LOSS of control over children in their care meant staff at a care home run by the Health Service Executive (HSE) were unable to prevent boys and girls staying overnight in each others’ bedrooms.

THE Government yesterday announced that the Dáil will be recalled a week early in January to allow the passage of two pieces of legislation aimed at nursing homes and residential centres.

TEN out of every 100 children coming into Ireland require serious investigation for possible child trafficking, a leading expert said yesterday.