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Thursday 3 December 2020
The child suffered brain damage and significant life-changing injuries in 2016.
The minister has defended the legislation but said he regrets poorly communicating what it intends to do.
Writer Fionn Davenport says the government’s rushing through of legislation last night condemns survivors of mother and baby homes to 30 more years of darkness.
Powerful testimonies of survivors from mother and baby homes were read out in the Dáil last night.
The Commission of Investigation into Mother and Baby Homes is due to submit its final report later this month.
The vast majority of the cases involved an “employee error or omission”.
The Child Care Law Reporting Project published its latest reports today.
Internal risk reports expressed concern about the impact of reduced home visits and face-to-face meetings.
Teachers and other professionals play a role in reporting suspected cases of child abuse – but schools are now closed until September.
The teen, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is currently being detained at a special care unit.
This and other data breaches are outlined in the Data Protection Commission’s annual report.
Tusla’s new guidelines mean social workers could have to “stress test” allegations during interviews.
The two crèches are in Dublin and Wicklow.
He was convicted by a jury and sentenced to 12 years in prison last month.
Early drafts of a letter that caused a row between the agency and Scouting Ireland contained stronger criticism of the organisation than the final version.
New research being launched today shows how vulnerable adults are falling through the cracks when it comes to safeguarding.
Niamh’s case is among three child deaths examined by the National Review Panel.
Some childcare providers were finding it “particularly challenging” to carry out fire risk assessments.
Children as young as five years old required the support of advocates last year.
The former Labour Party leader was addressing foster carers at a conference this morning.
The images were the most serious of their kind.
Some of the 4,500 foster carers in Ireland said the lack of cover had left them exposed
The RTÉ documentary about the Hyde and Seek chain was broadcast on 24 July.
There are more than 6,000 children in state care in Ireland.
Dimples Creche in Sandyford has been forced to close its after-care from tomorrow.
At the time of the inspection, 22% of children did not have an allocated social worker.
Concerns have been raised over the use of reduced timetables.
The case will be mentioned before the High Court in October.
It is a criminal offence to identify anyone who is the subject of childcare proceedings.
The woman’s lawyer initially told the court that his client was not willing to remove the material.
The teen has been charged in connection with an alleged incident at a Spar shop on Drumcondra Road.
Neglect and sexual abuse were among the suspected crimes that Tusla was slow to report.
The figure was revealed at an Oireachtas committee hearing yesterday morning.
The figure was revealed at an Oireachtas committee hearing this morning.
The agency appeared before an Oireachtas hearing this morning.
Anne Davy featured in an RTÉ Investigates documentary into childcare this week.
The Drumcondra creche was not covered on this week’s RTÉ documentary.
Meanwhile, Hyde and Seek it had taken steps to deal with “urgent issues” highlighted in the RTÉ programme last night.
Children were filmed being roughly handled in the footage recorded by RTÉ Investigates, and concerns were raised about fire safety and other issues.
A number of fire safety issues at the creche chain were raised during an RTÉ documentary last night.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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