Review into Galway neglect case to ask why children were left with mother

Latest:The head of Barnardos in Ireland Fergus Finlay has said it would be preferable to see better funding for social workers than to try to pick up the pieces after abuse or neglect cases.

Update11.15am:The head of Barnardos in Ireland Fergus Finlay has said it would be preferable to see better funding for social workers than to try to pick up the pieces after abuse or neglect cases.

He said: "We still don't invest enough. We don't have enough social workers; we don’t have enough managers per social worker. We spend nothing in Ireland on prevention.