Analysis: While the pitiful circumstances of some children’s lives in Northern Ireland are laid bare in today’s report, there is also a very strong focus on serious concerns raised in the case management reports about how professionals handled the children’s cases.

A report published today examines 24 cases of abuse and neglect that resulted in children dying or being seriously injured in Northern Ireland. Poor communication between professionals, children not being listened to, a failure to act on signs of neglect, and procedures not being followed are some

BY KATHRYN TORNEY A NEW report published today examines 24 disturbing cases of abuse and neglect in Northern Ireland which resulted in children dying or being seriously injured.

From The Irish Times JASON KENNEDY and ANNE LUCEY An alcohol awareness charity has criticised a Kerry councillor ’s call to allow rural drivers have two or three drinks before driving…

The rate of suicide among young men in Ireland is one of the highest in Europe, a major new report has warned. An estimated 165 young men took their own lives in the Republic in 2011 – out of a total of 525 suicides – while another 72 young men died by suicide in the North.

Suicide rates among young men could be reduced by restricting access to the means for self-harm, a new report suggests. Young Irish men need to develop their emotional skills to ward off the risk of suicide, says the report, published today by the Men’s Health Forum in Ireland .

An alcohol awareness charity has criticised a Kerry councillor’s call to allow rural drivers have two or three drinks before driving home, while an organisation representing vintners said it hoped the proposal started a conversation on the issues facing rural Ireland.