Child And Family Agency
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Foster mother loses High Court action over manner child was taken from her
- High Court
- December 28, 2018, 16:34
A woman has lost her High Court challenge over the manner in which the Child and Family Agency removed a child she was fostering from her care. In hi(...)

‘Incomprehensible’ that new specialist facility for children only half open
- High Court
- November 22, 2018, 13:34
A High Court judge has said it is “alarming” and “incomprehensible”, given “unprecedented” demand for special care places for vulnerable children, tha(...)

Mother felt ‘torture’ when newborn forcibly taken from her
- High Court
- November 21, 2018, 17:33
A breastfeeding mother said she experienced “torture” when social workers and gardaí entered her hospital room and forcibly removed her newborn child,(...)

Baby forcibly removed from breastfeeding mother by gardaí and social workers
- High Court
- November 13, 2018, 13:13
A baby boy was just a day old when he was forcibly removed from his breastfeeding mother at a maternity hospital by gardaí and social workers on(...)

Teacher denies telling female pupil to call when he had house to himself
- High Court
- November 9, 2018, 17:05
A teacher who denies he said to a female pupil: “Call me tonight at 10.30, I have the house to myself”, has been given permission by the High Court to(...)

Childcare system ‘car crash’ ‘inevitable’, High Court hears
- Social Affairs
- September 17, 2018, 00:30
It is “inevitable” there will eventually be a “car crash” where a suitable care place could not be found for a disturbed young person, the High Court (...)

‘There is too much mollycoddling these days’ says judge
- District Court
- April 6, 2018, 20:52
A district court judge has said “there is too much mollycoddling these days” after hearing evidence of children being persistently absent from school.(...)

Reports detail failures in caring for mentally disturbed teens
- Social Affairs
- January 29, 2018, 00:01
Cases involving two children allegedly sexually abused by 11 named individuals in the presence of their parents are included in the latest volume from(...)

Boy who is ‘too dangerous’ for care left in a non-secure unit
- Social Affairs
- January 29, 2018, 00:00
A teenage boy who is “too dangerous” for care in Ireland remains without a secure placement, according to a report published on Monday. The case, de(...)

Boy (15) accused of assisting in alleged rape of sister is placed in secure unit
- High Court
- January 8, 2018, 15:19
The High Court has made orders allowing Tusla, the Child and Family Agency to place a teenage boy accused of participating in the rape of his sister (...)