CHILD CARE TODAY (without the Church)
Report by Children's Research Centre, Trinity College for Sisters of Mercy - 6 October 1998
Nun Tells Court of Generation Lost to Drugs, Irish Times - 10 May 2000
No Place To Hold Boy Facing 26 Charges, Dublin - 11 February 2003
Child Abuse Now and Then - Letter in National Catholic Reporter (USA) - 21 May 2004
Gang Rape by Teenagers in Co Clare. Sunday Tribune - 3 July 2005
Alcohol a Factor in Up to Half of Youth Crime s- 4 August 2009
Learning Curve on Awareness of Child Sexual Abuse? - Phil Mortell 2010
Mums Beg Gardai to Lock Up Their Children; Priest, Southill, Limerick - 15 February 2010
Children Who Died in State Care [and 5,000 Children in State Care], Irish Times - 20 March 2010
Two in Five Children Revert to Bad Behaviour upon Release from Care, Irish Times - 2 October 2010
HSE Revises Figures For Deaths of Children, Irish Times - 9 December 2010
Children 'Unsafe' in Special Care Units, Irish Times - 16 December 2010
All 3 HSE "Special Care" Units In Crisis, Irish Times - 16 December 2010
Troubled Pupils are Kicking and Punching Teachers, Irish Independent - 2 March 2011
Fr Peter McVerry: Remove Addicts' Children, says Priest, Irish Times - 24 March 2011
€2.3m: Cost of Care for 15 Youths Abroad, Irish Examiner - 13 June 2011
'Serious' Foster Care Deficiencies Revealed, Irish Times - 2 July 2011
UK Pensions Secretary Duncan-Smith Blames Riots on Benefits and Parenting, Irish Times - 4 Oct 2011
Ballydowd Special Care Unit, Co. Dublin
Health Board in Contempt for Not Going to Boy's Case - Oberstown and Ballydowd - 21 January 2005
Disturbed Boy (14) Found Dead 4 days After Detention Ordered for his Safety - 19 July 2007
Youth Remanded in Secure Unit Case - 28 July 2009
HSE to Close Child Detention Unit in Ballydowd - 5 November 2009
Secure Child Unit Closure 'Will Not Harm Services' - 6 November 2009
Child Fell from Roof of Detention Unit Before its Closure - 26 January 2010
Child Should Be Kept in Care - 8 February 2010
Director of Care Unit Turned Firehose on Teenage Girl - 15 February 2010
HSE to Put Children in Secure Unit It Promised to Close Down, Irish Times, 2 August 2010
Secure Unit for Teens Should Shut - Watchdog, Irish Times - 1st September 2010
The Ballydowd Facility for Troubled Teens
Coovagh House Special Care Unit, Co.Limerick
€5m Care Unit for Troubled Boys to Open Next Month, 25 August 2003
Secure Unit for Two Teens Costs €2m to Run - 15 December 2009
Gleann Alainn Special Care Unit, Co. Cork
Teens Used Stolen Van to Leave Care Facility - 2 October 2002
Teenagers in Care Lack Pyschiatric Services – Report - 16 Decembe 2002
Praise for Changes at Centre for Troubled Girls - 12 February 2005