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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:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    46

    Categories:

    Abroad, Ethnic Minority, Unaccompanied Minor

    Full Care Order granted for teenager from war-torn country separated from family

  • Year:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    51

    Categories:

    Access, Cognitive Disability, Mental Health

    Review of long-term care order hears of therapy needs and concern about access with father

  • Year:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    36

    Categories:

    Access, Section 47

    Interim care order extended for pre-school child amid concern about development delays

  • Year:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    6

    Categories:

    Non-Attendance At School

    Six month care order for teenage boy following school referral

  • Year:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    67

    Categories:

    Addiction, Drugs, Mental Health

    Emergency care order for boy amid concerns about mother’s mental health

  • Year:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    69

    Categories:

    Special Emergency Arrangement

    Special care required for 11-year-old boy in fifth SEA, four broke down

  • Year:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    72

    Categories:

    Aftercare, Mental Health, Transgender, UK / United Kingdom

    Dublin District Court considers after-care planning for six teenagers

  • Year:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    25

    Categories:

    Abroad, Domestic Violence, Homelessness, Neglect, Sexual Abuse

    Interim care order granted for children to go into care of half-sister

  • Year:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    37

    Categories:

    Access

    Interim care order extended despite opposition from parents, judge concerned at “coercive control” of girl

  • Year:

    2025

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    52

    Categories:

    Aftercare, Mental Health

    Further review directed for teenage boy in care, diagnosed with mental disorder, who had withdrawn to his bedroom

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.