The teenager's decomposed body was found almost three months after he went missing in 2010.

Daniel McAnaspie’s short life and violent death reflect badly on any notion that State and society have left behind the appalling treatment of children who find themselves beyond the sanctuary of a family home, writes Michael Clifford.

Pressure is growing on the Child and Family Agency to publish a report into the care offered to Daniel McAnaspie, after one man was found guilty of his murder and another pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

All those in the public gallery rose to their feet and applauded as Mr Dekker was led back towards the holding cells.

A jury will return to the Central Criminal Court on Monday to consider their verdict in the trial of a man accused of murdering a 17-year-old boy whose body was found dumped in a farmer's drainage ditch.

The trial of a man accused of murdering Daniel McAnaspie has heard the Dublin teenager begged for his life as he was being stabbed to death.

Daniel McAnaspie’s skeletal remains were found on a farm in Co. Meath in May 2010.

A 28-year-old man has pleaded guilty to manslaughter for the killing of a teenager in Blanchardstown in 2010.

A Dublin man has been cleared of murdering teenager Daniel McAnaspie, who was in State care when he was stabbed to death with half a garden shears three years ago.

The prosecution has today finished calling evidence in the trial of two men accused of killing teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

A court heard today how a man accused of murdering Daniel McAnaspie was wearing a stab vest the night the teenager was killed.

The trial of two Dublin men accused of the murder of teenager Daniel McAnaspie, who was in the care of the State at the time of his death three years ago, has heard his body was "stuffed into a suitcase" days after he was killed.

A jury has been hearing about the final movements of murder victim Daniel McAnaspie.

A court has heard a Dublin man accused of murdering Daniel McAnaspie punched the teenager in the face in the hours before his disappearance.

A court has heard two men being tried for the murder of 17-year-old Daniel McAnaspie each claimed to have witnessed the other man carrying out the stabbing.

A court has heard how a garden shears found during the murder investigation of Daniel McAnaspie was the most likely weapon used to kill him.

The Central Criminal Court will begin hearing evidence today in the trial of murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

DANIEL McANASPIE was only six-years-old when Children First was published.

State faces legal action over damning HSE report

Daniel McAnaspie was failed repeatedly through a lack of support services.

Two men have appeared in court in Dublin charged with the murder of Daniel McAnaspie last year.

Two men are due to appear in court later, charged in connection with the death of Daniel McAnaspie.

THE family of the late Daniel McAnaspie will be able to access files relating to his treatment while in HSE care following a High Court ruling.

The High Court has cleared the way for HSE files to be released to the family of murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

IT will be next year before a group charged with looking into care provided to murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie will report its findings.

THE family of Daniel McAnaspie argued before the High Court yesterday that the care order for the 17 year old should be deemed to have come to an end when he died.

MORE than €2.3 million was spent last year on placing 15 troubled young people in special care facilities and private foster care outside the country, with one placement in Scotland costing more than €500,000 a year.

Gardaí are continuing to question two men over the murder of Dublin teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

Two men in their twenties have been arrested by Gardaí investigating the death of Daniel McAnaspie.

A JUDGE involved in the case of murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie yesterday said the teenager had encountered “evil at its most stark”.

DANIEL McAnaspie was no stranger to the courts in Dolphin House in Temple Bar — something which lent added poignancy to the words spoken by Judge Conal Gibbons yesterday.

THE family of the murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie yesterday renewed their call for his killers to be brought to justice.

Hundreds of demonstrators marked the start of the new Dáil session with a mass rally outside the gates of Leinster House.

HSE’s system allows troubled teens to suffer on, writes Jennifer Hough

A COURT has heard that a lifting of the in camera rule in the case of Daniel McAnaspie, the teenager killed earlier this year, would be in the public interest.

Three people who were being questioned about the murder of Daniel McAnaspie have been released from Garda custody.

THREE people were arrested yesterday in connection with the murder of teenager Daniel McAnaspie.

Gardaí investigating the murder of Dublin teenager Daniel McAnaspie have arrested a further three people.

Murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie died in “the most horrific circumstances,” his solicitor told the Dublin Children's Court today.

ON our watch, in our care, Daniel McAnaspie was kicked around, killed and dumped in a ditch in like a stray dog. But a child – mentioned anonymously and aspirationally in the 1916 proclamation.

ONE of the most telling revelations of our three-day investigation into the debacle of Ireland’s health service is the appalling lack of accountability and transparency within the HSE. The failure of managers and other officials within the organisation to put up their hands and accept responsibility for their actions, or inaction as the case may be, is something the public finds infuriating.

HSE chiefs admitted to shortcomings in their child protection services today as they explained how they miscalculated the number of deaths of young people in State care.

CHILDREN’S Minister Barry Andrews said the appointment of a ‘child czar’ would be the missing piece in the jig-saw of child protection services.

THE neglect of the State and an underfunded childcare system were major contributory factors in the death of murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie, mourners at his funeral mass heard yesterday.

State neglect and an under-funded childcare system were key factors in the death of murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie, his funeral mass heard today.

The funeral of murdered teenager Daniel McAnaspie - who died while in the care of the HSE - will take place today.

MURDERED teenager Daniel McAnaspie had suffered a lot of pain and sadness in his short life, mourners at his removal heard in Dublin last evening.

AN AVERAGE of 18 children per year have died over the past 10 years while being supported by or having just finished contact with social services, the HSE has admitted.

THE devastated family of Daniel McAnaspie is to receive his body today, more than three weeks after his battered remains were discovered dumped in a ditch.

Eighteen children were killed, died from drugs or by suicide while in state care over the past ten years, the Health Service Executive (HSE) said tonight.