There are still massive gaps to be addressed five years after the publication of the Ryan report, a group that supports young people in care said yesterday.

Christine’s closest friend Carmel McDonnell Byrne says she hopes she will never, ever be forgotten for her hard work.

In the early ’90s, her lone voice exposed a dark period in history, writes Conall Ó Fátharta

The Irish Refugee Council has said it is awaiting legal advice as to whether children in the asylum system are included under the wording of the upcoming referendum on children’s rights.