{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/67c5d757b48a8f157c1f9076/691da8a17b9e972a6b686d8b?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"INVESTIGATION: Thousands of Incidents of Children Going Missing from Tusla Care - 19/11/2025","description":"<p>A child living in State care was reported missing 274 times in just one year, new figures obtained by <em>The Journal Investigates</em> reveal.</p><p><br></p><p>The data, released by Tusla under the Freedom of Information Act (FOI), shows a pattern of repeated disappearances from Ireland’s State-run residential centres, with some young people going missing dozens of times every year.</p><p><br></p><p>Internal records reveal that children in Tusla-run homes were reported missing on nearly 7,000 occasions from January 2020 to September 2025.</p><p><br></p><p>In a statement to <em>The Journal Investigates</em>, a Tusla spokesperson said most missing reports do not indicate that a child has vanished for an extended period, but reflect brief absences recorded under a strict reporting protocol agreed with gardaí.</p><p><br></p><p>Investigative journalist at The Journal Investigates, Patricia Devlin, joined us on The Agenda this morning to tell us more about this. </p><p><br></p><p><br></p>","author_name":"lmfm "}