A garda working on Scouting Ireland sex claims told Diarmuid Higgins he had been accused. He was never in the scouts, says Mick Clifford.

Diarmuid Higgins got a call out of the blue last April telling him that an allegation of sexual abuse had been made against him as part of the garda investigation into Scouting Ireland.

Children's Minister Katherine Zappone says that past abuse in Scouting Ireland has ruined, and continues to ruin lives.

Scouting Ireland bosses have been slammed over their recent Oireachtas appearance.

Scouting Ireland inherited ‘grim and shocking’ legacy sex abuse issues for which it unreservedly apologises, its chairperson said yesterday.

The horror of being sexually abused as a child by a notorious scout leader has been revealed by three of his victims, who were so traumatised that they struggled with suicidal thoughts and substance abuse into their adult lives.

Scouting Ireland has announced the appointment of Anne Griffin as the new CEO of the organisation.

A 56-year-old man who claims he was sexually assaulted by two Christian Brothers teachers and a Scouting Ireland scout leader when he was a schoolboy has settled his High Court action.

A 56-year-old man who claims he was sexually assaulted by two Christian Brothers teachers and a Scouting Ireland scout leader when he was a schoolboy has brought a High Court action for damages.

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Tusla is seeking an urgent meeting with Scouting Ireland amid growing concerns for the safety and protection of children.

Scouting Ireland and Tusla are to be called before an Oireachtas committee to answer questions over serious child protection concerns in the organisation.

The latest revelations by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, that it still has “serious concerns” over the ability of Scouting Ireland to keep children safe, are shocking and disturbing and will be a great worry to parents and guardians of young people who take part in scouting.

“If I had a child involved in scouts this weekend I don’t think I would be comfortable allowing that child to go off on an overnight camping trip.”

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The Tánaiste has said the Government still has concerns about the safety of children at Scouting Ireland.

Parents must decide for themselves if it is safe to send their children to Scouting Ireland events, Children’s Minister Katherine Zappone has advised.

The three-monkeys principle — see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil — was, in the areas of physical or sexual abuse, close enough to convention for many generations. Its application, however, was uneven.

Revelations about child sexual abuse in the Irish scouting movement are truly shocking.

The support offered by Scouting Ireland to people alleging they were abused, sexually and physically, within scouting is not enough, a leading abuse survivors charity has claimed.

Claims of sexual abuse have been made against more than 200 people after a flood of calls to a confidential phoneline set up by Scouting Ireland.

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“Be prepared” is the scouting motto, but it is unlikely that Scouting Ireland was ready to deal with the fact that a full review of the organisation has found evidence of 71 alleged abusers and 108 victims between the 1960s and 1980s.

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The Chief Scout of Scouting Ireland Christy McCann has said he will not chair the upcoming extraordinary general meeting as it is 'not the best solution' given the current difficulties in the youth organisation.

All funding for Scouting Ireland has been suspended until the current Board of Directors is disbanded.

Scouting Ireland will receive €220,000 in State funding after it was granted a three-month reprieve by Childrens’ Minister Katherine Zappone.

The independent child protection expert who helped uncover the Cloyne clerical abuse scandal should be asked to help the Oireachtas uncover the full extent of the Scouting Ireland scandal.

Politicians across the political divide have claimed there is “more than meets the eye” to the growing Scouting Ireland scandal after the head of the group refused to answer questions at a public Dáil meeting tomorrow.

Scouting Ireland has been criticised for its handling of a rape claim against one of its volunteers, with the chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Children and Youth Affairs saying it had questions to answer.

Gwen Loughman explores the benefits of camping for kids, but looks at the problem of parental fear around letting go

A girl aged 14, who was hospitalised after a wave knocked her and three other teenagers into the sea, has died.

Scouting Ireland is conducting a thorough review of protocols and procedures after two of its venture scouts were swept out to sea in Co Wexford on Sunday.