Some 161 reports of alleged child abuse were left “unaddressed” in the Co Kerry area by Tusla, including a number of cases where children were at potential risk. The issue was uncovered by Tusla earlier this year during a review of separate matters in the Co Kerry area. In a statement this week, a spokeswoman for Tusla said the 161 unaddressed cases had been uncovered by the agency’s “own processes of audit and investigations”. In a further 23 high-risk cases, the alleged abusers reported to Tusla were believed to have contact with children. “The files showed a limited understanding of the process of dealing with retrospective cases,” it said, and there was no evidence of supervision of the cases.

Source: The Irish Times October 24, 2020 00:00 UTC