August 27th: 13-year-old girl raped.
Early September: Girl taken into care by Eastern Health Board (EHB) after threats were allegedly made against her. Interim care order made with the consent of the parents, and is renewed in the District Court each subsequent week. She is placed with a foster family.
November 14th: The Irish Times reports that a man is wanted in connection with the rape of a 13-year-old, who is now pregnant.
November 16th: Sunday World reports that her parents believe she should have an abortion.
November 19th: Her father is reported to have said that he does not want his daughter to have an abortion. The EHB obtains a two-day extension of its interim care order in the Children's Court after a failure to agree on what should happen next.
An agreement drawn up between the EHB and the girl's parents had unravelled over the previous night. That agreement would have ended the care order, taken the girl out of EHB protection and thus allowed her to travel to Britain for an abortion.
November 21st: The Children's Court rules that the girl should be permitted to travel to Britain for an abortion, and extends the temporary care order. This followed an eight-hour hearing at which the girl had her own legal representative, who argued that it was in her best interests to do so. This was opposed by representatives of her family, who argued that the girl should be returned to their care. A High Court judge grants a stay on this order, pending an appeal tomorrow by the girl's parents against the Children's Court order.