Girl in care given a month to find a home

THE HSE has told a Waterford girl in foster care that she has one month to find a place to live, now that she has turned 18.

The girl’s mother said she had received a letter in advance of her 18th birthday in the past week telling her she would no longer be entitled to care.

The girl has been in care since last summer after she ran away from home. She has since begun using heroin and her mother maintains little has been done to help her.