Adoption campaigners have labelled Tusla ‘worse than nuns’ saying that information that was routinely released is now routinely being withheld, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

A State Commission has found that the bodies of hundreds of children from one Dublin mother and baby institution were used in anatomical research up to the late 1970s.

Parents must decide for themselves if it is safe to send their children to Scouting Ireland events, Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has advised.

Finally there will be a sample audit of all records held by the State, writes Conall Ó Fátharta.

The State spent more than €11m on the care of just 11 children last year, figures reveal.

The Children’s Minister has given a conflicting account of when the Taoiseach first became aware that Tusla had involvement in Sgt Maurice McCabe’s case.