Concerns raised over children in HSE care home

A NUMBER of children in the care of the Health Service Executive (HSE) ended up engaged in criminal behaviour, drinking and in the company of “unsuitable adults”.

Fri, 30 Jan, 2009 - 00:00

The youngsters, aged 12 to 17-years-old, absconded from their care home in Dublin North East and on one occasion one of them was seriously assaulted.

On another occasion, staff at the home saw one youngster getting out of a car driven by an adult man in a very intoxicated state.

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