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Eleven members of Traveller family suing State for inaction over rapist father

Eleven members of a Traveller family who were raped and abused by the father of the household are to sue the gardaí and the child-welfare authorities who they allege failed to protect them.

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Former primary teacher probed over historic beating allegations

A former teacher at a primary school in Bray, Co Wicklow, is under Garda investigation after up to 30 pupils made statements of complaint about allegedly being subjected to severe physical abuse in the 1960s and 1970s.

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‘I miss my mom and my sister, but they’re really happy that I am here’

Vadim Kuzmenko packed a bundle of T -shirts, some socks, underwear, two hoodies and one warm coat and his phone. He hugged his mother, stepfather and younger sister, said goodbye and boarded a bus that would take him on a three-day journey away from everything he knew and loved.

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Baby with genetic condition was sent home from hospital without care plan

A 10-month-old baby in hospital since birth due to a neuro-genetic disease was sent home last autumn without discharge papers or a care plan in place.

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Revealed: The counties that have welcomed the most Ukrainian refugees into schools

Almost 6,000 Ukrainian pupils are now enrolled in Irish schools, with the biggest concentration of the refugee students in counties Clare and Kerry.

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John Downing Opinion Botched response over faked birth records leads to an outbreak of hurried apologies

Apologies are often hard to get right – but they are doubly difficult when they have to be done twice. This one, which involves thousands of people whose birth records were falsified as part of the adoption process, may actually have to happen three times.

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Calls for Taoiseach to apologise for illegal birth registrations after disappointment over minister’s statement

The Taoiseach has been met with a chorus of calls to offer an apology on behalf of the State to people affected by illegal birth registrations.

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St John Ambulance alleged abuse victims ‘deserve to see report’

A man who claims he was sexually abused as a child at St John Ambulance is demanding a report by independent investigators be provided to victims at the same time it is given to the organisation.

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Some people still in direct provision six years after being granted refugee status

More than 2,000 people who have been granted refugee status here are still stuck living in direct provision, new figures show.

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Fears over fate of 39 young asylum seekers who have vanished since 2017

Thirty-nine unaccompanied children who arrived in Ireland seeking asylum have disappeared without a trace over the past five years and their whereabouts remain unknown, official figures reveal.

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Letters to the Editor Opinion As we toast St Patrick, let’s not forget our many dirty secrets

Sir — I wonder did we get rid of all the snakes in Ireland after St Patrick left , or did they just undergo a metamorphosis and join roles in the church, S tate and civil society?

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‘Right now, there are young people in your community who may need a safe place to live’ – Tusla launches foster care drive

Shannon Joyce was seven years old when she first went into foster care with her younger brother and sister.

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Sarah Caden Opinion The children who may never go back to school

Last week, a primary school teacher told me that to get relatively swift mental health support for a child they would need to be “up on a roof”.

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Family taking civil case over injuries suffered by infant

The family of a young girl who received life-changing injuries are taking a civil case against the childminder previously criminally charged in connection with the incident involving the child.

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Orla O’Connor Opinion Joint approach by State agencies is needed to end gender-based violence

The announcement by Justice Minister Helen McEntee that undocumented migrants will be given a pathway to citizenship under a new scheme is an important announcement for women vulnerable to sexual exploitation, women in the sex trade and those being trafficked.

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St John Ambulance victims interviewed as part of review of its handling of sex abuse claims

Independent investigators examining historical child sex abuse at St John Ambulance have begun interviewing victims targeted by paedophiles at the voluntary organisation.

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Tusla recruiting for carers to give home to refugee children

Tusla is recruiting carers in Ireland to look after refugee children separated from their families and in need of international protection.

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Woman put up for adoption as a baby says Tusla was ‘no help’ when she tried to trace her father

Catherine Keely was born in St Patrick’s mother and baby home in Dublin in 1959 and was put up for adoption in Temple Hill Infant Hospital in January 1960.

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Adoptees relying on baptismal cert as they have no birth cert 

Adopted people who do not have access to their birth certificates are relying instead on baptismal documents, TDs and senators have been told.

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Tusla chief to apologise to adopted people ‘hurt’ as they sought information about birth families

The Child and Family Agency (Tusla) will tomorrow apologise to adopted people who were hurt in their dealings with the agency when seeking information about their identity.

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Girl (17) told care worker her mother ‘tried to sell her to man in Germany’, court told 

A TUSLA care worker has told a court that a teenager in interim care alleged that her mother tried to sell her to a man in Germany.

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Subsidies to be made available to parents who use childminders – if they are registered with Tusla

Parents who use childminders will be able to access subsidies under the new National Childcare Scheme, the Minister for Children announced today.

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Gerry Devaney’s story: ‘They made it very clear they were not my parents. I was taken out to work...I would class myself as a slave’

Two days before Covid lockdown in March Gerry Devaney received a call from Tusla. “I had been in contact for months before that. I had this inkling that there was someone out there belonging to me. Tusla said they’d do the best they can and sure enough they did.”

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Staff shortages partly blamed for Tusla’s failure to report more than 300 cases of suspected child abuse

Staff shortages were partly to blame for Tusla failing to report over 300 cases of suspected child abuse in Kerry to the gardaí.