# Family Courts
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This month
April 2024
Hammond Lane
Green light given for development of long-awaited Dublin Family Courts complex
Updated
11 Apr
12.3k
Last year
2023
parental alienation
Significant recommendation to make children's voices a 'priority' in family justice system
26 May 2023
4.1k
10
All time
Voices
Our family law courts are not fit for purpose and we owe it to children to address this now
Karen Kiernan
6 Jul 2020
21.9k
25
trapped with tormentors
'A breeding ground for abuse': Children at risk behind the closed doors of Covid-19
21 Apr 2020
31.3k
10
trapped with tormentors
"I feel constantly suffocated": The domestic violence epidemic raging behind closed doors of Covid-19
20 Apr 2020
64.7k
13
Safety
Concern at increasing levels of 'aggression, threats and violence' towards barristers
9 Jun 2019
19.6k
19
Family Courts
Parents' focus on 'winning' custody battles is harming Irish children
13 Mar 2019
20.5k
45
Child Welfare
'Cramped, grim courts are no place for children': Calls for improved family courts to be rolled out
3 Nov 2017
9.6k
17
Voices
Opinion: 'A father’s right to access should not outweigh a child’s right to safety'
Margaret Martin
23 May 2017
9.1k
106
Family court
Care order extended for child whose mother tested positive for cocaine, cannabis and sedatives
2 Aug 2016
17.0k
18
Family court
Child whose foster parent died will be moved so no 'attachments' are formed in temporary home
1 Aug 2016
31.1k
68
family courts series
A Week in the Family Court: 'There needs to be intervention before we reach crisis point'
16 Sep 2014
16.9k
5
family courts series
A Week in the Family Court: 6,500 children are in care - here are some of their stories
16 Sep 2014
38.0k
27