Family Agency

For the students attending Ireland’s first “democratic school”, there is no classroom, curriculum or timetable. In fact, there are no teachers either.(...)

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, has begun an investigation into allegations by a former creche employee that two other staff members slapped child(...)

A 14-year-old boy who is homeless and at large from a special care centre is at serious risk to himself following attempts to take his own life, the H(...)

The Child and Family Agency (CFA) has secured a temporary respite placement for a teenage girl who had been staying at a hostel which the High Court h(...)

A legal firm says it has been instructed by more than 30 families to seek compensation on behalf of children in Hyde and Seek creches which featured i(...)

A childlike sex doll was seized by gardaí this week during an operation targeting persons suspected of possessing, importing and distributing child po(...)

Irish children are being ‘pushed out of a family law system that is crying out for reform’ and where young people’s voices are not heard, according to(...)

A child in care had nowhere to go after a placement in a private facility broke down on the eve of a bank holiday because of financial issues with the(...)

It’s almost summer and the cost of taking a holiday is set to soar. For many parents, there’s a dilemma: do you skip school early to take advantage of(...)

A High Court judge has cleared the way for a teenage girl abandoned by her birth mother to be legally adopted by her foster parents. Mr Justice John (...)