Grainia Long

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More than 450 foster children have no social worker

The acting chief executive of the Irish Foster Care Association, Breda O’Donovan, has warned that seven per cent of children (451) in foster care do n(...)

A study has found an average of 221 adults a night were placed in emergency beds in the last quarter of last year. Photograph: Alan Betson
Nearly 3,500 used homeless accommodation at end of 2015

Almost 3,500 homeless adults used emergency accommodation in Dublin at the end of last year, the highest number in any three-month period since the fi(...)

Childline volunteers dealt with over a thousand calls, texts and messages from distressed young people on Christmas Day , according to the charity. Photograph: Thinkstock
Childline received almost 1,200 contacts on Christmas day

Childline volunteers dealt with over a thousand calls, texts and messages from distressed young people on Christmas Day , according to the charity. O(...)

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