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InvestigatesMissing in Care
Child in Tusla care reported missing 274 times in a single year
Records obtained by The Journal Investigates reveal how there have been almost 7,000 recorded incidents of children going missing from State-run care homes in the last five years.
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media committee
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InvestigatesMissing in Care
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investigates

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