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𝐑𝐓𝐄́ 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐬 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐀𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞́ 𝐨𝐧 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟

𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐁𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐬 𝐚 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐔𝐍 𝐏𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 More than six decades ago, the United Nations adopted the 1959 Declaration on the Rights of the Child, setting

𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐛𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐑𝐞-𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭’𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐒𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐦𝐞 A report in today’s Irish Daily Mail says Patricia Carey, the State’s special advocate for survivors of institutional abuse,

𝐔𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐝, 𝐔𝐧𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞, 𝐔𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐝: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐀𝐝 𝐋𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐎𝐧 𝐖𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐏𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 The guardian ad litem (GAL) service in

𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐠𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐂𝐄𝐎 𝐓𝐨𝐥𝐝 𝐉𝐮𝐝𝐠𝐞 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧’𝐭 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐬𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐡𝐨 𝐆𝐨𝐭 𝐋𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞

𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐚𝐥’: 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐭𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧

𝐎𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐔𝐧𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐝 €𝟏𝐦 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐆𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐭 𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 Dr Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children Ombudsman for Children appeared yesterday before the

𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐍𝐞𝐠𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐮𝐩𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐂𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐁𝐞 𝐓𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐔𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐥𝐲 Dr Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧’𝐬 𝐎𝐦𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐔𝐂𝐃 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐬𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 Dr Niall Muldoon, the Ombudsman

𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐊𝐞𝐨𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 ‘𝐋𝐞𝐭 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐲’ 𝐛𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦 𝐭𝐨 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬 Dr Niall Muldoon, Ombudsman for Children,

𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐔𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐒𝐩𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐂𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐞 Nuala Ward, Director of Investigations at the Ombudsman for Children’s Office, addressed the Oireachtas

𝐒𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐚 ‘𝐒𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐦𝐚’ 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐛𝐲 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞. 𝐎𝐂𝐎 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤

𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐃𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐬, 𝐒𝐞𝐱𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐄𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐍𝐨 𝐄𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐈𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐒𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧: 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐅𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐓𝐨 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐚𝐢𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐃𝐚́𝐢𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠

𝐓𝐔𝐒𝐋𝐀 𝐈𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓 𝐅𝐈𝐓 𝐅𝐎𝐑 𝐏𝐔𝐑𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄 Anne-Marie Walsh reports in today’s Irish Independent that a newly released Tusla report has revealed that 38 children were reported missing from state care as of June 5, 2025, with the agency warning of unsustainable demand

𝐅𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐋𝐚𝐰 𝐄𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲: 𝐅𝐫𝐞𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐥 𝐀𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐂𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐞 𝐖𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐈𝐭 𝐂𝐚𝐧 𝐎𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐎𝐧𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐅𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐇𝐞𝐥𝐩 The Free Legal Advice Centre (FLAC) has reported a record number of domestic violence-related

𝐎𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐰𝐨 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 €𝟓 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐞𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐬, 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 €𝟏𝟑 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐎𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐞

𝐃𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐞𝐧𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐲 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭 𝐝𝐢𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐢𝐭𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐮𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝟒𝟕𝟏

𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚’𝐬 𝐝𝐲𝐬𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐡𝐢𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞’𝐬 𝐧𝐨 𝐩𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐨 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭

𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐅𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐌𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐓𝐃 𝐀𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐩𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈𝐠𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐝 During the Dáil debate last Tuesday on the review of

𝐀 𝐡𝐮𝐠𝐞 𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐓𝐮𝐬𝐥𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐟𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐨𝐟 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐯𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐨𝐟