'Grave concerns' of risks posed by convicted sex offender to three of his children

Tusla seeking an interim care order to remove the children from the family home and put them into foster care as 'the mother has an inability to accept that risk and safeguard the children'

The court heard the children’s mother didn’t know about the previous conviction and was 'genuinely shocked' to find out about her partner’s sexually deviant past. File picture

Child and Family Agency Tusla has “grave concerns” concerning the risks posed by a convicted sex offender to three of his children, a social worker has told a court.

In the case, the agency is seeking an interim care order (ICO) to remove the children from the family home and put them into foster care.