In a statement on Thursday, Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon criticised the response of the Government and Tusla.

Tusla CEO Kate Duggan described the case of the missing boy in Donabate as ‘really awful and harrowing’.

Bernard Gloster, who was in charge of Tusla when the boy went missing, said child protection cases are ‘exceptionally complex’.

Gardaí are searching for a boy who was last seen years ago and is now feared dead.

Gardaí said they are investigating the disappearance and whereabouts of the boy, who would be seven years old if still alive.

A search for a missing boy in Dublin who has not been seen for several years has so far been unsuccessful.

The child is believed to be a boy who was three and a half years old when he was last seen.

The girl, aged five at the time of the November 23rd attack, was critically injured and spent 281 days in Temple Street Children’s Hospital

Gardaí took possession of the property on Monday after being granted a District Court order.

Tavia Michella Ximenes Da Costa died on Sunday just weeks before her second birthday.

Officers named the 23-month-old victim as Tavia Michella Ximenes Da Costa.

The 23-month-old victim was named by police as Tavia Michella Ximenes Da Costa.

Police said they are treating the death as suspicious

The boy has speech and language delay and requires significant help from an adult to keep him safe.

The Munster scrum-half married Cooper in 2023

The man is facing trial later this year relating to a single charge of indecent assault alleged to have occurred between January 1987 and December 1988.