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Fri 03 Mar 2010System Failures
The Troubled Lives And Tragic Deaths Of Five Teenagers In Care
Twenty children have died while in State care between 2000 and 2010, according to the HSE. Eight of these children died of a medical condition while the remainder died of other causes - typically drug overdoses, suicide or road traffic crashes. Minister for Children Barry Andrews told TDs in the Dáil yesterday that in one case a murder case was under way.
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