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Former foster child tells inquiry of being beaten with a belt until he bled

Scotland

Foster child tells inquiry of being beaten until he bled

A former foster child has spoken of his ordeal at the hands of carers as he told an inquiry he was beaten with a belt until he bled. Christopher Scott spent time in foster homes in Scotland in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the Scottish Child Abuse ...

10 Aug 2022 at 17:32

Ireland

Child in foster care not visited by social workers for more than three years

A child in the north Dublin foster care service area was not visited by a social worker for more than three years, a report by the Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) has found. Information provided to HIQA inspectors during an ...

04 Aug 2022 at 15:44

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Almost 900 adopted persons and birth parents register contact preferences under new act

A total of 891 adopted persons and relatives applied to the new Contact Preference Register last month following the commencement of the Birth Information and Tracing Act 2022. Of these, 7 adoptees and 2 relatives of adopted people were ...

04 Aug 2022 at 14:33

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Big Interview: Fostering vulnerable kids is a great way of ‘giving back’, say Kildare carers

Tusla is seeking foster parents in County Kildare to care for vulnerable children and teenagers. The appeal follows just after the Child and Family Agency launched its National Fostering Week for 2022. Gerry Murphy, a Kildare resident ...

01 Mar 2022 at 15:33

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Big Interview: Fostering vulnerable kids is a great way of ‘giving back’, say Kildare carers

01 Mar 2022 at 15:33

Local News

Would you like to provide foster care for older children in Donegal?

A fostering awareness and recruitment campaign has been launched today in a bid to recruit carers for older children in communities. In Donegal, there are currently 208 children in foster care. A local placement will ensure ...

21 Feb 2022 at 14:33

Donegal Life

Would you like to provide foster care for older children in Donegal?

21 Feb 2022 at 13:33

National News

'Change a life' - Tusla launches urgent national Foster Care Recruitment appeal across Ireland

Tusla - Child and Family Agency today (Monday September 12) launches a Fostering Recruitment Campaign. The aim of the campaign is to recruit new foster carers to meet the growing demand for placements, as a result ...

12 Sept 2022 at 16:33

Around Waterford

'Change a life' - Tusla launches urgent national Foster Care Recruitment appeal in Waterford

Tusla - Child and Family Agency has launched a Fostering Recruitment Campaign in Waterford and across Ireland. The aim of the campaign is to recruit new foster carers to meet the growing demand for placements, as ...

13 Sept 2022 at 10:33

Around Carlow

'Change a life' - Tusla launches urgent national Foster Care Recruitment appeal in Carlow

Tusla - Child and Family Agency today (Monday September 12) launches a Fostering Recruitment Campaign in Carlow and across Ireland. The aim of the campaign is to recruit new foster carers to meet the growing ...

12 Sept 2022 at 20:33

Local News

Urgent foster care recruitment appeal in Kilkenny

Tusla - Child and Family Agency today launched a Fostering Recruitment Campaign in Kilkenny and across Ireland. The aim of the campaign is to recruit new foster carers to meet the growing demand for ...

12 Sept 2022 at 18:33

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Foster care leavers made priority group in access plan for third-level education

Activists have welcomed the inclusion of care leavers and the Roma community in the Irish Government’s fourth plan to improve and monitor people’s equity of access to third-level education. The ...

01 Sept 2022 at 12:33

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