Kitty Holland

3 days ago | irishtimes.com | Kitty Holland

A teenage boy, who is in State care having been removed from a “house of horrors”, has spent up to €30,000 in the past year, Dublin District Childcare Court heard on Wednesday. Judge John Campbell was told that social workers do not know where the boy got the money, but fear his father, who is being sought by gardaí in relation to alleged domestic violence, may have lodged it into his account.

4 days ago | irishtimes.com | Kitty Holland

A healthcare assistant working in a north Dublin nursing home described conditions there as “sh*t”, adding they would not place their mother there “even if it’s my last breath”, an investigation to be broadcast on RTÉ television on Wednesday shows. The Beneavin House nursing home is one of two featured in an RTÉ Investigates programme where instances of alleged abuse and neglect of frail, elderly residents are shown.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Kitty Holland

The number of homeless people has climbed to more than 15,500 – another record high – including 4,775 children, the latest data shows. Figures published on Friday by the Department of Housing reveal 15,580 people were living in emergency accommodation during the week of April 21st to 27th. This represents an 11 per cent increase on figures from April last year, when there were 14,010 destitute people.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Kitty Holland

A teenager who “aged out” of his secure-care placement last weekend has been placed by Tusla in a two-bedroom apartment in Dublin city centre with security guards and care staff “dropping in”. The High Court heard on Thursday plans for the 18-year-old, who has an emerging personality disorder, were “grossly inadequate” and would have a “monumental effect on his behaviour” with potentially “seismic consequences”.

1 week ago | irishtimes.com | Kitty Holland

The national rape crisis helpline received more than 20,000 contacts for the first time last year, underlying the “scale of our sexual violence epidemic”, the charity operating the service has said. Publishing its annual report on Thursday, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) said the number of contacts for 2024 marked a 22 per cent increase on 2023. Of the 22,700 calls and texts to its helpline, more than half (10,727) were from people contacting it for the first time.