Nearly 300 children went missing from State care last year, the majority of which were teenage boys.
Newstalk revealed through a Freedom of Information request that there were 319 cases reported, with 294 of these being children, all of which were between 10 and 17 years of age.
The figure marks a slight decrease from 2021, when 295 children were reported missing. In 2020, there were 319 missing person cases from child and family agency Tusla.