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.

A CHILD assaulted a garda after she had earlier presented herself at the Garda station because she said she did not feel safe in residential care, the High Court has been told.

A CHILDREN’S legal rights expert has expressed alarm at proposed changes to the way the HSE funds representation for vulnerable children in the courts.

THE statutory body which advises on the appointment of legal advisers in childcare proceedings has claimed new legislation could saddle Guardian ad Litems with massive legal bills.

MORE than three-quarters of children who are involved in court proceedings do not have their voice heard due to the lack of a specially appointed adviser.