Ireland's Child Care Law Reporting Project (CCLRP) has published a collection of 48 cases underscoring the severe impact the COVID-19 pandemic is having on vulnerable children, according to this article from the Irish Times. Project Director Dr Carol Coulter has said that "the CCLRP had seen 'instances of severe neglect' coming before the courts, which raised 'the question as to whether the prolonged closure of schools meant that teachers, often at the front line of protecting such children, were cut off from them and the neglect went unnoticed for far too long,'" says the article. The article provides details of a few of the cases to illustrate children's increased vulnerability during this crisis.
