# state-care - Sunday 16 December, 2018
# Column
# Column
Sometimes we talk about people ending up as statistics. But there are no statistics compiled for how many children raised in state care become homeless, writes Shane Dunphy.
# state-care - Saturday 14 October, 2017
# Guardians
# Guardians
Guardians ad litem tell TheJournal.ie about the trends they’ve seen in children assigned to their care.
# state-care - Tuesday 8 August, 2017
# State Care
# State Care
‘Clare’ was in foster care when she took her own life.
# state-care - Sunday 21 May, 2017
# State Care
# State Care
An aftercare worker is assigned to teenagers in State care as they approach the age of 18.
# state-care - Thursday 11 May, 2017
# Social Services
# Social Services
The National Review Panel released five case studies of vulnerable children who died.
# state-care - Sunday 30 April, 2017
# Care Of The State
# Care Of The State
The whistleblower, who remains anonymous, told RTÉ’s This Week that she wants to appear before committee to set the record straight.
# state-care - Thursday 9 February, 2017
# State Care
# State Care
The number of children in care has risen by almost 20% during the past decade.
# state-care - Saturday 24 December, 2016
# Babies
# Babies
The Child and Family Agency has a statutory duty to children who are not receiving adequate care and protection.
# state-care - Monday 26 September, 2016
# Crisis Care
# Crisis Care
Many of the children are removed from homes out-of-hours by gardaí.
# state-care - Monday 29 August, 2016
# Family Court
# Family Court
A family court heard the child recently had an argument with his foster family.
# state-care - Saturday 27 August, 2016
# Child And Family Agency
# Child And Family Agency
The Child and Family Agency told the court the father was making good steps towards recovery.
# state-care - Friday 6 May, 2016
# Trinity Street
# Trinity Street
The court heard that appropriate interventions came ‘far too late’ for the 16-year-old boy.
# state-care - Friday 8 April, 2016
# Rape Charges
# Rape Charges
The teenager, who was 15 at the time of the alleged incident, has been granted bail.
# state-care - Tuesday 2 February, 2016
# Safeguards
# Safeguards
Almost one in five foster carers have not been allocated a social worker.
# state-care - Wednesday 30 December, 2015
# Courts
# Courts
A school principal said the child had complained of being hungry in school.
# state-care - Sunday 27 December, 2015
# Courts
# Courts
The child was taken into state care after concerns about physical abuse.
# state-care - Friday 7 August, 2015
# State Care
# State Care
A new investigation by the Ombudsman for Children has shed light on the situation.
# state-care - Tuesday 10 February, 2015
# Aftercare
# Aftercare
Did you watch last night’s RTÉ documentary?
# state-care - Wednesday 24 December, 2014
# state-care - Monday 22 December, 2014
# Family Court
# Family Court
The children said their mum had been ‘sleepy’ and ‘dozy’ during access visits.
# state-care - Friday 28 November, 2014
# State Care
# State Care
Detention in special care is for the child’s own welfare and protection.
# state-care - Sunday 16 November, 2014
# Social Care
# Social Care
Social work expert Maurice Fenton said that the relationship between children and carers is being sacrificed.
# state-care - Tuesday 16 September, 2014
# Family Courts Series
# Family Courts Series
TheJournal.ie spent a week observing cases in the Family Court. Here’s what the people working in child protection think needs to be done.
# Family Courts Series
# Family Courts Series
TheJournal.ie spent a week observing cases in the Family Court. Here are a selection of the care orders that appeared before the courts.
# state-care - Monday 15 September, 2014
# News Fix
# News Fix
Everybody’s talking about housing people in prefabs, Judge Barry White, seagulls and Islamic State.
# Missing
# Missing
All of the children were returned to their families.
# state-care - Wednesday 16 July, 2014
# Children In Care
# Children In Care
More than three quarters of these children were living with their families at the time.
# Children In Care
# Children In Care
Tusla, the child and family agency has published four reports into the deaths of children in State care.
# Tusla
# Tusla
It is believed one of the reports concerns a “very young” child.
# state-care - Monday 30 June, 2014
# Missing
# Missing
Numbers of missing migrant children fell significantly after the system was reformed, leading experts to believe it had been used by smugglers to sneak people into the country.
# state-care - Sunday 22 June, 2014
# Vulnerable
# Vulnerable
There are concerns about the lack of supports for both children in care and those who have left State care on turning 18.
# state-care - Wednesday 13 November, 2013
# Martin Callinan
# Martin Callinan
It was reported at the weekend that local social workers were left out of the loop when gardaí removed a two-year-old Roma boy from his family.
# state-care - Wednesday 23 October, 2013
# Opinion
# Opinion
When the State intervenes in family situations, it does so in our name. We should be aware of child care proceedings so we can all participate in an informed discussion rather than reacting to the latest headline, writes Carol Coulter.
# state-care - Friday 12 July, 2013
# Children
# Children
The need for stability and continuity of care for children going through the state’s care and justice systems has been highlighted in a new report.
# state-care - Saturday 6 April, 2013
# Care
# Care
A new website looks at cases from Irish courts where children ended up in care. Here are some of the stories.
# state-care - Tuesday 23 October, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
The change won’t make any difference to most people, writes Wayne Dignam. But for a few, it could mean everything.
# state-care - Sunday 22 July, 2012
# Talk It Out
# Talk It Out
Government ministers, journalists and academics will be speaking at the 32nd MacGill Summer School which starts tonight in Donegal.
# state-care - Sunday 24 June, 2012
# Children
# Children
Emily Logan also said her office met with “resistance” when investigating children in care.
# state-care - Saturday 23 June, 2012
# Opinion
# Opinion
Revelations over child deaths are just the latest in a long line – and nothing will change unless we move beyond scapegoats, writes Aaron McKenna.
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