Report criticises mental health services for children
Child Care Law Reporting Project urges establishment of a dedicated family court
Lack of care places for children with mental health issues ‘very concerning’
Cases highlight ‘need for greater focus on the impact of domestic violence on children’
Cases of ‘severe’ child neglect discovered during lockdown
‘Prolonged closure of schools’ meant teachers were cut off from vulnerable children, report says
Report underlines impact of pandemic on children taken into care
Parents unable to visit sick child and family prevented from reuniting among cases listed
Coronavirus causes childcare access disputes over face masks and Zoom calls
Family law cases reveal ‘unanticipated impact’ of pandemic on access with children
Concern virtual childcare hearings may lead to parents posting footage online
Cases heard by judge sitting in physical courtroom while other parties use videolink
‘Only 14’ secure beds available to at-risk children, report warns
Vulnerable minors are not getting timely access to therapuetic care, report says
Child in care was left with nowhere to go due to financial issues, report finds
Child Care Law Reporting Project highlights cases of children forced abroad for care
Childcare cases are being heard alongside criminal cases ‘in overcrowded courts’
New CCLRP review finds lack of privacy and unsuitable conditions for family law cases
Children becoming ‘stuck’ in State care because of homelessness
‘Judges are reluctant to send children back to parents who are homeless,’ report finds
Mourners bid farewell to ‘beguiling’ critic Eileen Battersby
Grieving daughter Nadia pays tribute to mother and friend ‘inspired by generosity’
Childcare system ‘car crash’ ‘inevitable’, High Court hears
Case reports highlight difficulties of finding suitable placements for children in care
Child protection cases taking several years to be dealt with
Lack of co-operation between gardaí and social workers and inadequate supports for many district courts are contributing factors
Garda’s dysfunction is harming child sexual abuse victims
State bodies’ slow progress in implementing child protection reforms is deeply disturbing
Reports detail failures in caring for mentally disturbed teens
Child Care Law Report Project highlights difficulties in dealing with alleged sex abuse
Boy who is ‘too dangerous’ for care left in a non-secure unit
The teenager is one of 16 cases in latest work from the Child Care Law Reporting Project
‘No easy answers’ to long-running child protection cases
Some cases covered by study took up to 50 days in court, spread over months or years
Diarmaid Ferriter: Truth may out in McCabe tribunal, but don’t expect justice
Latest inquiry recalls State’s controversial handling of Kerry Babies case
Baby left in buggy down a lane while mother smoked heroin
Incident is one of 20 cases detailed in report on court orders made under Child Care Act
Family Court: Roma children in uninhabitable house
Reporting project reveals shocking case of children with lice, ringworm and no food
Carol Coulter: Outrage no substitute for serious discussion about child protection
If the rhetoric that accompanies every instance of child abuse that comes into the public domain is to mean anything, we need an honest discussion of priorities and resources.
Former ‘Irish Times’ journalist appointed to law school
NUIG appoints Coulter as honorary adjunct professor at its school of law
Report urges suitable supports for vulnerable parents
Cheif Justice says voice of child must be heard, reiterates call for dedicated court
About 30% of children in care cases come from minorities
Parental substance abuse and disability most common reasons for State intervention
Polls ‘tinkering at edges’ of vision of family life in Constitution
Relatively few people affected by divorce and marriage equality, summer school hears
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Father offered to broadcast abuse of daughter online
Child Care Law Reporting Project publishes 30 new childcare cases
Parental disability a factor in care cases
Report identifies parents with disabilities in 15 per cent of child care applications
Child Care Law Reporting Project shows care order figures vary widely
Judges in city courts refuse one in five care orders, but some smaller towns see all such orders granted
Support for marriage equality reflects value given to relationship
Opinion: Marriage in the past was often about property and family alliances
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Dramatic differences across State in number of childcare orders sought
While 230 cases came before court in Letterkenny, just nine recorded in Tullamore
Gardaí objected to return of Roma child due to ‘flight risk’
District Court told child appeared to be registered under two different names
Gardaí feared blonde Roma child was ‘flight risk’
Girl later returned to family after DNA tests proved she was biologically related to parents
A proper debate on the merits of taking children into care is long overdue
Opinion: Adversarial system associated with court setting is of questionable value
In opposition, Shatter was fiercely critical of direct provision for asylum seekers
Opinion: In government, however, he has radically changed his tune
Courts must be supported in overseeing child protection
The removal of children from a family is a draconian step, so the monitoring process must receive adequate resources
Child born in hostel for asylum seekers placed in State care for her own safety
Catalogue of abuse and neglect of children detailed in new report on childcare cases
Family law should not exist in a cocoon isolated from general legal principles
Opinion: Judges might be seconded to specialist courts for a restricted period of time
Catalogue of physical and sexual abuse of children in report on childcare cases
Substance abuse and mental illness feature in many anonymised cases from courts
There is a conflict between the pursuit of profit and the provision of care
Opinion: State must set standards and uphold rules
Childcare court reports will fill ‘void’, says judge
Court reporting project to reveal workings of childcare proceedings for first time
Website to expose operation of State child care orders
Limited reporting of cases designed to foster greater openness and uniformity
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