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10 Ways to Positively Maintain Contact

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For many parents sharing parenting after separation, one parent is the ‘primary carer’ and the other ‘non-resident’ or ‘contact’ parent, spends their time with their child at weekends and holidays. It can be challenging for parents in this situation, especially if trust has been broken, to put their feelings about their ex to one side. […]

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Housing a Major Concern for One-Parent Families

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Kitty Holland writes in the Irish Times today about the distressing case of Sabrina McMahon, a lone parent who has been spending nights with her three young children in their car. Housing concerns and worries are the cause of continuous stress for many of the parents One Family works with, with many telling us they […]

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Government must Prioritise Childcare Provision as a Downturn-Buster

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Press Release Childcare 101 – Government must Prioritise Childcare Provision as a Downturn-Buster (Dublin, Monday 7 April 2014) One Family – Ireland’s leading organisation for one-parent families in Ireland today – outlines the three major reasons that provision of affordable, accessible childcare is a necessity if Ireland is to make a full economic recovery soon. A new […]

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Survey on Housing Supports

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Would you like to contribute to our Budget 2015 submission? It’s easy – simply take our anonymous 3 question survey. Each short monthly survey has a focus on a different budget submission topic. This month’s survey is on Housing Supports. Take the survey and know that your voice is heard. If you would like to view the […]

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Our Thoughts on Mother’s Day

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One Family board members, staff, volunteers and lone parents working with us on policy issues respond to the question, “What does Mother’s Day mean to you this year?” When I was small I would steal daffodils for my mother from the neighbour’s garden. I would fill my hands with the stems until I could hold […]

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