Court orders medical intervention for teen who has showered once this year

The designated Tusla social care worker for the boy said he 'is very, very isolated in his bedroom'. 

A judge has ordered medical intervention for a teenage boy in State care after being told he has only had one shower this year.

At a Family Law Court sitting, Judge Alec Gabbett said that “is it staggering to hear” from the teenager’s allocated Tusla social care worker that the boy, who is being accommodated at a residential centre, has only had one shower in 2023.