetting. Early years services have to renew their registration with Tusla's inspectorate for the purposes of i... See more
Minister for Health Jennifer Carroll MacNeill has said she hopes that patients will be in the new National Children's Hospital by next Christmas. Speaking at an early access visit to the hospital, the minister said that she would have liked to have had ac... See more
Sophie Cole, a special education teacher, was diagnosed with complex regional pain syndrome, a chronic pain disorder, after her left hand was slammed into a steel-reinforced table while at work. "In that moment the child had spilled water on the ground I ... See more
Teachers and special needs assistants (SNAs) who have been physically injured in the classroom are calling for greater support and changes to the Government's Leave of Absence following Assault Scheme. Their call has been backed by unions INTO and Fórsa a... See more
An investigation is under way after a man attacked a woman with an axe at a house in Leixlip, Co Kildare. The man, in his 50s, who is the woman's former partner, set fire to the house at Oaklawn West before fleeing the scene. It is understood the house wa... See more
