The head of child and family agency Tusla has said despite the “harrowing” case of missing child Daniel Aruebose, the organisation had uncovered “no child protection concerns” regarding his ...

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The National Review Panel, which investigates serious incidents including the deaths of children in care and known to the ...

The sentencing of Tegan McGhee at the Central ­Criminal Court for the ­brutal murder of her four-year-old stepson again focuses ­attention on child protection services’ failure to safeguard the very ...

If ever there was a mic-drop moment this week, it came on Thursday night when the Ombudsman for Children issued a scathing statement about the response to the case of the missing boy in north county ...

More than 2,000 personal data breaches by Tusla since 2019 included vulnerable people’s information sent to the wrong person, children’s care files mislaid in public places and phone messages with ...

A child referred for sexual abuse concerns to child protection services was prioritised as "medium" and left on a waiting list for 14 months. Despite a second concern raised about the child one month ...

Tusla, the Irish state agency responsible for child welfare and protection, is to undertake wellbeing checks on cases closed during the Covid-19 pandemic, a cabinet minister has said. The request ...

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Gardaí (Irish police) said an area in Donabate will continue to be searched in the coming days Tusla, the Irish state agency responsible for child welfare and protection, is to undertake wellbeing ...