Three social workers assigned to 43 children in care in Clare
TUSLA are to double the number of social workers in Clare this summer but service gaps are leading to children from the county being sent for placement in Donegal and Cork.
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Clare foster carers honoured with civic reception
*Clare foster carers with Cllr Alan O’Callaghan, Cathaoirleach of Clare County Council. Photograph: Eamon Ward. FOSTER carers from across Clare were honoured for their outstanding dedication and service at a civic reception.
Clare parents of shy schoolboy warned they will face jail over poor attendance
*Photograph: Gary Collins A JUDGE has warned the parents of a Co Clare school-shy boy that they face jail after commenting that their son “has been missing from school for most of his life”.
Judge requests TUSLA staff to carry out house welfare check on two boys not seen at school “to know that they are alive”
*The matter came before the Family Law Court. A JUDGE has 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”.
TUSLA to seek full care order for baby abandoned by mother at maternity hospital four days after birth
*It is the fourth child of this couple to be taken into State care. TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency (CFA) is to seek a full care order until the age of 18 for a new born baby boy who was effectively abandoned at the maternity hospital by his mother four days after his birth.
Judge ‘terrified’ teenager “who can barely boil an egg” will end up in hotel emergency accommodation
*The comments were made in the Family Law Court. A JUDGE has stated that he is “terrified” that a 17-year old boy in State care “who can barely boil an egg” will end up in emergency accommodation in a hotel on reaching his 18th birthday next month.
Newborn baby boy is fourth child of same couple to enter State care & is ‘thriving’ in foster placement
*Registered letters sent to the couple are bouncing back. A new-born baby boy effectively abandoned last month when his mother discharged herself from a regional maternity hospital is ’thriving’ in his foster placement, a court has heard.
‘Shocking forgery’ handed into court falsely claims that mother who drugged her own children
*Family Law Court Ennis A “shocking forgery” has been handed into a court falsely claiming that a mother, who is alleged to have drugged her children with a view to feigning their illness, had won custody of her children. At the Family Law Court, Judge Alec Gabbett called on TUSLA, the Child and Family Agency (CFA) to investigate the matter. In …
Parents ‘had no choice’ and ‘last resort’ to hand over teen son to Gardaí
*TUSLA’s waiting list was among the concerns voiced by the Judge. THE PARENTS of an ‘out of control’ young teen “had no choice” but to hand him over to the Gardaí resulting in the boy being taken into State care.
Judge directed medical intervention after Family Law Court heard boy only had one shower in 2023
*An update on the boy was provided at a sitting of the Family Law Court. A JUDGE HAS stated that apartment living plans next year for a 17 year old boy who “can’t boil a kettle” is a pipe dream right now.
