Covid-19 crisis impacting on vulnerable children in special care, court hears

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The Covid-19 crisis is compounding the challenges for vulnerable and at-risk young people in special care, their families and care staff dealing with them, the High Court has heard.

Mr Justice Michael Twomey was updated today about the situation of several young people, including a teenage girl suspected of having been exploited by others for production of child pornography and a teenage boy rescued from a river by gardaí after taking a cocktail of drugs.