Abused Irish Children From House of Horrors FINALLY Placed in Care

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Abused Children FINALLY Placed in Care - BUT Only After MANY Harrowing Reports

Children who had been living in a 'House of Horrors' in Ireland have been placed in the care of the State after the abuse they suffered was detailed by Extra.ie.

IrishCentral 7 APR 2025






Most of the children were placed in a Tusla care home, hundreds of miles away from the town where they were living, while the youngest child, a little girl, was placed with a loving foster family.


The developments came after the authorities were kicked into action following a special Extra.ie report, which told how the children living in the house were beaten, locked in bedrooms, starved and forced to go to the toilet in mop buckets.

One brave young woman who lived in the house until she was 17 told Extra.ie how she survived years of horrendous beatings and psychological abuse.

Another woman who lived in the house as a child told how her stepfather poured boiling water on her and killed puppies with a hammer while she pleaded with him to stop.

Other witnesses said the children who were still living in the house were feral, wreaking havoc on their neighbours and displaying sexualised behaviour. Extra.ie has now learned that Tusla has finally intervened to remove the children in recent weeks, with witnesses crediting our report for prompting the State to take action.

A criminal investigation is also ongoing into the behaviour of the parents, with a file being prepared for the Director of Public Prosecution. The team of social workers put on the case was absolutely amazing. They put their all into it to make sure nothing was missed with the kids.

The older children were placed in a care home in the north of the country. Their behaviour was too disturbed to put them with a foster family.

The youngest child, a little girl, was placed in a foster home nearer by. Hopefully, she stands a chance at a normal life now. Its such a relief the kids are safe.

Another witness told how the parents in the case have no cash cows any more referring to the childrens allowance they had been receiving and added, In a way its a little bit scary because they now have nothing to lose

The disturbing case was outlined to Extra.ie in July 2023 by numerous witnesses, including the family members who suffered years of horrific abuse.

One woman said a 10 year old boy in the house, in the southeast of the country, threatened to rape her eight year old daughter as he followed her around with his hands down his pants

Another woman described how the same boy had threatened to drag her nine year old daughter into the bushes and show her what he was going to do to her

One local told Extra.ie: These kids are threatening to chop up our children, throw them in the river in bags, rape them, sexually assault them.

They are luring children down to the river where they are beaten. I mean, kids dont act like that unless there is something very wrong going on at home.

Several witnesses we spoke to confirmed they had contacted local school authorities and Tusla, the State child and family agency, several times about the family but that nothing had been done at that time.

Garda? had also been called to deal with the out of control behaviour by the children.

Neighbours reported how they could not allow their children out to play because of the familys behaviour. The local school also had to move children around classes in an attempt to prevent more incidents flaring up.

Businesses described how they were at their wits end because of the childrens behaviour. One woman said she could deal with drunks, but cannot handle the constant bad behaviour of these children

Extra.ie reported how social workers from Tusla visited the house numerous times, but witnesses described the parents as very clever who know how to play the system

The family had been living in the small housing estate for two decades before the recent intervention from the State.

One young woman who suffered years of abuse and neglect described the home as a house of horrors.

The children are now aged from 11 years to their mid teens.






In response to detailed queries from Extra.ie about the family at the time and the large number of reports it has received about the childrens worrying behaviour, Tusla would only say it could not comment on individual cases.