Grace files: Child with disabilities was locked in cupboard

A joint investigation by gardaí and British police was launched into claims at least one other vulnerable child was seriously abused while placed at the same foster home as Grace, in addition to a small number of other “potentially serious” cases.

The fresh allegation is detailed in a second HSE-commissioned report which has also found a child with disabilities was locked in a cupboard during their stay and that no official was keeping a clear check on how many public or private placements were at the home at any one time.

Like the Conal Devine report, the Resilience Ireland report is due to be published today after legal reasons, now removed, blocked its release for a number of years.