CAMPAIGNERS have called for accessible treatment places for paedophiles after new research revealed the success of therapy programmes.

CHILDREN will not be fully protected from paedophiles until there is an avenue for potential offenders to seek help, a conference in Malahide heard yesterday.

Sex offenders weren't allowed a chance of rehabilitation by society "whipped on by the tabloid media", Mr Justice Paul Carney said when he jailed a man for seven years for orally raping his stepdaughter.