Babies of unmarried parents were treated as "an inferior sub-species" for decades, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has admitted.

One of the country's leading children's charities says it has had to make redundancies and salary cuts in the wake of the CRC and Rehab scandals.

The ISPCC is warning that its 24 hour support service 'Childline' is in jeopardy.

Several children’s groups have today criticised aspects of new legislation making the reporting of child abuse mandatory for named professions.

After six years of bullying, Chloe Callaghan considered ending it all last year.

A new film from the ISPCC aims to raise awareness for their 116 000 Missing Children's Hotline. It's a tough, but necessary watch.

I read with interest the piece by Matt Cooper ‘We need to put our children first and filter internet pornography’ (Aug 23) in which he raised points about the impact access to harmful pornography can have on children and questioned why Ireland is not legitimately investigating ways to protect children from such materials, as has been happening in recent times in the UK.

Losses at the Irish Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) last year halved after the organisation made staff redundant and imposed salary reductions for all remaining staff.

The ISPCC is working on a project with Facebook to create an anti-bullying culture among young social network users.

Amending Ireland's constitution to protect children's rights is the first step in moving away from the past failures of the nation, leading charities have claimed.

Many of the reasons put forward to vote no have been worrying at best and downright terrifying at worst, says Ashley Balbirnie

Campaigners in the children’s referendum have warned that broadcasting rules in the lead-up to the vote could inhibit coverage of the issues and stifle debate on the proposed change to the Constitution.

Campaigners supporting constitutional change to protect children’s rights have warned that a broadcasting rule ensuring balanced coverage of the debate could leave voters without all the facts.

A long-awaited Amber Alert system for abducted children has been rolled out across Ireland more than three years after being given the go-ahead.

A girl hugging her teddy stares into the camera and says: “I’m not just a stupid little bitch, I’m a nobody.”

He may be one of the most successful pop stars of the past decade, but in school, Mark Feehily was bullied.

A ROW has broken out between the ISPCC and the advertising standards watchdog over the banning of a campaign video highlighting child abuse.

JEDWARD just laugh when critics take a pop at them now but bullies almost brought them down when they were in school.

IT’S Jedward as we’ve never seen them before — battered and bruised.

Jedward, X-Factor judge Louis Walsh and Westlife star Mark Feehily have all posed as assault victims in a hard-hitting campaign against bullying.

THE issue of child protection and welfare has been glaringly absent throughout this 2011 general election campaign but the ISPCC has been unyielding in our insistence that parties and candidates be clear about their strategy for government with particular regard to children.

THE number of crisis calls from children to one of the country’s leading emergency helplines has risen by a shocking 56,000 in just one year.

THE publication of the HSE’s Roscommon childcare case documented yet another litany of abuse, total neglect, and failure to hear the voice of the child.

WHAT happened in Roscommon, in its sickening detail and immediacy, is perhaps even more shocking than the torrent of revelations linking some clergy to sexual crimes against children and is not, it could be argued, unconnected.

UNILEVER is one of the largest companies of its kind in the world and it has a significant impact on the lives of everyone of us.

THE Government has again been accused of failing children, as figures from the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children show there were almost 450,000 calls to its helpline in the first six months of the year.

The heads of the country's two largest children's advocacy groups will outline to an Oireachtas Committee today what measures they think need to be implemented to ensure children here are protected.

THE Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) agrees that the upbringing of children is, in most cases, best left to the parents and that the various family support services should assist, and not supplant, parents in this vital nurturing task.

Childline received enough calls from troubled young people last year to fill Croke Park 10 times over, it was revealed today.

More than 300 calls from desperate children who were crying out for help last Christmas Day were unanswered by Childline due to a lack of funds, it emerged today.

CHILDREN should be able to access a social worker without parental consent as part of a new 24-hour, out-of-hours service, the ISPCC said yesterday.

CHILD welfare groups have reacted angrily to news that a referendum on the protection of children may not go ahead as promised by the Government.