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# Care

All time
Elderly couple married for 63 years separated as one is rejected for nursing home care
26 Jun 2017
48.4k
110
"This is a difficult case": Placement found for teenager left 'lying in hospital' for weeks
16 Jun 2017
12.1k
Plight of teenager left 'lying in hospital' for weeks brought to High Court
16 Jun 2017
24.7k
'They're extremely loyal. Even though they've grown up with neglect they just want to go home'
10 Jun 2017
15.2k
5
'I was afraid of my father. I thought it was normal to be afraid of adults'
27 May 2017
35.2k
19
'Behind each of these numbers is a child that needs help': The business of fostering in Ireland
21 May 2017
18.8k
23
Over half of 16 and 17-year-olds in State care have no aftercare worker
21 May 2017
6.0k
4
Suicide, overdose, sudden infant death: Children who died while in contact with social services
11 May 2017
7.7k
9
'I remember throwing myself on top of the coffin saying no, you can’t take her because I can’t do this again'
24 Apr 2017
23.2k
11
The challenges of integrating migrant children in Ireland's care
2 Apr 2017
8.7k
13
Teen who spoke about scoliosis pain on the Late Late Show will finally get her surgery today
23 Mar 2017
3.8k
2
Child taken into care after her mother was found passed out on New Year's Eve
4 Jan 2017
31.5k
'If we had simply accepted that ageist foster parents rule, it would still be with us'
28 Dec 2016
16.4k
9
'They drive you nuts and make you laugh' - Irish foster carers share their stories
19 Nov 2016
15.3k
6
Children do better when minded by relatives and childminders rather than full-time parents, says ESRI
2 Nov 2016
25.1k
37
Nine months after probe promised into alleged foster care abuse - still no inquiry
20 Oct 2016
5.9k
18
'My life is shattered': Social care workers speak out about vicious assaults
7 Sep 2016
51.9k
39
'Bungalow Three as we saw it then does not exist anymore' - Áras Attracta report published
6 Sep 2016
17.5k
Boy accused of attacking care centre staff granted bail after going missing
23 Aug 2016
10.4k
HSE care failures: No visits for 16 years, no files on 200 clients and high risk of sexual abuse
14 Jul 2016
20.9k
45
Young child taken from grandparents and put into foster care because of their age
23 May 2016
82.8k
Brendan O'Connor: Children with disabilities are not taken care of in Ireland
14 May 2016
29.3k
70
Here's What Happened Today: Sunday
8 May 2016
26.6k
Children left with foster family for years after serious sex abuse allegations
13 Apr 2016
20.4k
What about this idea? - Caring for older people to pay for your own future care
13 Apr 2016
13.9k
18
Mother who relapsed and went on 'cocaine session' wants children back
29 Dec 2015
27.8k
55
When was the last time you had to use an emergency department?
15 Dec 2015
14.4k
59
Boy who did €10,000 worth of damage to care home "is not fit to be let loose in society”
10 Dec 2015
23.0k
32
Nearly a third of children in care cases have special needs
30 Nov 2015
9.6k
11
'He was traumatised': Beaumont Hospital apologises over care provided to Gerry Feeney
20 Nov 2015
23.4k
46
'I’m scared for my younger brother, who is getting him dressed and bringing him to school?'
1 Oct 2015
28.7k
Five sexual incidents at centre for vulnerable adults investigated
17 Sep 2015
15.8k
14
Study of Dublin suburb finds people more stressed than 14 years ago
14 Sep 2015
20.4k
13
Foster kids without homes made vulnerable by HSE inspection issues
7 Aug 2015
8.3k
6
Nurse who didn't want to get older ends her life through euthanasia
4 Aug 2015
21.2k
63
'He didn't value that we were actually human beings, it was like a nightmare.'
30 Jul 2015
25.6k
6
'A carer, what is that?' I am a weight lifter. I am a nurse. I am a specialist. I am exhausted.
Geraldine Renton
10 Jun 2015
930
20
Little Eli, who was born without a nose, is capturing hearts across the world
1 Apr 2015
38.2k
30
Child found in car with cut on his throat as parents prepared to smoke heroin
1 Apr 2015
94.6k
179
Doctors say reports of them getting €100 per child are 'inaccurate and wide of the mark'
3 Mar 2015
7.0k
11
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