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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:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    43

    Categories:

    Drugs, Newborn

    Consent to interim care order for one-week-old baby with drugs in system

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    42

    Categories:

    Access, Alcohol, Domestic Violence

    Interim care order extended as access reduced

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    41

    Categories:

    Alcohol, Drugs, Mental Health

    Four interim care orders in provincial town

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    40

    Categories:

    Addiction, Drugs, Homelessness

    Interim care order extended where parents suffering drug addiction and homelessness

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    39

    Categories:

    Addiction, Alcohol, Drugs

    Mother consents to care order for toddler

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    38

    Categories:

    Addiction, Homelessness

    Full care order until 18 for young children whose mother suffers homelessness and addiction

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    37

    Categories:

    Criminality, In Camera Rule, Neglect, Section 47

    Judge orders release of CFA documents to Garda Siochana to aid prosecution

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    36

    Categories:

    Domestic Violence, Physical Abuse

    Interim care order granted where physical abuse by partner alleged by child

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    35

    Categories:

    Foster Care

    Interim care order for boys whose grandparents unable to continue care due to threats

  • Year:

    2020

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    34

    Categories:

    Physical Abuse, Placement Breakdown

    Placement breaks down amid allegations of physical abuse by foster parent

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.