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Updated RACE scheme to benefit Longford students sitting exams

Commenting on the changes made to the RACE scheme, Dr Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children said: “If implemented fully, the new RACE Scheme should result in a much better experience for young people in Longford and across the country, with learning ...

27 Oct 2016 at 22:17

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Ombudsman for Children’s Office received fewest number of complaints from Longford

The Ombudsman for Children’s Office (OCO) received 6 or 0.5% of its complaints from county Longford in 2020, its Annual Report - 2020 Childhood Paused - has revealed. This is the fewest number of complaints to come from a county to the OCO last ...

24 Jun 2021 at 13:59

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Children’s Ombudsman: Schools should stay open despite surging Covid cases

The Children’s Ombudsman has called on Government to keep schools open, saying closures cannot be the “default response” to surging Covid-19 cases. Dr Niall Muldoon has urged leaders to explore all options and maintain their commitment to ...

04 Jan 2022 at 16:42

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Clause that favours children of past pupils is ‘epitome of discrimination’

Limiting a child’s educational options over a lack of family links to a school has been described as the epitome of “intergenerational disadvantage and discrimination”. A clause that favours the children and grandchildren of past pupils ...

08 Feb 2022 at 16:57

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Longford's Eric Ehigie to host webinar launch of Child Talks 2020

Longford's Eric Ehigie (18) will have the honour of hosting next week's webinar launch of Child Talks 2020. Child Talks 2020, which showcases the views and experiences of children in Ireland on World Children’s Day, will be officially ...

22 Jul 2020 at 14:56

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Lack of local authority housing is failing more and more children – Ombudsman

A move away from local authority house construction has pushed more and more children into economic homelessness, causing a “traumatic breach” of their rights, the Children’s Ombudsman said. Dr Niall Muldoon said the Government must ...

16 Aug 2024 at 12:00

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Ombudsman says State failing child refugees by relying on private accommodation

The Ombudsman for Children has found that an over-reliance on private commercial sector accommodation has failed children in international protection. The ombudsman is calling on the Government to move away from emergency responses ...

19 Oct 2023 at 00:01

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Ombudsman hopes children’s unit will ‘lead’ on ending family homelessness

The Children’s Ombudsman has said the Taoiseach’s children’s unit should lead the Government’s attempts to end families in emergency accommodation in the next two years. Latest figures by the Department of Housing show there were ...

16 May 2023 at 19:08

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Ombudsman asks government to use surplus funds to put children’s needs first

Ireland is falling behind in its commitment to young people due to housing shortages and a lack of access to mental health services, the Children’s Ombudsman has said. The annual Falling Behind report, published on Tuesday, ...

16 May 2023 at 13:22

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Ombudsman ‘utterly dismayed’ by issues around children’s needs

An ombudsman has said he is “exasperated and utterly dismayed” at chronic issues around children’s needs. Children’s ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon called for the full and direct incorporation of the UN Convention on the ...

26 Jun 2025 at 10:13

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Clause that favours children of past pupils is ‘epitome of discrimination’

08 Feb 2022 at 15:39

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Government’s housing initiatives are failing children, says ombudsman

The Government’s housing initiatives continuously fail children and do not even consider them, the Ombudsman for Children has said. Dr Niall Muldoon told the Oireachtas Committee on Housing that families ...

24 Jun 2025 at 17:43

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