Tusla

More than 30 investigations into sexual exploitation of teenage girls in State care

Teenage girls in care of Tusla being groomed and sexually exploited by older men, says researcher

Mother jailed for neglect of her children in filthy and freezing home

Son (12) tells court of eating mouldy bread and drinking gone-off milk

Refusal to take teen who ‘associates’ with gang leaders into secure care ‘baffling’, father says

Man says son is involved in crime and drug use and may be in danger due to witnessing a murder

Children’s care home provider pleads guilty to giving false information about staff

Garda vetting documents ‘altered’ and background checks faked

Childminders who work in their home can claim €1,000 grant for toys and equipment

Up to with 75% of the total amount will be paid in advance so childminders can tackle upfront costs

Can grandson raised as son by grandmother avail of higher tax exemption on inheritance?

Foster child relief allows children to benefit from exemption from tax on gifts and inheritances of up to €400,000 from foster parents

Boy hearing voices telling him to harm others is deteriorating while awaiting secure State place, court hears

Judge says failure to address the situation for years is a ‘disgrace’

Mother whose son attended school nine times this year says expecting him in bed before midnight is ridiculous, court hears

Tusla official says he received text from boy’s mother saying view child should go to bed before midnight ‘ridiculous’

Judge sends transcripts of care hearings to government officials in bid to end ‘emergency’ over vulnerable children

Young people, some in danger of sexual exploitation, are not being taken into care despite High Court orders

Sexually exploited teenager ‘suffering harm every day’ unable to get secure State care, judge warns

Lack of secure care places to cater for vulnerable young people ‘utterly disgraceful’, says judge

Children at Dublin creche given medication without parents’ signed consent

Inspection at Crumlin Childcare Centre found children in cold and dirty conditions

Call for ‘urgent’ review of new restraint guidelines in schools

Rules fall ‘far short’ short of what is needed to protect vulnerable pupils, special rapporteur on child protection says

As UK grapples with Elon Musk’s interventions, there’s no room for complacency here on child protection

A 2023 study found that young people in State care, particularly girls, were being targeted by older men who plied them with gifts, drink and drugs and then exploited them sexually

Mother of teenage heroin addict ‘fully supportive’ of him being taken into care, court hears

‘It is five minutes to midnight,’ judge says, as boy (17) will soon age out of Child Care Act provisions

Tusla audits find ‘unsatisfactory’ management of cash allowances for foster carers

Audit of cash payments in 25 sample cases found over €11,000 distributed to foster carers without supporting documentation

Company vetting lapses spark alarm within child protection agency Tusla

Emails show concerns flagged inside Supervised Access Ireland about staff working with vulnerable children without Garda vetting

Tusla placed children with firm blacklisted over vetting concerns

Agency cut ties with company used to supervise access visits between parents and children in care

Fostering at Christmas: ‘We once had two boys, age 9 and 11, who had never had a Christmas tree’

Almost 4,000 foster carers in Ireland have welcomed children from all backgrounds into their homes and cared for them like their own

Man given suspended sentence for leaving baby alone in car for more than eight hours

Father (35) pleaded guilty to neglect after presenting to garda station saying he had been drinking and could not remember vehicle’s location

Childcare placement sector making ‘substantial profits’ amid ‘broken’ system, says judge

Judge places two boys in interim care of Tusla but says the agency had ‘serious and fundamental questions’ to answer

Kyran Durnin case: Man with history of violence now suspect in murder investigation

Gardaí conclude search at Drogheda house as second of two suspects is released without charge

Kyran Durnin investigation: Search to resume at Drogheda house after man arrested

Gardaí questioning man in connection with suspected murder of boy who went missing two years ago

‘Alcoholic’ father pleads guilty to leaving infant daughter in car for over eight hours

Nine-month-old child was found by gardaí unsecured and in distressed state in car

Man sexually abused by uncle tells court Tusla investigation was a farce

Alan Jenkins says he felt ‘very aggrieved’ that Tusla found the allegations he had made against his uncle, Paul Craven (55) ‘unfounded’

Kyran Durnin case ‘properly resourced’ with ‘huge amounts’ of information being examined, says Harris

Boy (8) reported missing from his home last August, but gardaí suspect he was murdered more than two years ago

Watchdog calls for ‘urgent’ overhaul of placements for vulnerable children

Hiqa report notes some children, many of whom have complex needs, are living in unregulated special emergency accommodation

Children in care kept in ‘unsafe’ emergency accommodation by Tusla

Internal audits uncover ‘ongoing concerns’ about vetting of staff caring for children in State care

High Court case seeks damages over State’s ‘systemic failure’ in providing secure settings for vulnerable children

Case is being brought on behalf of a boy against both Tusla and the State

High Court orders adoption of teen without consent of her birth parents

Judge rules that wishes and best interests of girl (17) favour granting order sought by Tusla

North Dublin foster care services need ‘significant improvements’ to protect children from abuse, Hiqa says

Health Information and Quality Authority inspections of services in Dublin North and Galway/Roscommon warn of ‘inadequate pool of foster carers’ to meet children’s needs

Shane O’Connor inquest jury calls for improved HSE mental health protocols

Teenage son of musicians Sinéad O’Connor and Dónal Lunny died by suicide in January 2022

Fine Gael’s €860m childcare plan promises extra benefit payment and 30,000 new early learning places

Like other parties, Fine Gael has also pledged that parents will pay no more than €200 per month per child

Kyran Durnin case: No further searches planned as investigators ‘consolidate’ leads

Tusla report on its involvement with Kyran and the Durnin family raises issues of concern, says Minister

Kyran Durnin case should be ‘watershed moment’ for child protection, urges special rapporteur

Irish State legally vulnerable because of ‘obvious gap’ between rights of children on paper and in practice

Mother of vulnerable teen brings court action against HSE and Tusla

Legal action seeks a declaration that both agencies are in breach of their statutory duties towards the boy

State child care system ‘in crisis’ and vulnerable children are ‘falling through the cracks’

Report of Child Law Project ‘sounds the alarm’ says special rapporteur on child protection

Tusla received no reports of Kyran Durnin missing school in two years since disappearance

Agency’s chief executive says decision was made not make reports public in light of ongoing garda investigation

O’Gorman says he will ‘act immediately’ on findings of Tusla review into Kyran Durnin case

No information to be released that could potentially interfere with ongoing Garda investigation

Man who admitted possessing and distributing child abuse videos as a teenager remanded for sentencing

The now 22-year-old cannot currently be named due to reporting restrictions

Kyran Durnin case: Tusla review completed but will not be published

Gardaí believe Kyran Durnin is deceased and he may have died over two years ago

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