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Reporting on child care proceedings in the District Court in May 2025.

Falling Through the Cracks: An Analysis of Child Care Proceedings from 2021 to 2024
Latest volume of court reports from 2024
A summary of findings from 10 years of reporting

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Missing In Care / Absconding / Running Away, Physical Abuse, Traveller

    Interim Care Order granted where Traveller family harassed

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    6

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Care Order granted for girl raped by father over many years

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    1

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Sexual Abuse

    Application adjourned for investigation into “very distressing” behaviours

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Access, Aftercare

    Reviews of Care Orders as children approach 18

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    Mental Health

    Emergency Care Order for suicidal boy

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    7

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    Variety of orders granted in Child Care List in District Court

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    20

    Categories:

    Access, Newborn, Physical Abuse

    Access sought following serious head injury to baby

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    3

    Categories:

    Criminality, Exploitation, Sexual Abuse

    Care Order sought after father offered on-line to abuse his child

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    4

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Interim Care Orders granted for four children after six months of hearings

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    Access

    St Patrick’s Day access sought

This follows the discontinuation of its reporting in July 2024, as the contract with the Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth (DCEDIY) was coming to an end. We are very pleased that we signed a new two-year Agreement with the DCEDY in March and the members of our reporting panel have agreed to resume their work.

Over a twelve-year period, the Project provided information to the public on the operation of the child care system in the courts with the aim of promoting transparency and accountability. It published 1,050 individual court reports and a number of analytical research reports, all of which are available on this website.