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Fireworks ban for under-18s to come into force

Legislation to improve public safety by banning the supply of fireworks to under-18s is set to come into force on October 10. In addition, the Fireworks and Pyrotechnics (Scotland) Act will see attacks on emergency workers using fireworks become ...

05 Oct 2022 at 13:06

Almost 60% of young people are fearful for their generation’s future – study

Almost two thirds of young people in the UK are fearful for their generation’s future, a study has found. Research from The Prince’s Trust charity has revealed that 49% of people aged 16 to 25 feel anxious about their future daily while 59% ...

03 Oct 2022 at 12:17

Ireland

Children with special needs ‘left in limbo’ over assessment delays, TD warns

Children with special needs have been failed by the State, the Dail has heard. Sinn Fein TD Pearse Doherty said youngsters have been “left in limbo” by long delays in being assessed. He said there are 17,000 children waiting on initial ...

29 Sept 2022 at 15:15

Campaign aims to boost number of young adults with SEND in work by 10,000

A new campaign will aim to boost the number of young people in work with a learning disability or autism by 10,000 in the next eight years. The charity DFN Project Search is aiming to support 10,000 young adults between 18-25 years ...

29 Sept 2022 at 01:01

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Young People from Kilkenny attend Youth Leadership Conference in Kildare

250 teenagers from around the world gather in Kildare for Foróige’s Leadership for Life Youth Conference today. The conference, which was launched on Tuesday August 2, in NUI Maynooth, brings together young people from the USA, ...

05 Aug 2022 at 15:33

Life

How can young adults improve their financial health?

Like lots of people, football’s Adebayo “Bayo” Akinfenwa says he learned about money management “the hard way” when he was in his 20s – living pay cheque to pay cheque and finding himself in debt when life threw a curveball. ...

22 Jul 2022 at 10:00

Scotland

Education Secretary will not set ‘arbitrary’ date for closing attainment gap

The Education Secretary has refused to give an “arbitrary” date for closing the country’s poverty-related attainment gap. Shirley-Anne Somerville gave evidence on the Scottish Attainment Challenge to the Education, Children ...

18 May 2022 at 17:56

Scotland

Education Secretary will not set ‘arbitrary’ date for closing attainment gap

18 May 2022 at 14:25

Scotland

SQA should ‘take a short, hard look at themselves’, says expert

The Scottish Qualifications Authority (SQA) should “take a short, hard look at themselves”, an education expert has said. Professor Ken Muir published a report earlier this month on reforms to the Scottish ...

23 Mar 2022 at 14:25

Scotland

‘Petulant’ SQA response to education report shows why change is needed, say MSPs

The “petulant” response to an education expert’s report has shown why a change of leadership at Scotland’s exam authority is needed, a cross-party group of MSPs has said. Professor Ken Muir, who published ...

24 Mar 2022 at 13:25

Scotland

Families with disabled children ‘received £4m in winter heating payments’

Families with severely disabled children received more than £4 million from the Scottish Government’s Child Winter Heating Assistance scheme to heat their homes over winter, new statistics showed. The ...

26 Apr 2022 at 15:25

Scotland

Plan to remove under-18s from prisons must be expedited, chief inspector urges

Scotland’s chief inspector of prisons has led calls for no-one under the age of 18 to be sent to jail. Wendy Sinclair-Gieben is hoping for legislation to be implemented that would bring an end to the ...

02 Mar 2022 at 13:55

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