Proposed laws on mandatory reporting of suspected child abuse must oblige people to inform both the gardaí and the HSE, according to an international child protection organisation.

A VOLUNTEER system could offset huge costs associated with providing an advocacy service for children in the court system, the head of a child protection organisation has said.

THE head of an international child protection agency has told a judge that a two-year sentence for a convicted sex offender who hoarded more than 35,000 child pornography images is “wholly inadequate”.

A US CHILD protection chief has criticised the Government and the Garda for not accepting professional assistance on tackling child abuse.

PRIESTS in the diocese of Ferns are being asked to hand over €1,000 each towards the payment of compensation bills to clerical abuse victims.