Kyran Durnin case: Tusla review completed but will not be published
Gardaí believe Kyran Durnin is deceased and he may have died over two years ago
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Kyran Durnin was ‘lost in the system’, says Education Minister Norma Foley
Fianna Fáil TD expecting a report from Tusla over the coming days into the troubling case of the child’s disappearance in 2022
Vigil held in Dundalk for missing schoolboy Kyran Durnin
Event was the second such community gathering organised in the Co Louth town for the schoolboy missing and presumed dead
Kyran Durnin case: Fresh searches expected after no trace of boy found in Dundalk property
Garda inquiries continue one month on from the Co Louth boy’s disappearance
Thirty-seven children reported as missing from Tusla care so far this year
Thirty-one of those missing are separated children seeking asylum, while six went missing from residential settings, figures show
Kyran Durnin case: How can a child go missing for two years?
Locals in Dundalk express bafflement and shock at disappearance of boy in 2022, when he was aged six
Tusla ordered to do welfare check at home of two children who have not been in school since March
Judge Alex Gabbett said he was requiring the welfare check to be carried out ‘in the territory we are in this week in all that we are seeing in the news’
Kyran Durnin: ‘Persons of interest’ identified by gardaí investigating assumed murder
Gardaí say while arrests expected in time, more evidence is required to create necessary grounds for making first arrests, information from public being followed-up
Government shouldn’t be so quick to yell Gotcha! at Sinn Féin. Its record on children is shameful
When election candidates coming knocking at your door, will you speak for the children so badly let down by the State?
Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí receive ‘huge volume’ of information from public on missing boy
Detectives no closer to making arrests amid claims the State’s child protection system had ‘failed’ Co Louth boy
Kyran Durnin case: Gardaí finish dig in Dundalk back garden without finding fresh evidence
Forensic examination of Emer Terrace house and wasteland outside complete, with focus likely to shift to Drogheda
Kyran Durnin timeline: What we know so far about missing eight-year-old
Last positive sighting of Kyran was in 2022, and missing persons case has been upgraded to a murder investigation
Family member reported Kyran Durnin missing 24 hours after Tusla alert
Family member claimed mother and son were noticed missing on same day Tusla indicated it was notifying Garda of concerns
Salary scales for special care staff set to increase, Supreme Court hears
Disclosure comes in a mother’s appeal seeking to hold Tusla in contempt of court order for her son’s detention
Gardaí expand Kyran Durnin search from family home to nearby wasteland
Tusla alerted Garda to ‘significant concern’ when Kyran (8) was reported missing in August
Tusla raised ‘significant concern’ over eight-year-old Kyran Durnin in August
Search of former Durnin family home in Dundalk, Co Louth, involves garden excavation in search for boy’s remains
Roderic O’Gorman asks Tusla to send files on Kyran Durnin to National Review Panel
Minister says there will be ‘consequences’ for any State body found wanting in case of boy (8) who gardaí believe was killed two years ago
Missing Drogheda boy Kyran Durnin was taken out of his school two years ago
Officials assumed the eight-year-old boy had moved to a school in the North
Pilot scheme for nationalised childcare costed at €53m
Scheme would cater for 6,000 children across a range of different services intended to be representative of the current sector
Judge expresses ‘grave disappointment’ after care watchdog shelved
Court reporting project that highlighted failures in care system stood down after State funding runs out
Suitable placement still sought for teenage girl who has refused food for 29 days, High Court told
Parents support girl being taken into voluntary care by the Child and Family Agency
Childcare provider accused of obstructing Tusla inspector spared conviction after agreeing to pay €2,000
Judge notes ‘draconian’ law could have seen Padraig O’Connor, operator of Little Puddles Childcare in Glenageary, lose registration if convicted
Controls introduced by HSE were not effective in managing growth in employment numbers, say auditors
Internal audit report says there was a time lag between instructions on recruitment being issued by management and when their impact was actually seen in the system
South Dublin creche staff accused of hitting, force-feeding and being ‘cold’ to children
Gardaí and Tusla conducting investigations concerning reported physical, verbal and emotional abuse of toddlers
Lobbying register expanded to include 60 more public bodies
HSE, Central Bank, Department of Defence and Road Safety Authority among organisations now covered
Officials concerned about adult asylum seekers claiming to be minors
Internal briefing warns of ‘severe demands’ put on Tusla service for child asylum seekers
Surge in applications to adoption authority for birth information and to trace relatives
Authority says it processed more than 3,500 applications for birth information last year
State care system for children may need ‘complete overhaul’
Department of Children briefings question whether special care system is ‘fit for purpose’
Talks on pay for voluntary sector to resume on Friday
Thousands of staff at voluntary organisations contracted by Government to be affected by negotiations which have repeatedly stalled
Deaths of children in care: Girl (14) who died by suicide ‘gained very little’ from Camhs referrals
Child faced ‘unacceptable’ delays, review has found
Total of 29 children in care or known to child protection services died last year, report finds
Of the 29 deaths, 18 were natural causes, 4 were suicides, 5 were as a result of accidents and 2 were ‘unknown’
Judges say ‘corporate, faceless’ Tusla is failing children
Private firms making money from ‘misery of children’ is ‘distasteful’, says judge
Inside the childcare courts: ‘Making money from the misery of children - that’s distasteful’
Judges at coalface of State’s care system criticise ‘corporate’ Child and Family Agency and warn against privatisation of care
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