Child removed from home as grandparents deemed too old to provide adequate care

Grandparents have been left heartbroken after their grandchild was removed from their home, after Tusla decided the couple were too old to provide adequate foster care.

Age was one of the grounds cited to the couple as a reason to remove the child they were caring for for almost five years.

Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on Minister for Children Katherine Zappone to demand a clarification from Tusla, the Child and Family Agency.