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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:

    13

    Categories:

    Addiction, Drugs, Newborn

    Emergency Care Order for baby, but HSE told to avoid Interim Care Order

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    Drugs, In Prison

    “Shared care arrangement” to be examined

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    1

    Categories:

    Additional Issues, Cognitive Disability, Newborn, Sexual Abuse

    Interim Care Order for baby refused when Emergency Care Order expired

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    Categories:

    Introduction

    Case Histories Volume 4 2014

  • Year:

    2014

    Volume:

    3

    Case number:

    Categories:

    Introduction

    Case Histories 2014 Volume 3

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    6

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse

    Interim Care Order for girl emotionally abused by grandmother

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Additional Issues, Drugs, Missing In Care / Absconding / Running Away

    Judge calls for law change to allow child in care stay at home

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    12

    Categories:

    Africa, Ethnic Minority, Physical Abuse

    Extension of Order for child whose allegations doubted

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Section 47

    Change of school approved by court

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    4

    Case number:

    7

    Categories:

    Alcohol, Emotional Abuse, Physical Abuse

    Children removed again from mother they feared

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.