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#Children in Care
# children-in-care - Tuesday 5 March, 2019
New website launched to help explain to children in care why Tusla is in their lives
The website has been designed by young people with lived experience of the care system.
# children-in-care - Saturday 16 February, 2019
Young people share their experiences in care: 'This was the chapter where I turned my life around'
A number of young people shared their experiences yesterday and said they want to erase the stigma attached to being in the care system.
# children-in-care - Monday 21 January, 2019
Judge told child in rural Irish town may have been trafficked
In another case the court heard a pre-school age child may have been sexually abused while in foster care.
# children-in-care - Thursday 11 October, 2018
Children went 'missing' from Tusla care home more than 100 times in twelve-month period
The findings were made as part of an unannounced inspection by HIQA in July.
# children-in-care - Monday 17 September, 2018
Nine-year-old boy in care moved five different times in 13 days
“His experience in care is augmenting his experience of harm that brought him into care,” the judge said.
# children-in-care - Saturday 18 November, 2017
'There's so much potential in every young person in care, just like there is in every young person'
An education fair is being held to showcase options for young people in care.
# children-in-care - Tuesday 8 August, 2017
Report into death of teen finds impact of separating her from younger sibling was not understood
‘Clare’ was in foster care when she took her own life.
# children-in-care - Monday 12 June, 2017
Sexually abused siblings lived in 'succession of very dirty, chaotic houses'
This case is just one of 22 being highlighted by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today.
# children-in-care - Saturday 10 June, 2017
'They're extremely loyal. Even though they've grown up with neglect they just want to go home'
Guardians ad litem are appointed by the courts to give children a voice, but that task is by no means an easy one.
# children-in-care - Sunday 2 April, 2017
The challenges of integrating migrant children in Ireland's care
There are many challenges around mental health and cultural identity in particular.
# children-in-care - Saturday 19 November, 2016
'They drive you nuts and make you laugh' - Irish foster carers share their stories
The child and family agency is currently running a campaign looking for a home for one particular child.
# children-in-care - Sunday 30 October, 2016
'It's not the State's problem, it's the family's': Care system to adopt tough love approach
The chief executive of Tusla said the agency wants families to share more power and responsibility, and to “own their problems”.
# children-in-care - Monday 26 September, 2016
Over 500 children placed in out-of-hours emergency care last year
Many of the children are removed from homes out-of-hours by gardaí.
# children-in-care - Thursday 15 September, 2016
Children in 'disturbing' sex abuse case to remain in care until next year
The children, who are both under the age of ten, will continue in the care of their foster parents.
# children-in-care - Monday 29 August, 2016
Child in foster care has "serious anxiety" and worries about his mother's welfare
A family court heard the child recently had an argument with his foster family.
# children-in-care - Wednesday 17 August, 2016
Jeff's story: A worried little boy in care - quiet, kind and deeply troubled
The child had been placed in care because of family violence, parental alcohol use and neglect and remained in care until he was an adult.
# children-in-care - Tuesday 16 August, 2016
Domestic violence, mental illness and drug abuse: The tragic lives of children in care who died
Reports published today gave details of the lives of a number of young people know to the child and family agency who took their own lives.
# children-in-care - Friday 1 January, 2016
Court hears child who set fire to bedroom wants to go to college
The case of two children due to leave state care were discussed in court.
# children-in-care - Tuesday 29 December, 2015
Mother who relapsed and went on 'cocaine session' wants children back
The children’s social worker said there is a plan in place to return the children to the mother’s care if she engages with drug user services.
# children-in-care - Thursday 10 December, 2015
Boy who did €10,000 worth of damage to care home "is not fit to be let loose in society”
He was sentenced to two and a half years in prison.
# children-in-care - Thursday 4 June, 2015
Ignored, abandoned, deprived of food: Abuse suffered by Irish kids before they go into care
The most common form of abuse is neglect and some children suffer horrific physical and sexual abuse before the State is called on to intervene.
# children-in-care - Monday 12 January, 2015
Teens in State-run home were leaving regularly to take drugs
A Hiqa report found the care centre was not run in a way that the children were always safe and protected from themselves.
# children-in-care - Friday 28 November, 2014
The High Court has ordered 17 children be detained in special care units
Detention in special care is for the child’s own welfare and protection.
# children-in-care - Friday 21 November, 2014
More than 100 children in foster care have no social worker
One child had not been visited by a social worker in more than four years.
# children-in-care - Monday 6 October, 2014
Parents agree to allow disabled children stay in care
The judge said that the parents had the capacity to love their boys, but not the capacity to bring them up.
Five children taken into care after abuse allegations
The judge said that the children “lived in a bad place with bad people”.
Court rules home extension be built so 'inseparable' siblings in care could stay together
The case is outlined in the lastest volume of the Child Care Law Reporting Project.
# children-in-care - Thursday 17 July, 2014
'I never fought with her over toys': Here is Anne Ferris's moving Dáil speech about her sister
She was speaking during a Dáil debate on mother and baby homes.
One-year-old died in tragic accident in her home, just months after being reunited with mother
Susan had spent some time in the care of the State before her death at the age of 15 months.
# children-in-care - Wednesday 16 July, 2014
91 children known to HSE died in four years - one quarter by suicide
More than three quarters of these children were living with their families at the time.
Social workers were called after family refused treatment for ill son
The social work teams were commended for their handling of the case.
Teen who died 'allowed remain too long' in home where drug use was the norm
Nicholas was just 17 when he died due to misuse of drugs.
'Little appreciation' from State that Luke was at risk of harm while in care
Tusla, the child and family agency has published four reports into the deaths of children in State care.
# children-in-care - Sunday 22 June, 2014
TD says sending children to adult psychiatric units is 'inhumane'
A new report has found that 83 children were put into adult psychiatric units last year, despite guidelines forbidding this practice.
# children-in-care - Tuesday 10 June, 2014
Do sexual assault laws discriminate against people with disabilities?
Senator Katherine Zappone thinks they need to be updated and will present a Bill on the subject in the Seanad today.
# children-in-care - Thursday 9 January, 2014
Children in care starting fires a growing problem for HSE
Inspectors were unable to establish the legal remit for restricting children’s freedom of movement as they found the locking of the unit’s doors had become institutionalised.
# children-in-care - Thursday 14 November, 2013
Nine children in care or known to HSE died by suicide last year
Another child was murdered while in HSE aftercare.
Reviews detail tragic deaths of 'bubbly', 'charming' children
The HSE has published reports on the deaths of six children in care or known to the HSE.
# children-in-care - Tuesday 5 November, 2013
African children are 20 times more likely to be taken into care - report
The Child Care Law Reporting Project described the figures as “striking” and questioned the effect of the direct provision system on child welfare.
# children-in-care - Tuesday 7 May, 2013
Children in care more likely to be 'suspended, excluded and leave school early'
“Given that there are currently 6,300 children in the care of the State – a relatively small number”, Emily Logan believes more should be done to support them.
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Poll: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin went head-to-head in the first live televised election debate last night where a range of issues from healthcare to housing were discussed.
One moment that set people talking was towards the end of the debate when presenter Pat Kenny asked each of the candidates if they have ever used illegal drugs.
While Martin instantly replied that he has never taken illegal drugs, Varadkar said he already answered this question in an interview several years ago. After he was pressed for an answer from Kenny and Martin, Varadkar admitted he had used illegal drugs but said it was “obviously a long time ago.”
Speaking on the Tonight Show after the debate, Fr Peter McVerry dismissed it as a pointless question, adding that only people buying drugs regularly should have to account for their moral decision.
It is clear that a wider debate is to be had around personal drug use and how much of this should be shared by those running for elected office.
So today we’re asking you: Is it fair to ask politicians about their own personal drug use?
Poll Results:
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No (4521)
I'm not sure (515)
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Lise Hand: Will they? Won't they? Shades of Love Island as big parties can't avoid recoupling talk
By Lise Hand - @liseinthecity
Opinion: Young people don't vote? You may be right, but we might surprise you
By Adam Hallissey and Ben Quigley - @progressbrief
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