Boy, 6, still in care overseas despite therapy ending

The case of a six-year-old boy in overseas residential care for the past three years, and who can not remember his siblings, is just one of a number of tragic cases highlighted by a project that looks at how and why children are taken into care.

In its second volume of case reports, released yesterday, the Child Care Law Reporting Project revealed an extension of the child’s placement had been granted even though his therapy ended late last year.

A solicitor for the HSE told the court the residential unit had said they had done what they could in relation to therapy with the child, who has attachment issues. The child’s father said there was concern regarding parental contact.