Irish Examiner view: Services for vulnerable children need to be improved

That there were 360 instances of children in State care going missing last year shows there is a need to provide more secure services to vulnerable teens.

There were 360 instances of children in State care going missing last year. Picture:File photo

It may not shake the State to its very foundations that seven diplomatic bags were lost by the Department of Foreign Affairs over the past two years.

The bags have particular status under international law. They may not be opened or intercepted while their couriers cannot be arrested or detained. Their loss is not a crisis, but it is embarrassing.