Carol Coulter

The plight of parents who were unable to visit their seriously ill child, who had been involuntarily admitted to hospital on foot of a court order, is(...)

Coronavirus has caused disputes over access to children in family law cases and complaints about face masks, physical distancing and foster parents li(...)

Family law practitioners have raised concerns that virtual childcare hearings will result in aggrieved parents uploading footage of cases to the inter(...)

Almost half the secure beds provided for the most at-risk children in the State are closed because of “staffing problems” a hard-hitting report publis(...)

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(...)

Childcare cases are being heard in overcrowded and “severely overworked” courts alongside criminal cases, in sometimes dilapidated courthouses without(...)

Homelessness has emerged as a factor keeping some children in the care of the State as judges are reluctant to send a child back to a parent who has n(...)

Literary critic, author and journalist Eileen Battersby was a “brilliant”, “beguiling”, “beautiful”, “courageous”, “dynamic” romantic who lived by her(...)

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 (...)

Lack of co-operation between gardaí and social workers and inadequate supports for many district courts are contributing to child protection cases tak(...)