Nine of 10 children taken from parents over alleged neglect or abuse

Nine children from a family of 10 have been taken from their parents on the basis of alleged neglect or abuse, the High Court heard on Monday.

They are being held on foot of an interim care order granted by a District Court judge in one of the most northern counties of the State, Ms Justice Emily Egan was told.

Barrister Colman Fitzgerald SC, in an application for orders directing a High Court inquiry into the validity of their detention by the Child and Family Agency, said the interim care order had been made by the District Court in May last and renewed on at least one occasion since then.

Mr Fitzgerald, who appeared with Stephen Brittain BL and Padraig Langsch of Langsch and Cunnane Solicitors, for the parents of the children, said they were asking the court for an order of habeas corpus and to direct a High Court inquiry, under Article 40 of the Constitution, into the lawfulness of the detention of each child.

Mr Langsch, in an affidavit on behalf of the family, said the…

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