Lower income families living ‘nightmare’ due to inflation, say groups
People ‘scraping by with little electricity’ as inflation reaches 22-year high in March
Advocacy groups welcome costs measures but criticise lack of targeting
‘Most vulnerable will continue to suffer’, lone-parent organisation One Family says
Free childcare urged for all one-parent families
Oireachtas hears child poverty caused by ‘structural barriers’ to education and jobs
‘I can’t live with the thought of being locked down with him’
Nearly 3,500 women contacted a domestic violence service for the first time during the initial lockdown; is this lockdown any better?
Levels of food poverty since pandemic ‘tragic’, single parent body says
‘Before Covid everything had been masked by schools - breakfast clubs, school meals’
Blended families can benefit adults and children – but it’s not easy
‘I felt it was wonderful that this was my family; that these people are part of my life’
Tips on how to make those blended families work
‘If there is conflict and hostility, it is very difficult to make the next parenting role work’
Shared parenting: fathers being forced to go down ‘adversarial route’
Unmarried fathers in Ireland do not have automatic guardianship rights
Agencies rally behind parents on the domestic frontline
Lone parents, new mothers, children at risk, or families in financial trouble can consult helplines and websites for support in tough times
New national childcare scheme: 11 essential points you need to know
New system launches on Wednesday but low-income families on existing programmes will be allowed to remain on them indefinitely
‘We went to court arguing over €30’
State needs to step in with guidance and support on maintenance, says lone parents’ organisation
Alliance calls for end to child poverty in pre-budget submission
Children’s Rights Alliance proposes daily hot meals, free school books and hobby subsidy
Lone parents speak out: 'Mothers have had such an ordeal'
Single parents hopeful shift in opinion evidenced by Yes vote will bring positive change
Co-parenting: how to change it from ‘battle of wills’ to shared job
Survey highlights emotional and social barriers adults encounter in trying to raise children after separation
Budget 2017: Social welfare payments to rise €5 from next March
Christmas bonus to rise from 75% of weekly payment last year to 85% this Christmas
Single-parent families suffer worst rate of poverty
EU income survey says proportion at risk of poverty has grown since 2013, from 15.2% to 16.3% last year
Burton defends changes to welfare for lone parents
Tánaiste says highly criticised move will help people get back to employment or education
Pressure mounts on Joan Burton over lone parent reform
Government insists reforms will end poverty trap and improve access to education
Warning on distress over looming change to lone parent payment
Changes to One Parent Family Payment intended to activate recipients into labour market
Agencies say protocols must be issued to counsellors
Warning that women in crisis may not get appropriate services in time
Change sought to anomaly in adoption law
Lone-parent organisations and lawyers join call for changes to adoption legislation
Maternity benefit cut ‘anti-woman’ and ‘anti-family’
Women’s Council says cuts to benefits for older people to disproportionately affect women
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