Neglected child who self-harmed appeared to 'slip through cracks' of mental health services
Child Law Project publishes 30 case reports where State sought care orders
Court orders father to return son to State for urgent medical assessment
Child’s suprapubic catheter was removed against Irish medical advice
Death of Sinéad O’Connor’s son referred to NRP for investigation
O’Connor questions how her teenage son was able to leave Tallaght hospital
Judge expresses concern for vulnerable boy in homeless unit
‘Child may be born’ to 17-year-old boy and girl, both of whom are in interim care, court told
Judge criticises adoption ‘system failure’ that upset birth mother
Approval granted for ‘last minute’ adoption with ‘considerable degree of reluctance’
Judge rejects mother’s request for choice of school for son
Tusla tells court boy has made friends at playschool on grounds of school
Man claims sister made false allegations of sexual assault against him
High Court allows challenge to agency’s refusal to rescind notice given to Garda vetting bureau
Infant burials likely to have happened at Bessborough - report
No burial records found for more than 800 babies linked with mother and baby home
Tusla seeks orders to continue detention of ‘deeply vulnerable’ girl
Teenager who set out plan to kill someone in manuscript deemed ‘very serious risk’ to some
Judge sets new Playstation rules for truant teenagers
Mother being prosecuted by Tusla over boy and girl’s school attendance records
Girl (15) sexually assaulted outside hostel moved to new location, court told
Child and Family Agency secures temporary respite placement for girl after two assaults
Catholic parents of girl in foster care objected to her attending CofI school
Judge accedes to Tusla application for child to attend Church of Ireland primary school
Girl abandoned by birth mother can be adopted by foster parents, court rules
Judge said the girl was left ‘devastated’ after birth mother said her father died of a broken heart due to girl’s refusal to visit the family
The Irish Times view: A Family Court is urgently needed
Family Court Bill was announced a year ago, but there is no sign of it reaching the pre-legislative scrutiny stage
More emergency care orders sought for babies than any other age group
Tusla seeks such orders when a child is believed to be at immediate risk
New owner and tenants have been forced out of Dublin property, court told
Woman allegedly breaks back into property with children who are being ‘used as pawns’
Foster mother loses High Court action over manner child was taken from her
Woman claimed she was informed by the Child and Family Agency that, as a lone parent, she could not adopt the boy
Newborn taken from mother over concerns of serious harm or death
Child and Family Agency explains motivation for taking day-old child at High Court
Father claims ‘draconian’ taking into care of son breaches his rights
Mr Justice Séamus Noonan told case is first chance for High Court to review how emergency care orders are made
‘Incomprehensible’ that new specialist facility for children only half open
High court judge said her concerns should be drawn to ‘urgent attention’ of Minister
Mother felt ‘torture’ when newborn forcibly taken from her
Boy taken from woman in hospital by gardaí and social workers over fears for his safety
Baby forcibly removed from breastfeeding mother by gardaí and social workers
Mother has secured leave for judicial review over how emergency care order was made for newborn
Teacher denies telling female pupil to call when he had house to himself
High Court gives teacher permission to challenge finding of child sexual abuse against him
Grandmother seeks to be permanent carer for three grandchildren
Children’s mother allegedly has mental health and substance abuse issues
Most children in youth detention centre had lost at least one parent
Vast majority of young people at Oberstown also had drink or drug problems
Childcare system ‘car crash’ ‘inevitable’, High Court hears
Case reports highlight difficulties of finding suitable placements for children in care
Mother hit son with cricket bat for not tidying his room
Court grants emergency care order for primary school boy
‘There is too much mollycoddling these days’ says judge
District court judge threatened to send father to jail if school attendance record wasn’t 100 per cent
Parents of child absent from school for 243 days face jail
Father and mother prosecuted over number of days of primary school boy missed
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
Supreme Court to hear appeal on rights of unborn in February
Court not anxious to have appeal heard in the middle of a referendum campaign
Boy (15) accused of assisting in alleged rape of sister is placed in secure unit
Tusla sought the orders from the High Court because of teen’s troubling behaviour
Teenage boy has learning capacity of six-year-old due to educational neglect
13-year-old had 82% school absenteeism rate
‘Groundhog day’ for girl in inappropriate secure care placement, High Court told
Judge warns Tusla to find place for troubled girl
Homeless mother was wrongly refused legal costs
Woman successfully fought an attempt to take her newborn baby into care
Man alleged to have fathered child with daughter loses costs case
Separate refusals by two District Court judges to grant legal costs were challenged
Mother says she can’t stop girl (15) absconding to get married
‘It is Traveller culture. Her ambition in life is to meet a boy and get married’
Man barred from contacting intellectually disabled woman
Man had smashed phone and laptop, barricaded her in bedroom, High Court told
Family living without basic services win battle with council
Traveller family took action after they were refused housing ‘over risk of anti-social behaviour’
Mother ‘would not let social workers interview children’
Woman also suggested workers were racist during visit to investigate abuse claim, court hears
Boy remains in agency care ‘as foster carers cannot be found’
The boy can be ‘quite violent’ and has severe emotional difficulties, court hears
Tusla chief hits back at growing ‘blame’ culture against agency
Fred McBride says accusations are making it more difficult to retain staff
‘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
Almost 150 young people known to social services have died since 2010
Deaths reveal pressure facing social work departments, says independent report
HSE denies cover-up of concerns about people in foster care
Disability head offers ‘heartfelt and unreserved’ apology for failings in ‘Grace’ case
Parents lose challenge over emergency care order for baby
Newborn was placed in care soon after birth due to allegedly ‘unexplained’ bruising
Tusla must pay some legal costs in child protection case
Legal Aid Board is seeking reimbursement for representing child’s parents
Young man with severe autism to remain in specialist UK unit
HSE had opposed parents’ wish that the man remain in the British unit to complete an access-college course
Autistic man’s return from care in England deemed ‘catastrophic’
Judge suggests best solution would be HSE continuing to fund specialist care in UK
No holding cells for prisoners attending children’s court
Lack of facilities at Bridewell mean parents serving sentences must wait in prison vans
Child and Family Agency missed chances to unite girl with father
School-going child in care over five years after removal from mother due to chronic neglect
Judgment reserved in case of children taken into interim care
Child and Family Agency argues that parents cannot take ‘unlawful detention’ proceedings
Creating a criminal: what causes people to cross the line
What children see, what is role-modelled for them, has a crucial effect on future behaviour
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