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# wards of court

This year

2023

Opinion: 'It's often wrongly assumed next of kin will have authority to make decisions for us'

Áine Flynn of the new Decision Support Service looks at the changes in the law around the protection of vulnerable adults.

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Jul 4th 2023, 8:00 PM

All time

'Broken' wards of courts system 'depriving people of their liberty'

A man lost his bid to leave a nursing home during the week.

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Aug 12th 2018, 11:00 AM

Judge says alleged sexual abuse of two children is 'most disturbing evidence' he has seen in 20 years

The children’s foster parents do not want them to be reunited with their biological parents.

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Aug 19th 2016, 5:25 PM