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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:

    2015

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    4

    Categories:

    Abroad, Lack Of Service

    High Court hears boy cannot return to Ireland because of lack of services

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    3

    Categories:

    Mental Health, Sexual Abuse, Special Care

    Three teenagers attempted self-harm while under review in High Court

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    7

    Categories:

    Habitual Residence, Newborn

    High Court accepts transfer of infant to Ireland

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    2

    Categories:

    Abroad, Lack Of Placement

    No secure place for Boys Town teenager returned to Ireland

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    1

    Categories:

    Lack Of Placement, Special Care

    Bed in secure care created for at-risk minor following several hearings

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    5

    Categories:

    Sexual Abuse

    Care Order until 18 for child whose father offered to abuse her online

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    20

    Categories:

    Mental Health, Section 47

    Care Orders granted for children in relatives’ care

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    1

    Case number:

    9

    Categories:

    Mental Health, Newborn

    Supervision Order for baby discharged after a year

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    16

    Categories:

    Behavioural Problems, Mental Health

    Care Order granted for anxious and fearful child

  • Year:

    2015

    Volume:

    2

    Case number:

    6

    Categories:

    In Prison, Mental Health, Neglect

    Care Order for child whose siblings in care

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.