Tip-offs from Irish-based internet users regarding online child sex abuse are now as likely to feature reports of young boys being abused as young girls, according to an expert monitoring group.

High-level meetings are expected to be held this week to draw up blueprints for the establishment of two new ‘super’ Garda units. 

GARDAÍ carried out a number of raids on homes and businesses as part of an investigation into child pornography, it emerged yesterday.