Senior staff in the Office of Public Works had serious misgivings about Skellig Michael being used to film scenes for the latest Star Wars movie, with one island guide querying whether there was a legal avenue to block the production.

The devastating report by the Independent Child Death Review Group, published last week, presented details on 196 children who died while in contact with state services between 2000 and 2010.

Suicide levels among young people in contact with the State’s child protection services are almost 10 times the rate of those who are not.