Two-year care order granted for baby

A judge has granted a two- year care order to the Child and Family Agency, Tusla, for a one-year-old girl who tested positive for opiates at birth.

The baby’s mother is a heroin addict and at the Family Law Court in Ennis, a social worker for Tusla revealed the agency appointed her while the baby was still in her mother’s womb. She said that she was appointed as the baby’s social worker after the maternity hospital made the referral, as the mother was homeless and had a history of drug abuse.

The Tusla representative said that a case conference was held by the agency for the girl two days after she was born following a hospital blood test finding opiates in her blood.