Tusla

Care home for children that used fake background checks was at high level of criminality – judge

Director Karen Akwuobi given six-month suspended sentence alongside fines for service

Abusers using data protection law to get details on victims

Charity accuses Tusla of giving sensitive information to alleged abuser, saying data rules are ‘unsafe’

Companies being paid millions to run emergency housing for children in care

Evangelical pastor, former banker and healthcare workers among figures behind firms running emergency accommodation for children in State care

Kyran Durnin murder inquiry: Gardaí conclude search of Drogheda house

No evidence of ‘immediate significance’ was found, it is understood

Multi-agency protocol to speed up rape, murder cases involving children launched by Minister for Justice

Provisions include right of child defendant to youth justice worker to support them and explain every stage of court proceedings

Judge expedites hearing date for father’s ‘exceptionally urgent’ challenge to Tusla decision

Child and Family Agency determined that the man’s teenage son, who is allegedly involved in crime and drug use, did not meet criteria for secure care

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

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