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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:

    2

    Categories:

    Drugs, Mental Health, UK / United Kingdom

    English mother agrees to transfer of case to England

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    1

    Categories:

    Habitual Residence, UK / United Kingdom

    High Court asks English courts to take over case

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    27

    Categories:

    Aftercare

    Judge cannot discuss care plan for 18-year-old

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    26

    Categories:

    HSE, Special Care

    Judge criticises HSE management of case

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    25

    Categories:

    Africa, Sexual Abuse

    Extension of order for girls threatened by father

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    24

    Categories:

    Physical Abuse

    Garda interviews with child sought

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    23

    Categories:

    Access, Newborn

    Unsupervised access to baby sought by parents

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    22

    Categories:

    Additional Issues

    Judges insist on legal aid

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    21

    Categories:

    Alcohol, Physical Abuse, Witnessed Violence

    Five supervision orders

  • Year:

    2013

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    20

    Categories:

    Drugs, Witnessed Violence

    Care Order granted for a year

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.