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NUI Galway Professor reviewing children’s social care services in Northern Ireland

NUI Galway Professor Pat Dolan has been appointed to a special panel to review children’s social care services in Northern Ireland.

By Danielle Norton January 26, 2022 Updated July 4, 2022 3 min read

NUI Galway's Professor Pat Dolan, who has been appointed as Ireland's first UNESCO Chair. Photo by Aengus McMahon.

NUI Galway Professor Pat Dolan has been appointed to a special panel to review children’s social care services in Northern Ireland.

Professor Dolan is Director of the Institute for Lifecourse and Society. He is also UNESCO Chair at the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre at NUI Galway. He said a key part of the review will be listening to the voices of those with direct personal experience of the system.