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# family court series

All time
'You have come a long way': Court hears how mother turned life around to regain access to child
21 Apr 2017
16.3k
Child remains in care after parents refuse to answer phone or turn up to court hearing
20 Apr 2017
22.5k
'It's an extremely Draconian act': Judge denies Tusla bid to place children into care
19 Apr 2017
15.7k
'I don't want waiting lists': Judge rules 'with a heavy heart' for kids to remain in foster care
18 Apr 2017
23.1k
Judge: 'It is not very often I get to do this' - Two children returned to mother after three years in care
16 Sep 2014
39.7k
27
'I feel if I do cry here, I’m seen not to be capable and if I don’t cry I look like I have a heart of stone'
16 Sep 2014
9.8k
2
Child in residential care refuses to attend addiction services, Social Work Department says they can't force him
16 Sep 2014
10.1k
27
Court told of 'serious implications' if child who has had 'multiple foster homes' is moved again
16 Sep 2014
8.0k
10
Boy in State care set duvet on fire in the middle of the room while he was still in it
16 Sep 2014
11.5k
10
Babies of homeless parents remain in State care, but father has made 'huge progress'
16 Sep 2014
10.2k
8
Toddler left alone in Direct Provision centre removed from mother, custody awarded to father
16 Sep 2014
20.6k
11
Children stay in care of the State as mother remains in prison
16 Sep 2013
5.5k