A judge today granted an interim care order to TUSLA the Child & Family Agency (CFA) for a six-year-old boy after a Garda gave evidence that he arrived at the boy's home to find the child’s mother distressed with two nearby knives on the floor and the child sitting in the adjoining room.

A woman who left her home in England when pregnant and travelled to Ireland to "escape the clutches" of social workers has lost the latest stage of a family court fight.

A woman found out she was a grandmother after a toddler and her older brother turned up on her doorstep with DNA test results, a court heard today.

A judge has told a woman who posted a picture and details of court proceedings relating to her allegedly abusive husband on Facebook that she will be in contempt of court if she does it again.

A case in which the Child and Family Agency is seeking to keep a baby boy from the care of his parents has heard the HSE sought “the nuclear option” of a care order within days of the child’s premature birth.

A case in which the new Child and Family Agency is seeking to keep a 10-weeks premature boy from the care of his parents has heard contested claims his mother smoked up to 80 cigarettes a day while pregnant.