With regard to the case in ireland the child wasnt taken into care because she looked odd and its not a case of a heavy handed state rather it is the police and care workers acting on a seriouious allegation made to the gardai.
The guards arrived to the house on foot of a serious allegation made about a family already "KNOWN" to the authorities the family could not provide any evidence and the hospital was unable to backup there claim of parentage. Now the guards are in a bind do the leave the child and obtain the neccessary legal rite to obtain dna evidence or do they err on the side of caution and place the child in state care and obtain there evidence. Obviously the had to place the child in care where they had a doubt as to the safety of the child.
Essentially this is a case of the system actually working however the allegations made to the authorities by members of the public through a journalist were essentially hysteria. This is an example of why you shoud not waste police time potentially this could harm the careers of some members of the force for following proper procedure.
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