Irish Independent: Almost 2,300 reports of violence and abuse against Tusla staff last year amid concerns over online harassment
by Maeve McTaggart Names, addresses and photos of social workers posted on social media Incidents of violence, harassment and aggression against Tusla staff almost doubled to 2,276 last year, while the agency has also raised concerns about the increasing “severity” of online abuse directed at workers. Social workers and other staff members have reported 1,190 […]
IASW in the News, Irish Independent – M9 crash teens’ behaviour was indefensible, but I’ve seen first-hand how boys can be drawn to crime
I once taught a child who came to school with a burst lip and a black eye. He had been involved in a run-in with some older boys and came out the worst of it. I asked if his parents knew what had happened to him. His mother didn’t, but his father told him that […]
IASW in the News, The Irish Sun: Chilling truth of gangs preying on kids in Tusla care as Gardai probe ‘serious wrongdoing’ at unregulated SEA centres
By Keith Falkiner | Adam Higgins “SERIOUS wrongdoing” at several of child and family agency Tusla’s unregulated emergency centres is being investigated by Gardai. Some fraudsters have milked millions from the discredited €200million scheme. And a leading social worker chief has called for greater action against evil trafficking gangs who are smuggling children into Ireland — who eventually end up in Tusla’s Special […]