The Swiss coffee company Nespresso has begun an investigation and promised to increase random checks on its coffee farms after child labour was reported on them.

The Government must act urgently to ensure that the first conviction in a case of female genital mutilation (FGM) in Ireland becomes the last, a leading charity has warned.

With a holistic approach that engages governments, corporations, and civil society, the practice of using child workers can be ended, writes Kailash Satyarthi

When the special rapporteur on child protection Conor O’Mahony pointed out that the children’s amendment to the Constitution in 2015 was “an opportunity lost” and a “timid version of reform” he, probably unintentionally, pointed to a persistent cultural failing that engenders cynicism.

A 54-year-old man and a 32-year-old woman arrested earlier today are to face trial on charges relating to child cruelty and neglect.

The new CEO of Tusla, Bernard Gloster, has said the agency must become a local organisation and that it cannot be run from the centre of Dublin.

Children as young as eight years old are spending the equivalent of 61 days a year online.

Tusla handled more than one referral every 10 minutes in 2018.

A family who removed their child from the Hide and Seek creche service at the centre of an RTÉ exposé raised concerns about the facility with politicians and child protection services more than a year ago.

Conor O’Mahony of University College Cork has been appointed as the new Special Rapporteur on Child Protection.

Thirteen children and young people in care, or known to the child protection system, died last year, according to the National Review Panel (NRP).

The Health Information and Quality Authority has found major shortcomings in services provided by State's child protection agency, Tusla, in the Dublin South Central area.

A report into the deaths of children either in care or known to the care services has referred to social work departments being under serious pressure with high referral rates and experiencing staff shortages that “inevitably impacted on their ability to provide a good quality service”.

Children's rights groups have expressed concern over the finding in an inspection report that children in a residential special care centre were pepper-sprayed and handcuffed when gardai responded to staff calls for assistance.

The launch, this afternoon, of Barnardos Ireland's 2017 annual report marked the last address by Fergus Finlay as the charity's CEO. Read a partially edited transcript of his moving and thought provoking final address below.

Children’s charity Barnardos dealt with almost 7,000 new referrals about children and families in crisis last year, up 10% in one year.

More than 53% of boys in Ireland first encountered pornography between the ages of 10 and 13, compared to 23% of girls the same age group, a new study shows.

It only takes minutes for a child to be contacted by an online predator so it's crucial that we take more proactive steps in bringing online child sexual offenders to justice argues Sinéad McDonough

The Government has been sharply criticised for breaking a significant promise on online safety for children.

A senior lawyer has hit out at the “massive delay” by the State in analysing technical evidence in child pornography cases.

The ISPCC has recorded a sharp rise in demand among children for its Childline online services — at a time when it is facing a shortage of volunteers.

The Gardaí have failed to provide details to the Special Rapporteur on Child Protection about training for new recruits.

The ISPCC is calling for the urgent introduction of a 24-hour social work service for vulnerable children.

Occupational therapists have criticised changes to an assessment of need for children under disability legislation, just as a High Court judgement will compel the HSE to deliver outstanding assessments within six weeks for two families who challenged the former system.

Calls from Opposition TDs to increase the digital age of consent to 16 have suffered a setback this afternoon.

There might be other European countries with a record like ours of failure to protect vulnerable children, a record that demands they be alert to any threat of paedophilia.

Gary Lineker has thrown his support behind a campaign to prevent the abuse of children around the world.