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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:

    1

    Case number:

    26

    Categories:

    Disability

    One child may return from care while brother remains in care

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    18

    Categories:

    Emotional Abuse, Mental Health

    Full Care Order for emotionally abused girl

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Habitual Residence

    Clarification sought on status of Irish orders in another jurisdiction

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    27

    Categories:

    Access, Domestic Violence, Sexual Abuse

    Parents fail in application for access following abuse allegations

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    25

    Categories:

    Access

    GAL re-appointed to advise on access

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    24

    Categories:

    Access, Alcohol, Reunification

    Reunification plan agreed following Interim Care Order

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    22

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    Interim Care Order refused following expiry of ECO

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    19

    Categories:

    Ethnic Minority, Traveller

    Traveller identity of young children to be addressed

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    Sixty family law cases on list in rural town

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    Care Order refused following High Court ruling on Supervision Order

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.