Where a child lives is dramatically impacting on how quickly they receive vital public health services, with children in Cork and Kerry at a serious disadvantage.

Woeful inter-agency co-operation, a string of communication failures, and poor record-keeping characterised the case of ‘Mary’, the intellectually disabled young woman left in a foster home for more than two years after sex abuse allegations were levelled against her foster father.

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The head of HSE disability services said he understands why the public suspects the health authority tried to cover up in the ‘Grace’ scandal.

Revised procedures at a Tipperary care centre where a woman with special needs was mistakenly locked on a bus for a day last week are being reviewed by the HSE.