Judge asks Tusla to carry out house welfare check on two boys 'to know that they are alive'

The two boys have been absent from school since March

Judge Gabbett asked: 'Where are the children if they are not at school?' File photo: Alan Place

A judge on Friday requested Tusla staff to do a welfare check at the home of two children who haven’t been to school since March as he wants “to know that they are alive”.

At the Family Law Court, Judge Alec Gabbett requested that Tusla Educational Welfare Officers visit the home of the 13-year-old and nine-year-old boys after being told Tusla staff haven’t had sight of them for some time.