THE Government has admitted it could be February next before the conclusions of a review of deaths in children in HSE care are published.

THE HSE last night admitted that some staff could face sanction over failings in the Roscommon Child Care Case, but stressed changes had been implemented to avoid a repeat case taking place in future.

PROFESSOR Brendan Drumm epitomised the worst aspects of public administration late last week.

SENIOR HSE figures are to be asked to meet Children’s Minister Barry Andrews to explain why the number of deaths of children in care is substantially higher than previous figures provided to the Government.

THE HSE has been accused of burying a confidential report which outlines a series of failings in the delivery of support services for children and their families.

BARNARDOS has hit out at plans by the Health Service Executive (HSE) to shelve proposals for an extended out-of-hours social care service because of government funding cuts.

Children are under threat from sexual predators, rights groups warned tonight after a man was cleared of sexual assault despite admitting having sex with a 13-year-old girl.

SOME reports of child abuse are taking up to a year to be investigated, social workers warned yesterday.

Children's charities tonight welcomed plans to hold a referendum to amend the Constitution to protect the young.

THE much-bandied phrase “cherishing all the children of the nation equally” comes from the Proclamation of the Irish Republic in Easter 1916.

JUDGES and probation officers are ill-equipped to adequately sentence or deal with adults who use the internet to prey on children for sexual pleasure, a youth worker has claimed.

EXCESSIVE drinking, and legal problems with issuing barring orders, will result in one-in-five women suffering domestic violence this Christmas, women’s groups warned yesterday.