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# Children in Care

Nine children in care or known to HSE died by suicide last year

Another child was murdered while in HSE aftercare.

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Nov 14th 2013, 10:59 PM

# Children in Care

Reviews detail tragic deaths of 'bubbly', 'charming' children

The HSE has published reports on the deaths of six children in care or known to the HSE.

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Nov 14th 2013, 7:05 PM

# Children in Care

African children are 20 times more likely to be taken into care - report

The Child Care Law Reporting Project described the figures as “striking” and questioned the effect of the direct provision system on child welfare.

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Nov 5th 2013, 5:01 PM

# Ombudsman

Children in care more likely to be 'suspended, excluded and leave school early'

“Given that there are currently 6,300 children in the care of the State – a relatively small number”, Emily Logan believes more should be done to support them.

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May 7th 2013, 11:37 AM

AS IT HAPPENED

Vincent Browne's Children's Referendum debate

Emotional language and arguments as Frances Fitzgerald and Fergus Finlay argued for a ‘Yes’ vote as John Waters and Kathy Sinnott argued for a ‘No’.

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Oct 31st 2012, 9:45 PM

# children's referendum

Varadkar criticises 'No' campaigner due to speak in tonight's TV3 debate

Kathy Sinnott is taking the ‘No’ side in the Vincent Browne-hosted debate on the upcoming children’s referendum. The FG director of elections called her claims on RTÉ’s Prime Time last night as “scaremongering”.

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Oct 31st 2012, 5:00 PM

# Children in Care

Almost 2,300 children taken into care during 2011

The number of orders allowing the HSE to take children into care more than doubled last year, according to the courts.

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Jul 17th 2012, 6:10 PM

Voices

Column: Care system had been well funded - so why didn't it work?

The Report on Deaths of Children in Care revealed horrific failures, writes Fianna Fáil’s spokesperson on Children Charlie McConalogue, but will everything be fine once we pass the Children’s Rights referendum?

Jun 25th 2012, 1:50 PM

# Children

Children's Ombudsman criticises application of 'in camera' rule on child cases

Emily Logan also said her office met with “resistance” when investigating children in care.

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Jun 24th 2012, 1:45 PM

# Children in Care

‘Shameful day’ as child deaths report ‘signifies our societal failure’

There has been plenty of reaction to a report which examined the deaths of 196 children and young people in contact with State services between 2000 and 2010.

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Jun 20th 2012, 6:30 PM

# Children in Care

Deaths of many children in care ‘may have been preventable’, report finds

The Independent Child Death Review Group underlines a catalogue of major failings of the State’s child support services.

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Jun 20th 2012, 3:31 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Every morning, TheJournal.ie brings you the nine things you need to know as you kick off your day.

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May 25th 2012, 8:35 AM

# Children

HSE figures show 12 children known to child services have died this year

More children known to child protection services have died so far this year than in the whole of last year.

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May 24th 2012, 10:28 PM

# Children in Care

Independent report on deaths of children in state care to be published 'shortly'

Minister for Children says that the AG’s advice has been sought over the report before its publication.

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May 21st 2012, 6:45 AM

Voices

Column: ‘I didn’t really know my own Mam’ – why one woman became a foster mother

Mary Downey, a foster parent for almost 20 years, describes the ups, the downs and the heartbreak of being a mother to other people’s children.

Dec 26th 2011, 3:00 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Nine things you need to know by 9am: Investigation underway after some gardaí allegedly joked about ‘raping’ and ‘deporting’ Corrib protesters; fears of a serial killer on the loose in New York and why Ireland’s not the only country worried about banking stress tests.

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Apr 5th 2011, 8:16 AM