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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:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    33

    Categories:

    In Prison, Newborn, Parents Dead

    Two families seek to care for infant

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    30

    Categories:

    Abandonment, Africa, Sexual Abuse

    Full care order for abandoned African sisters

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    29

    Categories:

    Addiction, Drugs, Newborn

    Drug addict’s newborn taken into care

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    28

    Categories:

    Africa, Mental Health

    Full Care Order for African boy

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    27

    Categories:

    Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Physical Abuse

    Two young children taken into care without opposition

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    26

    Categories:

    Mental Health

    Care order for 16-year-old adjourned for family therapy

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    25

    Categories:

    Mental Health

    Supervision Orders for four children

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    24

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems

    Interim Care Order renewed for boy with psychological needs

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    31

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Mental Health

    Full Care Order granted and SNA ordered while mother undergoes psychotherapy

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    23

    Categories:

    Abroad, Residential Placement

    Six-year-old remains in residential unit abroad

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.