The ISPCC is reporting a dramatic increase in demand for its services.

THE number of calls for help to the ISPCC’s Childline service increased 28% in 2008 and this year the organisation says it’s struggling to keep up with growing demand for assistance.

THE number of children begging in Dublin rose 30% in a year, bucking the trend for the previous three years, according to a report.

There's been a massive increase in child begging.

PARENTS of children who have suffered sexual abuse have been urged not to let negative revelations about the legal system put them off reporting crimes.

THE number of children found begging on the streets has fallen to a record low level in the past 12 months, according to the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

A CHILDREN’S charity yesterday expressed concern about the number of parents being prosecuted for allowing their children to beg.

MORE THAN 30 children and teenagers are involved in begging on streets in Dublin on a regular basis, according to a leading children’s charity.

REVELATIONS that the number of children begging on the streets of Irish cities and towns is steadily declining heralds heartening news in the run-up to the Christmas festivities.

THE number of sightings of children begging has fallen significantly, a report to be published today says.

ONE in three reported sightings of children begging on the streets this year involved toddlers less than four years of age.

Being caught in the poverty trap becomes even more accentuated on special occasions or special times of the year, the Christmas period being chief among them.

The number of young children begging on Ireland’s streets is rising.

Kilkenny hurling legend DJ Carey and Dublin footballer Dessie Farrell today launched the "County Colours Appeal" for the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children.

MORE than 1,000 children were forced to beg on Dublin’s streets in the past year and to survive in appalling conditions.