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'Grace' Foster Home-Update

RTÉ Investigates has learned that the Health Service Executive has written to the families of former service users who spent time in the 'Grace' foster home in the South East.
Investigations Unit • 13 Jun 19

Families remain disappointed with 'Grace' terms of reference

A solicitor who has been approached by a significant number of wider families affected by the 'Grace' foster home scandal says they remain disappointed with the new Terms of Reference for the "Grace" Commission of Investigation.
Investigations Unit • 07 Jun 19

Grace's mother speaks out: The quotes.

Here are are a selection of quotes from 'Grace's' mother. She spoke with RTE Investigates in an interview broadcast on Claire Byrne Live...
Investigations Unit • 07 Jun 19

'Grace's' mother speaks out

The birth mother of 'Grace', a young woman left in a foster home in the southeast for almost 20 years despite a succession of sexual abuse allegations, has said that she was repeatedly led to believe her daughter was living with a loving foster family...
Investigations Unit • 07 Jun 19

Dignam Report Critical of the HSE

The Government has published a report critical of the HSE's handling of reviews into the case of Grace, an intellectually disabled woman who spent two decades in a foster home placement in the South East. Click above for the full story...
Investigations Unit • 07 Jun 19

LloydsPharmacy - The Repayments

The RTÉ Investigations Unit has learned that Ireland’s largest pharmacy group, LloydsPharmacy has repaid the Health Service Executive almost €12 million for dispensing fees which the company incorrectly charged.It follows a report from the Unit last year.
Investigations Unit • 07 Jun 19

Lost in Care-An Update

The latest on an RTE Investigates report which revealed that hundreds of intellectually disabled people in care were not properly protected whilst the HSE possessed little or no information on them...
Investigations Unit • 07 Jun 19

Lost in Care-Read the Story

The RTE Investigation Unit reveals how the HSE failed to properly protect hundreds of adults with intellectual disabilities....
Investigations Unit • 13 Jun 19

Failure to Foster Care - Web Update

Aoife Hegarty, reporter on the Failure to Foster Care story, updates on today's developments. Read more...
Foster Care • 14 Jun 19

RTÉ Investigates - Ireland's Au Pairs

A look at the treatment of au pairs in Ireland, with some being used as full-time childminders and working excessive hours for little money.
investigations unit • 13 Jun 19

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