HSE given court order to take children in care

THE health authorities last night secured a court order to place four autistic children in care.

The controversial decision followed a claim, earlier this week by a Meath family, that they had been denied basic support services.

The parents of the children, Padraig and Mary O'Hara, last night voluntarily agreed to having their children placed in care after gardaí and social workers, in possession of a court order, arrived at their Kells home.