# FOSTERING

Last year

2022

Opinion: 'Travelling to Limerick in search of college digs as a care-leaver felt so lonely'

Rory Brown grew up in care and says education changed his life. He’s asking the government not to forget children in care in Budget 23.

21.7k

Sep 18th 2022, 7:45 AM

All time

Voices

Opinion: Foster care is in trouble in Ireland and its privatisation is not the answer

Green Party TD Patrick Costello says foster care in Ireland has been at breaking point for some time and it cannot be ignored any longer.

23.5k

Sep 14th 2020, 7:00 AM

# tusla

Gay couple encourage other members of the LGBT community to consider fostering children

There are more than 6,000 children in state care in Ireland.

44.1k

Oct 12th 2019, 8:30 AM

# High Court

Foster mother loses High Court challenge over how Tusla removed child from her care

The woman fostered the boy, who has certain medical conditions, for more than a year after his birth in 2016.

23.8k

Dec 28th 2018, 4:33 PM

# Courts

Foster mother takes Tusla to High Court over refusal to consider her as adoptive parent for child

The woman had been caring for the boy from a few months after his birth until April of this year.

21.4k

Sep 25th 2018, 8:29 PM

# Late Late Show

Actor Barry Keoghan: '13 foster homes. If that's on paper you'd think "he's destined to mess up"'

The actor’s stock is growing in Hollywood, and he told Tubridy last night how his experiences growing up shaped him.

117k

Apr 14th 2018, 7:42 AM

# FOSTERING

'They've two Christmasses. One with us and another with their birth family'

Foster carers describe the extra lengths they go to make sure that Christmas is a good time for the children in their care.

16.5k

Dec 22nd 2017, 10:00 PM

# FOSTERING

'Major non-compliance': 82 foster carers in Cork did not have up-to-date Garda vetting

HIQA has written to the COO of Tusla about the risks that were identified.

9.1k

Nov 21st 2017, 2:12 PM

# service gap

€19 million a year spent on private foster care because Tusla is overstretched

Oireachtas Children’s Committee will today recommend resources be used to recruit more social workers for public service.

9.5k

Nov 9th 2017, 6:01 AM

# checks

Some foster carers in Kerry, Galway and Roscommon are not being vetted enough

Two new Hiqa reports have identified a number of shortcomings.

7.4k

Aug 8th 2017, 4:38 PM

# vulnerable children

Foster carers 'felt disrespected' by social workers, report finds

In all, 300 social workers and foster carers responded to a joint consultation from Tusla and the Irish Foster Care Association.

9.7k

Jul 16th 2017, 7:30 AM

# HIQA

'This should be the bare minimum we expect': Fostering service to close down in wake of damning report

Fresh Start Foster Care Service said it was ceasing operations due to “ongoing difficulties in relation to retention and recruitment of staff”.

14.0k

Jul 12th 2017, 5:38 PM

# Foster Care

'I was afraid of my father. I thought it was normal to be afraid of adults'

A new report from NUI Galway highlights the experiences of children in foster care in Ireland.

35.2k

May 27th 2017, 12:05 AM

# vulnerable children

'Behind each of these numbers is a child that needs help': The business of fostering in Ireland

The State spends over €100 million on foster care each year but Tusla’s role in providing this care is under sharp scrutiny.

18.7k

May 21st 2017, 10:00 PM

# FOSTERING

Foster service in south central Dublin had 'significant risks' for children

All other 21 headings “require improvement”.

7.9k

Apr 18th 2017, 11:39 AM

# Children in Care

'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.

15.3k

Nov 19th 2016, 8:30 PM

Voices

Baby Maria, childcare, and why all we want the 'storybook child'

There are currently over 6,000 children in the Irish care system but in childhood, as in life, the implication is that younger is better.

248

Jun 16th 2015, 9:00 PM

Voices

Opinion: 'I used to think foster parents were very special people. I now know they are very ordinary people.'

As a family and as individuals, we have benefited every bit as much as the children we have and continue to care for – life has been enriched.

20.9k

Nov 11th 2014, 8:05 AM

# cultural sensitivity

New child protection service for migrant families launched

The initiative has been established to address the “general lack of understanding and stigma surrounding migrant families going through child protection interventions”.

6.2k

114

Jun 10th 2014, 1:56 PM

# HIQA

Almost 400 children on child services waiting lists in Waterford

A HIQA inspection into Child Protection and Welfare Service in the county highlighted the problem but the HSE says it is working on clearing the lists.

5.2k

Sep 7th 2013, 7:00 AM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Here are nine things you want to know as you start your day.

8.4k

Jul 26th 2013, 8:39 AM