Irish Examiner view: Care of our most vulnerable must be given top priority

A 10-year-old child is missing, and a National Review Panel report into Kyran Durnin cannot be published: The State must safeguard the welfare of the most vulnerable and voiceless members of our society

On the same day this week we learned that a 10-year-old is missing after Tusla failed to locate him, and a report on another missing child, Kyran Durnin, cannot be published. Stock picture

The news that a 10-year-old child is missing after Tusla, the child and family agency, failed to locate him is a distressing development, and what makes it even more distressing is that this is a narrative that is becoming more and more familiar.

Gardaí are now looking into this case and investigating whether the boy has moved to another country. There is evidence that he was in Ireland in September but did not return to school, and Tusla eventually referred the case to gardaí last month.