Lack of family conflict policy ‘fails vulnerable children’

VULNERABLE children are continuing to fall through the cracks as Ireland still does not have a policy on family conflict, the head of a new intervention service for children has said.

The first of its kind in this country, based in Co Mayo, the project is dedicated to addressing the needs of children and young people living with domestic violence and family conflict.

Manager of the Mayo Children’s Initiative (MCI) Helen Mortimer said the service was one which should be replicated throughout the country and that MCI’s work could inform the development of a much needed national policy on family conflict.