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Gardai called to Limerick maternity hospital over ‘at risk’ baby

GARDAI were deployed to University Maternity Hospital Limerick for five days on a 24-7 basis after a newborn baby was placed on a risk register, the Limerick Leader has learned. And it is understood that at least two gardai had been stationed ...

01 Feb 2019 at 22:00

Health

Children living in special care unit in Limerick felt like they were in ‘youth prison’

CHILDREN living in a special care unit in Limerick felt like “they were living in a youth prison” and “that it was hard being locked in their room at 9pm”, a HIQA inspection has found. Coovagh House, operated by Tusla, the Child and Family ...

21 Nov 2018 at 14:00

Local News

Parents warned as Limerick pupil misses 91% of school days

A JUDGE has warned the parents of a teenage boy who refuses to go to school there will be consequences if significant progress is not made, writes David Hurley. In addition to missing more than 90% of all school days since last September, ...

11 Apr 2019 at 06:01

Education

Limerick parents petition Tusla over loss of breakfast and homework clubs at Deis school

PARENTS of children in a southside school have launched a petition seeking answers from Tusla, after its homework and breakfast clubs were axed without warning. More than 200 people have signed an appeal to the child and family agency ...

01 Oct 2019 at 08:00

Crime and Courts

Agencies working ‘closely’ on ‘abhorrent’ Limerick abuse case

THE HEAD of the Limerick garda division has said he believes that gardaí in his division share a ‘good-working relationship’ with the State’s Child and Family Agency, as a major investigation into alleged child abuse in Limerick, ...

20 Jul 2018 at 19:00

Local News

Limerick teenager placed in State care as mother is "not willing" to mind him

A FOURTEEN-year-old boy has been placed in State care after a judge granted an application for an emergency care order. The order was sought by Tulsa this Thursday afternoon – less than 48 hours after gardai exercised their ...

08 Mar 2018 at 22:00

Crime and Courts

Boy, 15, in State care in Limerick paid not to smoke

A JUDGE has expressed her disbelief that a 15-year-old boy in Limerick is being paid by the State not to smoke. And, as an added bonus, the Child and Family Agency's ‘pocket money scheme' also pays the boy to be in bed on ...

18 Aug 2017 at 06:30

Breaking News

Tusla 'not effective' after child in Limerick left without school for months

THE CHILD and Family Agency Tusla was condemned for failing to secure a school place for a child in Limerick, who was without any form of education for months, documents received by the Limerick Leader show. E-mail ...

27 Mar 2017 at 07:03

Crime and Courts

Infant removed from drunk parents by Limerick gardai placed in State care

A THREE-month-old baby boy has been placed in the care of the State after gardai removed the infant from his parents amid concerns for his safety and wellbeing. Tusla was granted an interim care order this ...

22 Apr 2016 at 11:27

Local News

Limerick mother faces prison over truant children

A MOTHER who received a jail sentence over her son’s poor attendance at school has been sentenced to a month in prison over the poor attendance of two of her daughters. Tusla first initiated proceedings ...

19 Apr 2016 at 07:00

Crime and Courts

Figures show high level of calls to gardai from staff at Limerick care centre

STAFF at a Limerick city facility for severely troubled teens contacted the gardai more than once every second day on average for the last two years. Data obtained by the Limerick Leader under the ...

22 Feb 2017 at 18:12

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