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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:

    6

    Categories:

    Access, Additional Issues, Alcohol, CAMHS, Drugs

    Couple directed to mediation as part of Supervision Order

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Voice Of The Child

    Care Order adjourned to get views of child through GAL

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    Physical Abuse

    Care Order for child with non-accidental injury

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    5

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Neglect, Physical Abuse

    Full care orders for four children in rural town

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Criminality

    Care Order for teenager discharged

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    4

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Care order for two young children where sex abuse alleged

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Access

    Child remains in care despite mother’s objection

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Addiction, Alcohol

    Full care order for girl whose mother is alcoholic

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Access

    Supervised access for mother of 10-year-old

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    3

    Categories:

    Cognitive Disability, Physical Disability

    Care orders for three children with special needs

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.