Closures add to fears of vulnerable young people being placed in hotel accommodation

Tusla report highlights challenges in sourcing beds in residential care units

The report said staff "absenteeism rates remain a significant challenge" with on average 27% of staff each December on some form of sick leave

A high-level inter-departmental group has been established to review the current system for the provision of refuge spaces.

The Chief Executive of the Children's Rights Alliance, Tanya Ward, said that we're likely to have higher numbers arriving in Ireland in the coming months

Last September, Tusla CEO Bernard Gloster said there was an over-reliance on 'for-profit' residential care providers in the care system

It came as Tusla confirmed that 14 young people who arrived from Ukraine unaccompanied are now in care

Tusla could not say whether any young people have been prosecuted as a result of damage to residential care centres operated by or under the agency

Boy described as someone currently 'completely out of control', who is being pulled into a lifestyle of violence and crime, High Court told

As National Fostering Week continues, a mother and daughter outline to Noel Baker how they went from strangers to a forever family

Minister McEntee has committed to a new statutory agency which is to be set up to take responsibility for domestic sexual and gender-based violence.

An estimated 600 babies are born in Ireland each year adversely affected by alcohol. Now the HSE and voluntary groups alike are stepping up the focus on fetal alcohol spectrum disorder

Nearly 35,000 children were referred to child protection and welfare services in the first six months of last year.

There are approximately 6,000 children in care in Ireland and approximately 500 young people leave care every year upon reaching 18 years of age

The tragic death of Shane O'Connor will throw fresh focus on whether children in care are getting the mental health interventions they need, writes Noel Baker

All people who were adopted, boarded out, the subject of an illegal birth registration or who otherwise have questions in relation to their origins will be able to seek personal information under the bill

Care duties of Child and Family Agency, Tusla, and HSE likely to come under examination following death of singer Sinéad O’Connor's son

We must also ponder the fate of the children who did not have the reserves or the facilities to make that call.

The Child and Family Agency said there is no indication to date that this material has been published online or used for criminal purposes

The number of recorded incidents of stalking, harassment and threats have more than doubled in a year

For 26-years, the Wellsprings Centre have unobtrusively cared for young women suffering trauma or on the margins of society in Cork.

Montessori owner says parish has no reason to put it out of its home — and a parent says their decision left her 'devastated'

One young child described herself as 'the unluckiest girl in the world' because of her mother’s drinking from the 'bottle with the red top'

Staffing levels sometimes impact on how Tusla is able to operate its services, new report finds

Furthermore, 46 adults who had been in previous care of the State or were identified as at-risk have died by suicide since 2014

Of the 30 who died in 2020, seven died by suicide

A routine traffic stop in Midleton turned into a fast-moving garda investigation — and it has uncovered an international crime gang preying on health workers and defrauding the State

Issue was first raised a year ago before an Oireachtas committee

Senior social worker facing a series of allegations over child protection issues relating to children placed in foster care, including claims one girl was having sexual relationships with the sons of her foster parents

Tusla warned the highly sensitive records were held using 'legacy' technology, which heightened the risk of accidental or unlawful destruction, loss of records, alteration of files, or unauthorised disclosure

She claims she was raped by an older male foster child, sexually abused, physically assaulted, emotionally abused and verbally intimidated

A total of 681 referrals were made to the national out-of-hours service in the second quarter of this year, bringing the number for the first six months of 2021 to 1,162, up 5% on the same period last year

As well as the mandated reports, Tusla received a further 53 referrals regarding neglect and abuse from direct provision centres

This rush could have been avoided if “necessary and timely action” was taken years ago to advise and counsel the individuals involved, the judge said.

Tusla chiefs could not rule out that some personal data may have been leaked during the hack

Some personal data regarding members of the public's dealings with Tusla may have been leaked into the public domain due to the cyberattack

Spending on temporary agency staff stood at €19.5m in 2020

The vulnerable teenager has already spent 51 days in an emergency bed in hospital

The girl has complex needs and behavioural issues and the parents cannot take her home due to risks to her own safety and the safety of other family members, the court heard

A rise in reported incidents of domestic violence has been a feature of the pandemic, as has the increase in mandated reports to Tusla from the managers of domestic violence refuges where they feel a child's welfare and safety is at risk

Hiqa also found that fostering services in Sligo, Leitrim and West Cavan also had very limited capacity to place siblings together

Hiqa inspectors identified historical backlogs in Cork, the service area with the highest number of children in care

Tusla wants to reduce the number of children in private residential care placements - but it may take some time

Even where a mother has registered an opposition to the release of her name, it will be revealed in all cases following an information session