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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:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    17

    Categories:

    Foster Care, Neglect

    Judge describes case as “perfect storm”

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Alcohol, Drugs, Physical Abuse

    Drugs, alcohol and physical abuse feature in cases in rural town

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    15

    Categories:

    Ethnic Minority, Traveller

    Foster carer from travelling community sought

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    14

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Psychological evidence given in long-running case

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    13

    Categories:

    Africa, Ethnic Minority, Trafficking, Unaccompanied Minor

    Interim care order extended for a child suspected of being trafficked

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    12

    Categories:

    Exploitation, Forced Marriage

    Interim care order for child where concerns about mother’s forced marriage

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    11

    Categories:

    Homelessness

    Interim care order extended where mother had been made homeless

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    10

    Categories:

    Homelessness, Reunification

    Interim care orders granted as reunification with homeless mother explored

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    Abroad, Addiction, Alcohol, Domestic Violence, Homelessness, Sexual Abuse

    Care order for toddler amid concerns about alcohol addiction and homelessness

  • Year:

    2018

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    8

    Categories:

    Abroad, Homelessness

    Care order adjourned to allow father to seek legal representation and move to Ireland permanently, mother homeless

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.