Vulnerable minor who should be in special care was taken from stolen car by garda helicopter, court told

The minor in question is one of five children in the State who has not been placed in secure care by Tusla, despite the existence of a court order

Gardaí deployed a helicopter involving vulnerable minor in a stolen vehicle. File photo: Brendan Gleeson/PA

A garda helicopter was deployed in a recent incident whereby a vulnerable minor subject to a High Court secure care order was a passenger in a stolen vehicle, the court has heard.

The minor in question is one of five children in the State who are not in secure care despite the existence of a court order directing Tusla, the child and family agency, to detain them in a secure care unit.