Baby thriving with foster family after being 'effectively abandoned' by parents

The Tusla appointed care worker in the case said that the baby is now four months old and 'is doing great'.

A baby boy who was "effectively abandoned" when his mother discharged herself from a regional maternity hospital is "thriving and bonding" with his older sister in his "fantastic” foster placement, a court has heard.

At the Family Law Court, Judge Alec Gabbett granted Tusla a six-month care order for the boy.