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NUI GALWAY and Atlantic Philanthropies are to open a €10 million lifecycle institute which will focus on research into key social policy areas. Plans for the multidisciplinary institute are due to be announced today, as part of the university’s €140 million strategic development programme. Atlantic…

A new research partnership between J.K. Rowling’s international children’s organisation Lumos and a world-renowned Irish university will increase global momentum to transform the lives of children living separated from their families in orphanages. An estimated eight million children worldwide live in institutions and so-called orphanages,…

NUI Galway is an Atlantic grantee. by LORNA SIGGINS Western Correspondent MORE THAN 3,000 Irish teenagers between the ages of 15 and 17 are caring for parents or relatives, according to recent Census figures. However, new research commissioned from NUI Galway (NUIG) by the Minister of State…

  by LORNA SIGGINS ANY GOVERNMENT keen to save money will ensure that continued support is given to preventative and early intervention services for children in potential difficulty and there is an "overwhelming economic argument" for such an approach, according to Prof Pat Dolan, who…

Better education levels and more economic resources mean we have an awesome responsibility to ensure that children of all backgrounds benefit from "the rising tide", President Mary McAleese said yesterday. She paid tribute to the work of staff at a Galway-based family research centre established…

Parenting teens can be tricky and confusing. One of the few rigorously-evaluated programmes to help parents tackle those challenges has demonstrated convincing evidence of its effectiveness, researchers reported. The programme — Odyssey, Parenting Your Teen — is a potential model for more countries than Northern Ireland, where…

A parenting programme can have a significant impact on the risk and protective factors that shape family life, and create population-wide benefit, according to this evaluation of the Triple P Positive Parenting Programme in the Midland counties of Longford and Westmeath. The parenting programme was…

Gara LaMarche, President and CEO of The Atlantic Philanthropies, addressed the National University of Ireland-Galway's Life Course Institute Seminar. He commented that Life Course projects are important because they are not just about “treating” disadvantage in old age or in youth, but are about breaking…

Children who experience domestic abuse can be forgotten victims. Mayo Children's Initiative (MCI Ireland), a programme in rural Ireland, made "spectacular progress" in reaching these children and is a model for other countries to follow, according to the lead researcher of an evaluation carried out…

Report Card 2012 was published on 23 January 2012. This year the Alliance has given the Irish Government its best result in four years - an overall ‘C+’ grade for its progress to date on its key promises to children. The grade is in recognition…