Children's Rights

Carroll Slams Special School Summer Scheme Fiasco

U-turn on special school summer schemes threat... but this fiasco should never have happened.

5,500 Children with Special Needs Abandoned by a Dysfunctional Executive

Carroll: “I’m calling on families and education workers to come together and make clear that this decision will not stand. If ministers won't act, people will take to the streets and force them to.”

People Before Profit Statement on the Murder of Amy Doherty and the Prevalence of Gender Based Violence

People Before Profit send our sincere sympathies to the children, family and friends of Amy Doherty. Undoing the scourge of gender based violence will only happen if its structural underpinnings are completely uprooted.

New RTB Eviction Data: Housing and Homelessness Crisis Still Out of Control- Children, Families Biggest Victims

Richard Boyd Barrett says new RTB eviction data shows children and families among biggest victims. Eviction ban must be reintroduced and tenant-in-situ scheme dramatically ramped up. Councils must build and buy homes on bigger scale, particularly family homes.

Parents Demand Meeting with Minister Within One Week as Finglas Special Classes Remain Undelivered

"The project has stalled because the project management company responsible for the build has not submitted the additional detail... As a result, planning permission cannot be granted..." Cllr. Reddy: "The buck stops with the Minister..."

Finglas Families Devastated as Promised Special Classes Delayed Until 2027

The classes were sanctioned the day before Equality in Education held sleepouts, however the required school buildings have not been delivered. Devastated parents and advocates speak out: 'There is no excuse good enough to justify what has happened here. (These children) have been failed...'