by admin | Jul 25, 2016 | Child Abuse Ireland, CHILDHOOD ABUSE, Childhood Sexual Abuse, Foster Care Abuse, Foster Home Abuse, Professional negligence, Sexual Abuse, Uncategorized
HSE aware of ‘Mary’ case much sooner than first admitted It has recently been discovered by RTE’s investigative programme ‘This Week’ that the HSE were aware of the ‘Mary’ case involving a young woman with intellectual disabilities that was deemed to be at risk, much...
by admin | May 9, 2016 | Child Abuse Ireland, Foster Care Abuse, Foster Home Abuse
Young person left in foster home despite alleged abuse A young person with intellectual disabilities was left in a foster home for some time after allegations of sexual abuse were raised about a foster carer in the home. When alerted to the allegations, Tusla (Child...
by admin | Apr 13, 2016 | CHILDHOOD ABUSE, Foster Care Abuse, Foster Home Abuse, Foster Home Abuse Wexford
Further Foster Abuse Claims in the west of Ireland The RTE Investigations Unit programme has revealed that a number of children were left in the care of a foster family in the west of Ireland for several years, despite sexual abuse allegations against one of the...
by admin | Feb 28, 2016 | Foster Care Abuse, Foster Home Abuse, Uncategorized
Coleman Legal Partners are currently advising families of victims of the foster home scandal in Wexford. Recently media attention has primarily focused upon the ‘Grace’ case whereby a young girl presenting with intellectual disabilities was placed in the care of a...