# Care

All time

Nine months after probe promised into alleged foster care abuse - still no inquiry

The scandal resulted in the HSE Director General Tony O’Brien apologising to the 47 families who were in the care of the home.

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Oct 20th 2016, 6:25 PM

# workplace violence

'My life is shattered': Social care workers speak out about vicious assaults

Workers say management ignores the impact attacks have on workers.

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Sep 7th 2016, 11:36 AM

# co mayo

'Bungalow Three as we saw it then does not exist anymore' - Áras Attracta report published

The findings of the panel of specialists set up to examine the care centre are being published today.

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Sep 6th 2016, 12:30 PM

# Ballydowd

Boy accused of attacking care centre staff granted bail after going missing

The boy is accused of attacking staff at a care centre in Dublin.

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Aug 23rd 2016, 2:22 PM

# Intellectual Disabilities

HSE care failures: No visits for 16 years, no files on 200 clients and high risk of sexual abuse

The HSE has confirmed that of the 1,080 disability files reviewed by one report, “47 priority cases” were highlighted for follow up.

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Jul 14th 2016, 10:15 PM

# Courts

Young child taken from grandparents and put into foster care because of their age

“He is our pride and joy” – couple in their 60s devastated by Tusla decision.

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May 23rd 2016, 6:05 AM

# State Supports

Brendan O'Connor: Children with disabilities are not taken care of in Ireland

The RTÉ presenter gave an impassioned interview on The Late Late Show last night.

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May 14th 2016, 5:07 PM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

Another care home failure, an assault on an Afghan family and three injured firefighters…

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May 8th 2016, 7:54 PM

# failure to foster

Children left with foster family for years after serious sex abuse allegations

An RTÉ programme alleged children were left with a foster family for several years despite abuse claims.

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Apr 13th 2016, 7:26 AM

# caring credits

What about this idea? - Caring for older people to pay for your own future care

An Irish student has won an international award for a version of the proposal.

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Apr 13th 2016, 6:01 AM

# Family court

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.

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Dec 29th 2015, 10:00 PM

# Your Say

When was the last time you had to use an emergency department?

A strike planned for today was called off after late night negotiations.

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Dec 15th 2015, 9:28 AM

# Courts

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.

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Dec 10th 2015, 5:26 PM

# Vulnerable

Nearly a third of children in care cases have special needs

A new report looks at the figures behind child protection proceedings.

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Nov 30th 2015, 8:00 PM

# Dignity

'He was traumatised': Beaumont Hospital apologises over care provided to Gerry Feeney

His family are calling for a hospital ombudsman be set up.

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Nov 20th 2015, 11:49 AM

# Care order

'I’m scared for my younger brother, who is getting him dressed and bringing him to school?'

Details of a case of a young girl being taken into care over the abuse she received from her mother has been revealed.

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Oct 1st 2015, 12:01 AM

# in care

Five sexual incidents at centre for vulnerable adults investigated

Files for the patients showed no record of a capacity to make a decision on engaging in a sexual relationship.

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Sep 17th 2015, 4:09 PM

# since 2001

Study of Dublin suburb finds people more stressed than 14 years ago

The circumstances of 1,082 people from Tallaght were captured on a range of issues.

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Sep 14th 2015, 7:08 PM

# State Care

Foster kids without homes made vulnerable by HSE inspection issues

A new investigation by the Ombudsman for Children has shed light on the situation.

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Aug 7th 2015, 11:52 AM

# gill pharaoh

Nurse who didn't want to get older ends her life through euthanasia

75-year-old Gill Pharaoh spent her life as a palliative care nurse.

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Aug 4th 2015, 10:25 AM

# mary manning

'He didn't value that we were actually human beings, it was like a nightmare.'

Mary Manning was repeatedly abused by her stepfather.

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Jul 30th 2015, 1:09 PM

Voices

'A carer, what is that?' I am a weight lifter. I am a nurse. I am a specialist. I am exhausted.

I care full-time for my son, who has Hunter Syndrome, as well as being a mother to my other two young boys – yet I am often looked down upon by others.

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Jun 10th 2015, 1:30 PM

# miracle child

Little Eli, who was born without a nose, is capturing hearts across the world

He’s a fighter.

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Apr 1st 2015, 8:30 PM

# Abuse

Child found in car with cut on his throat as parents prepared to smoke heroin

The boy said his father had cut his throat.

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Apr 1st 2015, 12:02 AM

# UNDER 6

Doctors say reports of them getting €100 per child are 'inaccurate and wide of the mark'

The Department of Health states that negotiations are ongoing.

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Mar 3rd 2015, 5:22 PM

# squeeeee

This video of the 116 puppies rescued at Dublin Port will make your day

Look! Look at them!

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Feb 6th 2015, 10:51 PM

# Portiuncula

'I hoped it was just nature and that we were just unlucky, but no'

A report was compiled into the care provided to a young child at Poriuncula Hospital without the knowledge of his parents.

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Feb 3rd 2015, 10:16 PM

# Baby

Newborn died in ambulance after Turkish hospitals 'offered no care at all'

But what does it mean for Ireland?

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Jan 27th 2015, 6:37 PM

# Children in Care

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.

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Jan 12th 2015, 4:25 PM

# Primary Care

Staff taken off-duty after "concerns" at Tipperary disability unit

Minister Kathleen Lynch says she expected such concerns to be raised following the Áras Attracta case.

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Dec 18th 2014, 7:48 PM

# Abuse

'Elderly, disabled Aras Attracta resident was hit with a stick'

The HSE says it has no record of a complaint.

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Dec 14th 2014, 7:55 PM

# Abuse

700 complaints about nursing and care home staff passed to gardaí

27 of those complaints are redacted.

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Dec 14th 2014, 4:51 PM

# Abuse

'Detached, isolated and ill-informed HSE' at play in Áras Attracta, says nurses group

Nearly 100 hours of training was given to staff featured in tonight’s exposé in the wake of a HIQA report earlier this year but the Disability Federation says this abuse was nothing to do with training.

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Dec 10th 2014, 5:43 PM

# aftercare

How some teenagers are forced from foster care into direct provision once they turn 18

The ESRI has published a report into the care given to unaccompanied minors.

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Nov 25th 2014, 6:30 AM

# HIQA

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.

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Nov 21st 2014, 6:30 AM

# mom

This 23 year old's invention could revolutionise neonatal care

He has developed an incubator that costs just a fraction of the usual cost.

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Nov 6th 2014, 6:15 AM

# Spiddal

Watchdog finds issues with nutrition and healthcare at Galway nursing home

Hiqa carried out an unannounced inspection of Aras Chois Fharraige last month.

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Oct 24th 2014, 7:13 PM

# Death

Three quarters of Irish people want to die at home

Most people would like their condition managed by pain medication though almost three-quarters have not written any kind of care directive or given an indication of what they want to family members.

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Oct 17th 2014, 3:23 PM

# inspection

Dignity of elderly compromised after being transported down corridors on commodes

The latest HIQA inspection reports finds elderly residents sitting alone during meal times with food on their face and clothing.

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Oct 8th 2014, 7:15 AM

Voices

Column: Palliative care considers the mind, body and spiritual needs of the person

Palliative care is not just about pain relief for older people during their final days – it’s about quality of life for your loved one.

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Oct 6th 2014, 1:30 PM