Tusla
Tusla is the Child and Family Agency in Ireland responsible for the care and welfare of children. Recently, it was in the news for placing an 18-year-old who aged out of secure care into a Dublin city center apartment, raising concerns from a High Court judge and legal representatives about the adequacy of the support and mental health services available to him.
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Recent news mentions
Tusla prosecuted the mother for failing to comply with school attendance notices.
Mother fined over children’s 500-day school absence – The Irish Times
Ireland· 2026-06-25
Tusla is the child and family agency that raised the alarm about the missing boy's location and welfare.
Search for missing child at specific north Dublin site yields no results – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-09-11Tusla oversaw the case of the child and family agency involved in the boy's life.
Deep excavation in search for boy assumed dead as three diggers used by gardaí – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-09-10
Tusla is responsible for placing the teenager in a two-bedroom apartment in Dublin city centre.
Teenager who ‘aged out’ of secure care placed in Dublin city centre apartment where staff ‘drop in’ – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-05-29
