A district court judge has stated that it is “scandalous” that the State is paying a private operator €4,500 a week to house a troubled teen with no services, writes Gordon Deegan.

A district court judge has stated that it is “scandalous” that the State is paying a private operator €4,500 a week to house a troubled teen with no services.

It is “absolutely scandalous” that the Child & Family Agency (Tusla) has placed a troubled teen in an apartment in Co Louth where he is free to roam around a town until 11pm every night, a judge has stated.

A judge has granted a supervision order to the Child and Family Agency (CFA) after hearing there was a very strong stench of cat urine from five very unkempt, dirty children at their home.

The frustrated parents of a school-shy teen are dropping the 14-year-old girl off at school — but she is simply walking in one door and out the other.

A judge yesterday warned a 14-year-old schoolgirl that if she does not go to school her parents will be sent to jail.

A judge yesterday told the parents of a 14-year-old school-shy girl to bring her their overnight bags to court on Friday as he threatened both of them with imprisonment.

A judge warned two teenagers that their parents will be going to jail unless they start attending school.

More than 100 start-up companies yesterday committed to taking on a combined 1,500 additional staff over the next three years.

1,500 new jobs are expected to come on stream over the next three years at over 100 start up companies.

More than 30 Irish companies are jetting off for a trade mission in Turkey, it has been announced.

The parents of a 15-year-old boy have been fined €1,200 after their son failed to attend school in what was described as a “chronic level of absenteeism”.

A survey by Enterprise Ireland has revealed 90% of Irish exporters believe they will increase their exports next year.

CONFIDENCE is an admirable quality in business, but could a tiny dot of a country like Ireland really sell the fruits of the land to a nation with one of the biggest land masses on earth?

A DONEGAL crane manufacturing company is currently trialing its first “self-erecting” crane in Brazil with the hope of opening up export opportunities in the wider Latin America market.

ENTERPRISE Ireland (EI) helped set up a record 75 high potential export-led companies last year involving investment of €83 million.

AS the doors of an east Cork textile factory close for the last time, with the loss of 40 jobs, a major research and development facility will create almost 50 jobs in Kerry with the establishment of medical device company BeoCare.

Almost 50 high quality jobs are to be created at a new medical product manufacturing plant in Co Kerry, Enterprise Minister Micheal Martin said today.