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Simone McCaughren

@McCaughrenS

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Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work & Social Policy Trinity College Dublin. Interests include adoption practice and law, children's rights.

Dublin City, Ireland
Joined January 2013
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@McCaughrenS
Simone McCaughren
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Delighted to be involved in this new intercounty adoption study with @AislingParkes from @LawUCC
@SWSP_TCD
SWSP_TCD
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A new national survey of the lived experience of intercounty adoption for parents of children aged 0-12 has been launched this week by @McCaughrenS in @SWSP_TCD and @UCC . The full survey can be found here
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@AislingParkes
Aisling Parkes
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@McCaughrenS and I reflect on our research into areas of family law in need of fundamental reform in this mornings @Independent_ie Learning from lessons of the not-so-distant past – lifting the lid on family law https://t.co/nhPbFNJeA2 @LawUCC @uccsocialwork @UCCResearch
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independent.ie
For the first time in the history of the state, an extensive research study in Irish family law has laid bare the significant and sometimes traumatising si...
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@DeptJusticeIRL
Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration
4 months
A Review of the Operation of the In Camera Rule in Family Law Proceedings was published today by Minister @OCallaghanJim The review contains 21 recommendations and is a key action in the Family Justice Strategy. More Details: https://t.co/jgZCTeKf8G @UCC @tcddublin
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@UCCsocialwork
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Listen to the @rtenews DriveTime segment on the In camera rule in family cases. Powerful interview with a domestic abuse survivor. Report on the in camera rule by Kenneth Burns @UCCsocialwork, @AislingParkes and @McCaughrenS from @SWSP_TCD is due out soon https://t.co/K8MJSfP7dB
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rte.ie
A plan to afford domestic abuse survivors the chance to waive their anonymity and name their abusers in family law cases - has been recommended of the privacy rules. For reaction Maev McLoughlin...
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Simone McCaughren
5 months
Delighted to be standing proud with my wonderful parents having been made a Fellow @tcddublin @SWSP_TCD
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@AislingParkes
Aisling Parkes
5 months
Delighted to present our @DeptJusticeIRL - funded in camera report this morning to the Family Justice Development Forum this morning with @McCaughrenS and Kenneth Burns! @LawUCC @uccsocialwork @UCC
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Simone McCaughren
5 months
Great to finally see our report on the in camera rule commissioned by @DeptJusticeIRL presented to the Minister this morning with @AislingParkes @SWSP_TCD @uccsocialwork
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Aisling Parkes
1 year
Happy to share pt 2 of @McCaughrenS and my discussion of Irish family law in today’s Sunday Independent! @LawUCC Divorce and children: ‘It’s an unregulated Wild West’ – How outdated court system is causing hurt and heartache
independent.ie
Anything related to families can be complex and emotive.
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@McCaughrenS
Simone McCaughren
1 year
An opinion piece in today’s @TheSundayIndo from myself @SWSP_TCD and @AislingParkes @LawUCC #TrinityResearch. @Independent_ie
@Independent_ie
Irish Independent
1 year
Divorce in Ireland: ‘Nothing prepared me for this cesspit of injustice’ – real stories of how court system is failing families
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@SWSP_TCD
SWSP_TCD
1 year
Delighted to announce new study commencing on the operation of the in camera (privacy) rule in Irish family law cases. Funded by @DeptJusticeIRL, @LawUCC in collaboration with @SWSP_TCD and @UCCsocialwork. More to follow on how to have your say #TrinityResearch #FamilyLaw
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@UCCsocialwork
3 years
Call for papers: 9th National #childprotection and welfare #socialwork conference org by UCC, Tusla and IASW. Deadline 21/4/23. Open to all. Deadline 21/4/23. https://t.co/YRmEl3F4Y3 @MuireannNiR @pmcfadden5 @AMLTaylor66 @devaney_carmel @McCaughrenS @eavanrb @FiachraOS
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@SWSP_TCD
SWSP_TCD
3 years
Congratulations to the interdisciplinary research team from TCD and UCC who launched a research report on Guidance on Contact Time for Infants and Young Children in Separated Families. Read report here https://t.co/o5CSCWnqXn More information here https://t.co/NqJEhNJI9u
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@McCaughrenS
Simone McCaughren
3 years
A busy week with the launch of our interdisciplinary report on Monday on the extent to which young children are heard in practice in Irish family law cases @AislingParkes @SWSP_TCD @LawUCC @1familyireland
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@1familyireland
One Family Ireland
3 years
"One Family commissioned @tcddublin and @UCC to undertake this research because we know parents in #separated families struggle to make decisions about how to manage contact time for their young children." https://t.co/hQOQ2cnPsG @CommunityFound @RTELateLateShow @McCaughrenS
tcd.ie
The new report is the first study to present qualitative evidence on how contact arrangements for children of separated and divorced parents are currently being managed in Irish family law cases.
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@tcddublin
Trinity College Dublin
3 years
The voices of young children are ‘starkly absent’ from Ireland’s #FamilyLaw system, finds a new report from @SWSP_TCD & @LawUCC. The report was commissioned by @1family & funded by @RTELateLateShow's @CommunityFound. #FamilyLawReform #TrinityResearch 👉 https://t.co/pUnwlDJ7IH
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@1familyireland
One Family Ireland
3 years
We are delighted to launch our Contact Time for Infants & Young Children research report written by researchers from @tcddublin and @ucc - available now and free to download at https://t.co/L3S629nMLK. With thanks to @CommunityFound & @RTELateLateShow #FamilyLawReform
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