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State Care

# state-care - Saturday 6 April, 2013

Why do children end up in care in Ireland?

A new website looks at cases from Irish courts where children ended up in care. Here are some of the stories.

# state-care - Tuesday 23 October, 2012

Column: For foster children like me, the Children’s Referendum is a new chance

The change won’t make any difference to most people, writes Wayne Dignam. But for a few, it could mean everything.

# state-care - Sunday 22 July, 2012

Corruption and the Catholic Church up for discussion at MacGill Summer School

Government ministers, journalists and academics will be speaking at the 32nd MacGill Summer School which starts tonight in Donegal.

# state-care - Sunday 24 June, 2012

Children’s Ombudsman criticises application of ‘in camera’ rule on child cases

Emily Logan also said her office met with “resistance” when investigating children in care.

# state-care - Saturday 23 June, 2012

Column: Ireland will never care for its people until we admit our own guilt

Revelations over child deaths are just the latest in a long line – and nothing will change unless we move beyond scapegoats, writes Aaron McKenna.

# state-care - Thursday 21 June, 2012

‘Standalone’ referendum on children’s rights to be held this autumn – Gilmore

The Tánaiste says the government is keen to run the Children’s Rights referendum as soon as wording can be agreed.

# state-care - Wednesday 20 June, 2012

Deaths of many children in care ‘may have been preventable’, report finds

The Independent Child Death Review Group underlines a catalogue of major failings of the State’s child support services.

‘Harrowing’ report find deaths of some children in State care were preventable

The independent report examined the deaths of 196 vulnerable children who were living under the care of the State from 2000 – 2010.

# state-care - Monday 18 June, 2012

Report on deaths of children in State care shows ‘systemic failure’

The report by the Independent Review Group set up to examine the deaths of nearly 200 children in care and young adults known to child protection services will be published this week.

# state-care - Monday 21 May, 2012

The 9 at 9: Monday

Nine things you should know this morning.

Independent report on deaths of children in state care to be published ‘shortly’

Minister for Children says that the AG’s advice has been sought over the report before its publication.

# state-care - Friday 16 December, 2011

Two due in court over murder of Daniel McAnaspie

Two people will appear in court this morning charged with murdering McAnaspie, who was killed while in State care.

# state-care - Wednesday 19 October, 2011

Column: ‘My family couldn’t look after me’ – life inside a State home

Clíodhna has been in the State childcare system for most of her life. She tells TheJournal.ie about social workers, Christmas shopping, and why she has no regrets.

# state-care - Tuesday 18 October, 2011

The Daily Fix: Tuesday

In tonight’s Fix: RTÉ stars face a large pay cut; Irish ex-pats get their say in the Áras race; and a war of words at the World Scrabble Championships.

Ireland will do whatever “humanly possible” to stop children dying in care – Kenny

Enda Kenny assures the Dáil that the State will do whatever it must to ensure that no more children die in its care.

Twenty-two young people died while known to State care services

The deaths took place over nine months in 2010, and include four cases of suicide.

# state-care - Thursday 3 March, 2011

The 9 at 9: Thursday

Nine things you need to know by 9am: The news from the Department of Finance is even worse than we thought; an artist’s fingers cut off during a savage attack and everything you need to know to bluff your way through the day’s cricket chat.