The Government proposal to outlaw zero-hour contracts, low-hour and banded hours employment deals is to be welcomed.

Online grooming is “grossly under-reported” with many children unable to distinguish between internet and real-life friends, police believe.

Men and women desperate to have a child are being exploited by fertility clinics, quoting inflated success rates and suggesting expensive tests that will not increase the chances of having a baby.

Six people have been convicted of sexually abusing girls over several years in Rotherham in the UK.

One of the alleged victims in the Rotherham child sexual exploitation trial was locked in a house for weeks and made to have sex with a succession of men.

Migrants' groups are warning that Ireland's fishing industry is not the only sector exploiting workers.

Employers who exploit migrant workers are unlikely to face the rigours of the law but even if they do the worker will struggle to get the money owed to them, according to a report.

Nearly 30,000 suspected people smugglers have been identified by European authorities since the start of the year.

Domestic workers in Ireland are most at risk of exploitation, an EU report to be published today will show.

A middle-aged man has been given a second prison sentence for the sexual exploitation of young teenage girls by using Facebook.