A "deeply vulnerable" young woman with a traumatic history who is considered a "very serious" risk to certain persons is objecting to being made a ward of court.

There are 21 children in specialised care placements abroad because their needs cannot be met in Ireland.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly said he wanted clarity from the HSE as to what is to happen, post Brexit on January 31, to adult and minor wards of the Irish court placed in the UK.

A new volume of reports into cases involving children who need special intervention has told how one girl fled secure care by jumping from a moving car, while a boy with behavioural problems was living in a homeless hostel.

New figures from Tusla show a soaring number of incidents notified to its Early Years Inspectorate and an even more dramatic growth in the number of unsolicited tip-offs made to the pre-school services watchdog.

Research conducted on behalf of the Childhood Development Initiative (CDI) looked at the experiences of families affected by having a member in jail

The death by suicide of a teenage girl has thrown gaps in mental health services for young people into sharp relief.

The HSE is being urged to consider the admission guidelines for its mental health care services for young people.

Tusla announced the decision today and revealed that the creches will close on December 31. Hyde and Seek as 21 days to appeal the decision.

The vast majority are in foster care.

Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone and her department are to be severely criticised for handing back almost €60m in State funding last year when 6,000 children were not allocated a social worker, the Irish Examiner can reveal.

The Child and Family Agency is today launching a new School Attendance Drive for the month of November.

There was a 43% increase in the number of child abuse referrals to Tusla in the first quarter of this year.

The 2015 Children’s Amendment to the Constitution was “an opportunity lost” and a “timid version of reform” in the area of children’s rights, according to the newly appointed special rapporteur on child protection.

The number of referrals to the Child and Family Agency relating to alleged abuse have hit a quarterly high.

A study has found that adults who disclose abuse they suffered when they were younger can end up “retraumatised” because of issues with how their disclosures are dealt with, including delays and poor communication.

Potential whistleblowers will be “alarmed” at the treatment of a Tusla employee who made a protected disclosure, a TD has warned.

Cuts to spending on preventable social problems are a false economy, as the costs become much greater further down the line, writes Suzanne Connolly

Serious shortcomings in foster care services in Carlow, Kilkenny and South Tipperary are outlined in a report from the Health Information and Quality Authority.

The new CEO of Tusla has said he wants to turn the Child and Family Agency away from being a "defensive" organisation, while defending its role in other areas, including how it deals with issues in creches.

One of the country's largest treatment centres for people overcoming addiction wants the Government to back a new mother-and-child facility in Limerick.

Overpayments totalling €1.145m have been made to staff at Tusla since it was established five years ago.

Tusla handled more than one referral every 10 minutes in 2018.

The teacher, who cannot be named, was suspended after allegedly whispering in the young girl’s ear: “Call me tonight at 10.30pm; I have the house to myself.”

A High Court judge has warned a woman that she could end up back in prison unless she stops posting information about childcare proceedings involving her son on social media.

Harmful sexualised behaviour in children ‘significant and disturbing’

It also emerged that the Department of Children and Youth Affairs is not aware of the identity of the 37 facilities.

OFFICIALS from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, are due before the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs on Wednesday to discuss the RTÉ Investigates report on childcare facilities.

Fianna Fáil is calling for Tusla to have powers to immediately close childcare facilities.

Around 100 people protested outside one of the Hyde and Seek creches in Dublin today to show their disgust at the findings of an undercover investigation.

Tusla has confirmed that the Garda Child Protection Unit at Mountjoy Garda Station has begun an investigation with the Tusla Social Work Unit, into the issues raised by the documentary.

Childcare should be a public service for children, not somewhere to “warehouse them” while their parents are at work, the head of the Children’s Rights Alliance has urged.