Recent Submissions

  • Children and Equality 

    Gibbons, Norah (Barnardos, 2011)
    Ireland’s population has grown rapidly with the CSO findings showing that in Census 2011, the population is 4,581,269 an increase of 8% on Census 2006. Approximately, one quarter of the Irish population are under-18 and ...
  • Prioritising Children in Policy and Practice 

    Gibbons, Norah (Barnardos, 2011)
    As Chair of Alcohol Action Ireland, this topic is one we have been actively working on for the last three years. Alcohol Action Ireland are very happy to work in partnership with other organisations where we can coalesce ...
  • Why Gender Matters in Child Welfare and Protection 

    Gibbons, Norah (Barnardos, 2011)
    One quarter of the population of Ireland are children and young people aged 18 and under, over 1,107,034 and Ireland has a higher proportion of children and young people under 18 than any other EU member state. In 2009 ...
  • Presentation to Campaign for Children and Children’s Right Alliance Seminar Children’s Rights and Child Protection in the Irish Context 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 2012)
    Barnardos is celebrating 50 years working with children and families in Ireland this year and we have long called for greater recognition of children’s rights and improved frameworks and systems for the realisation of ...
  • Plugged in Switched Off 2022 

    Barnardos (Barnardos, 2022)
    Due to the success of Plugged In Switched Off in 2021, the conference returned this May. This year’s theme was cyberbullying. Supported by Google.org, the webinar is aimed at principals, parents and professionals working ...