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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:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    41

    Categories:

    Ethnic Minority, Unaccompanied Minor

    ICO extension for two boys seeking asylum while professionals consider whether they should be returned to Middle East

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    40

    Categories:

    Unaccompanied Minor

    Judge appoints solicitor to unaccompanied minor

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    39

    Categories:

    Addiction, Alcohol, Emotional Abuse, Parents In Care, Physical Abuse

    Dublin District Court grants a care order until 18 for young girl whose mother had been in care

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    38

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Witnessed Violence

    Care orders for four children who witnessed serious violence

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    37

    Categories:

    Eating Disorder, Mental Health, Mental Health Act

    Care order in long-running case of girl with eating disorder extended for a further period of six months

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    36

    Categories:

    CAMHS, Domestic Violence, Emotional Abuse, Neglect, Witnessed Violence

    Care orders for teenagers who had experienced neglect, emotional abuse and exposure to violence

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    35

    Categories:

    Addiction, Domestic Violence, Mental Health

    Care orders for children where separation proceedings also ongoing amid conflict between parents

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    34

    Categories:

    Addiction, Homelessness, Mental Health

    Uncontested care order for young child where siblings also in care

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    33

    Categories:

    Neglect

    Dublin District Court judge grants a care order for young boy with the consent of his mother

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    32

    Categories:

    Reunification

    Care orders for four children made with agreement of parents

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.