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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:

    7

    Categories:

    Habitual Residence, Section 47

    Interim Care orders for six children where habitual residence being contested

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    6

    Categories:

    Newborn

    Interim care order for new born baby made on consent of vulnerable mother

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    5

    Categories:

    Drugs, Newborn

    ICO granted for baby due to ongoing substance abuse by his mother

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    4

    Categories:

    Newborn

    Interim care order application for three week old baby withdrawn following agreement with mother

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    3

    Categories:

    Criminality

    Judge warns mother that breaching a supervision order is a criminal offence

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    2

    Categories:

    Ethnic Minority, Mental Health

    ECO granted by Dublin District Court for four children

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    Categories:

    Introduction

    Introduction to wardship reports 2023 Vol 2

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    Categories:

    Introduction

    Case Reports 2023 Volume 2 – Introduction

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    Categories:

    Introduction

    2023 Vol 1 Case 1 Introduction

  • Year:

    2023

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    Categories:

    Introduction

    Case Reports 2023 Volume 1 – Introduction

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.