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Wed 03 Mar 2010Over 23 children in State care may have died, says Andrews

THERE MAY have been more than 23 deaths of children in the care of the State in the past 10 years, Minister of State for Children Barry Andrews has said.

Mr Andrews was speaking yesterday as details were confirmed of a new independent group to review the HSE’s investigations into the deaths of children in care since 2000.