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’
Tusla
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
Kyran Durnin was ‘lost in the system’, says Education Minister Norma Foley
Fianna Fáil TD expecting a report from Tusla over the coming days into the troubling case of the child’s disappearance in 2022
Vigil held in Dundalk for missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin
Event was the second such community gathering organised in the Co Louth town for the schoolboy missing and presumed dead
Kyran Durnin case: Fresh searches expected after no trace of boy found in Dundalk property
Garda inquiries continue one month on from the Co Louth boy’s disappearance
Thirty-seven children reported as missing from Tusla care so far this year
Thirty-one of those missing are separated children seeking asylum, while six went missing from residential settings, figures show
Kyran Durnin case: How can a child go missing for two years?
Locals in Dundalk express bafflement and shock at disappearance of boy in 2022, when he was aged six
Tusla ordered to do welfare check at home of two children who have not been in school since March
Judge Alex Gabbett said he was requiring the welfare check to be carried out ‘in the territory we are in this week in all that we are seeing in the news’
Kyran Durnin: ‘Persons of interest’ identified by gardaí investigating assumed murder
Gardaí say while arrests expected in time, more evidence is required to create necessary grounds for making first arrests, information from public being followed-up
Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí receive ‘huge volume’ of information from public on missing boy
Detectives no closer to making arrests amid claims the State’s child protection system had ‘failed’ Co Louth boy
Government shouldn’t be so quick to yell Gotcha! at Sinn Féin. Its record on children is shameful
When election candidates coming knocking at your door, will you speak for the children so badly let down by the State?
Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí finish dig in Dundalk back garden without finding fresh evidence
Forensic examination of Emer Terrace house and wasteland outside complete, with focus likely to shift to Drogheda
Kyran Durnin timeline: What we know so far about missing eight-year-old
Last positive sighting of Kyran was in 2022, and missing persons case has been upgraded to a murder investigation
Family member reported Kyran Durnin missing 24 hours after Tusla alert
Family member claimed mother and son were noticed missing on same day Tusla indicated it was notifying Garda of concerns
Salary scales for special care staff set to increase, Supreme Court hears
Disclosure comes in a mother’s appeal seeking to hold Tusla in contempt of court order for her son’s detention
Gardaí expand Kyran Durnin search from family home to nearby wasteland
Tusla alerted Garda to ‘significant concern’ when Kyran (8) was reported missing in August
Tusla raised ‘significant concern’ over eight-year-old Kyran Durnin in August
Search of former Durnin family home in Dundalk, Co Louth, involves garden excavation in search for boy’s remains
Roderic O’Gorman asks Tusla to send files on Kyran Durnin to National Review Panel
Minister says there will be ‘consequences’ for any State body found wanting in case of boy (8) who gardaí believe was killed two years ago
Missing Drogheda boy Kyran Durnin was taken out of his school two years ago
Officials assumed the eight-year-old boy had moved to a school in the North
Pilot scheme for nationalised childcare costed at €53m
Scheme would cater for 6,000 children across a range of different services intended to be representative of the current sector
Judge expresses ‘grave disappointment’ after care watchdog shelved
Court reporting project that highlighted failures in care system stood down after State funding runs out
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