Three quarters of the children placed in residential care in Ireland live in commercial accommodation. Investors have entered this growing industry, where inspections of the largest owners’ children’s homes show a mixed record.
Helping Hands Adoption Mediation Agency is reliant on financial support from the Adoption Authority to continue as a going concern. The authority has now flagged “lack of certainty” of future funding as a major risk.
Bluechip practice Mason Hayes & Curran initiated High Court proceedings after Cork firm Comyn Kelleher Tobin came out on top for a valuable legal contract with the Child and Family Agency, valued at around €2.1 million. Matters are escalating.
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