Child victims of sex abuse must be jointly interviewed by HSE and Garda staff in a timely way and more interagency co-operation is needed in the area of child protection, Ombudsman for Children Emily Logan said.

THE Rape Crisis Network is to write “begging letters” to refrigeration companies in an effort to maintain evidence in cases that may lead to more court actions.

THERE have been 50 to 60 calls to a dedicated Garda phone line set up to deal with complaints arising from the Murphy report.

ONE of the Garda’s top investigators is to examine whether gardaí, and other state officials, committed criminal offences in their handling of child sex abuse cases examined in the Murphy report.

A SURVIVOR of clerical child sex abuse has offered to become a test case to establish if the garda have sufficient powers to prosecute clergy who covered up for paedophile priests.