Children’s rights campaigners have welcomed a move by the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission to try to force a Government rethink on its attitude to compensating victims of child sex abuse.

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ABORTION Support Network says the number of Irish women contacting it because they cannot meet the cost of an abortion in Britain has more than doubled since the start of the year.

The Minister for Development Co-operation and Human Rights has urged reform of the European Court of Human rights.