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This is according to the a new study into the detainees of the centre.
Lisa O’Loghlen said any cover-up may have been Tusla covering its own mistakes.
So far, 30 children who have been separated from their families have been brought to Ireland.
Information about the threats came from two anonymous 999 calls in October 2013.
This represents a 5% increase from 2015 figures.
Guardians ad litem tell TheJournal.ie about the trends they’ve seen in children assigned to their care.
Chief Superintendent Terry McGinn did not make notes when she directed an investigation into alleged actions of Keith Harrison.
One in Four said that Tusla was “woefully under resourced” and there were “great inconsistencies” in child protection procedures across the country.
Professor Geoffrey Shannon published a comprehensive audit of the gardaí’s child protection practices in May.
Marisa Simms said Keith Harrison was “out of control” but later withdrew this statement.
Retired Garda Sergeant Daniel Devlin told the Charleton Tribunal “emotionally, everyone was badly affected” after Garda Gary McLoughlin was killed.
Those involved in her treatment say the best place for the 16-year-old is at the St Andrew’s Healthcare facility in Northampton.
The scheme, which starts today, will ensure a young person remains supported in the years after they leave the system.
The family of seven are living in a caravan without basic facilities such as running water.
The figures were revealed in the agency’s annual accounts.
The baby boy’s death was not reported to be connected to his mother’s drug use, but a report has criticised the seven-week delay in making contact with the woman.
A social worker speaks to TheJournal.ie about the stresses and strains of working a very difficult, challenging job.
The woman, whose records were lost by the HSE/Tusla for over three years, says she feels the latest ombudsman report into Tusla’s complaints procedures won’t change anything.
A woman who cares for her two grandchildren tells us how she’s been thwarted at every turn to seek greater supports from the State.
The Charleton Tribunal is looking into whether garda whistleblower McCabe was the target of a smear campaign.
16 days in to the Disclosures Tribunal, we give you a breakdown of what people said happened and when they said it did.
An inspection by health authority Hiqa has found that the Cork area shows ‘major non-compliance’ with accepted standards of foster care.
Eoin Ó Broin said that the Housing Department was “knowingly releasing incorrect monthly homeless figures”.
A report this morning suggests that the number of children home-schooled in Ireland has doubled in the past five years.
A new report from the Ombudsman highlighted case studies where Tusla failed to adequately investigate abuse allegations.
The Ombudsman was critical of Tusla’s procedures for dealing with abuse allegations.
The woman at the centre of an historical abuse allegation has written to the DPP asking for the reasons as to why her father was not charged.
In all, 300 social workers and foster carers responded to a joint consultation from Tusla and the Irish Foster Care Association.
The Adoption (Amendment) Bill 2016 has passed its final stages in Dáil Éireann.
Fresh Start Foster Care Service said it was ceasing operations due to “ongoing difficulties in relation to retention and recruitment of staff”.
At the Disclosures Tribunal today, senior Tusla manager Gerard Lowry denied he was trying to blame others for “catastrophic errors”.
The Disclosures Tribunal has heard that the false Maurice McCabe child sex allegations were ‘absolutely coincidences’.
The Disclosures Tribunal has heard how a HSE social work team leader wrote to gardaí about the claims in 2013.
Edel Dooley and her husband Anton spoke this morning on RTÉ’s Today with Sean O’Rourke about their eight-year-old son Jacob.
The HSE’s dealings with ‘Mary’ has seen it issue her with a number of apologies since 2010.
Tusla chief executive Fred McBride was speaking at the Joint Committee on Children and Youth Affairs this morning.
The case had been brought before the High Court by the teenager’s guardian ad litem.
There is no suitable placement for the teenager, who has a history of self harm.
This case is just one of 22 being highlighted by the Child Care Law Reporting Project today.
Guardians ad litem are appointed by the courts to give children a voice, but that task is by no means an easy one.