THIS week was a turning point for the rights and needs of children in Ireland.

Child sex traffickers are increasingly turning to Ireland as a gateway into Britain, a report claimed today.

IRELAND has one of the worst track records in the western world for combating sex trafficking of children, an international survey has found.

THE British government has “turned a blind eye” to sex offenders and paedophiles living in a “twilight zone” of international travel, according to a recent report.