I find it hard to believe that Education Minister Ruairi Quinn has suggested that pupils seek help with personal issues from caretakers, cleaning staff, and general teaching staff.

The father of murdered Soham schoolgirl Holly Wells said “time doesn’t heal” the pain of losing his daughter but has vowed to “make it out the other side”.

Caretakers, cooks, administrators, and bus drivers who work in organisations with school-going children will not have to be vetted under proposed legislation.

David Norris and Gary Dobson are likely to be given extra protection in prison to prevent them from being attacked by fellow inmates.

AN Irish journalist whose phone may have been hacked by the News of the World after he wrote a book on Provisional IRA informer “Stakeknife” has insisted there are more victims in this country.

A SENATOR has called on Irish authorities to investigate if the News of the World phone-hacking scandal was repeated here.

RUPERT Murdoch said phone hacking at one of his flagship newspapers was “deplorable and unacceptable” as David Cameron ordered a public inquiry into the scandal.

British Prime Minister David Cameron bowed to political pressure today to hold inquiries into the phone-hacking scandal and the original police investigation which failed to get to the bottom of it.

News International chief executive Rebekah Brooks is likely to face new calls for her resignation today.

Families of July 7, 2005 bombing victims in the UK have been told they may have been targeted by phone hackers as MPs prepare to debate the scandal.

BRITISH police believe the News of the World hacked phones belonging to relatives of the victims of the July 7, 2005, bombings in London, it emerged last night.

The parents of murdered schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman have been contacted by detectives investigating phone hacking at the News of the World.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley is suing the prison service after being attacked by another inmate, the Ministry of Justice said.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley was back in prison in Britain today after an attack by a fellow prisoner left him needing hospital treatment.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley was today admitted to hospital after he was attacked by a fellow prison inmate, the UK Ministry of Justice has said.

THE vast, almost bottomless and uncharted, internet can enrage and inform, entertain and educate, mislead and have a negative or positive influence, but even in this huge resource, the sites devoted to trying to find missing people are amongst the most poignant.

AN INQUEST will be held at Ennis Courthouse on December 10 into the death of Richard “Happy” Kelly whose remains were found in a lake after he was abducted and murdered by a Limerick drugs gang.

A MURDER investigation was launched by gardaí in Clare and Limerick last night after DNA tests showed that the skeleton found in a lake in Co Clare over a week ago was that of Richard “Happy” Kelly.

GARDAÍ in Limerick and Clare today expect to know the identity of the skeletal remains found in a lake more than a week ago.

THE discovery of human remains in the back garden of a house in the Kent town of Margate gives the address a disturbing infamy.

GARDAÍ in Limerick are planning to search an area where, a psychic believes, the body of a murdered teenager may be.

The Prison Service is facing questions today after it emerged that Soham murderer Ian Huntley had again attempted suicide.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley needed hospital treatment tonight following a failed suicide attempt.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley has taped a confession of how he killed Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman in England, it was reported today.

The parents of Soham murderer Ian Huntley are backing calls for their son to spend the rest of his life in prison, it was reported today.

A senior British police officer said today that he was considering making a direct appeal to the person responsible for the deaths of five prostitutes.

SPECIALLY trained police dogs drafted in from Britain to help track Meg Walsh’s killer have been used in several, high-profile international cases, including the Soham murders of school pals, Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

The British Home Office was last night investigating reports that a fellow prisoner attacked Soham child killer Ian Huntley.

Detectives are to study a tape thought to have been made by child killer Ian Huntley before he attempted to kill himself, police sources said today.

Soham killer Ian Huntley was found unconscious in his jail cell today after taking a suspected overdose.

SCHOOLS must continue carrying out their own background checks on job applicants in support of garda vetting which can only detail criminal convictions, Children’s Minister Brian Lenihan said yesterday.

AS thousands of young people return to school this week, along with 60,000 tiny tots in the classroom for the first time, parents will no doubt be disturbed to learn that nearly half the new teachers starting work are still awaiting garda clearance.

Sex-offenders could get jobs as teachers in Northern schools if they are among those not banned from teaching by under-fire, Ulster-born British education secretary Ruth Kelly, it was revealed today.

A HIGH COURT judge yesterday ruled that Ian Huntley must stay in prison until he is at least 70 as punishment for the murders of schoolgirls Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley will not be considered for release from prison until he is nearly 70, a High Court judge ruled today.

It is completely unacceptable that a year after being announced by the Government, garda background checks are still not being carried out on workers in schools, community groups or the childcare sector.

GARDA background checks are still not being carried out on workers in schools, community groups or the childcare sector, almost a year after the Government announced an expanded vetting service.

Soham double murderer Ian Huntley should remain in prison for the rest of his life, according to a leaked report by prison assessors.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley’s former girlfriend Maxine Carr was today granted an indefinite order protecting her new identity by a High Court judge.

Soham murderer Ian Huntley’s former girlfriend Maxine Carr is applying today for an indefinite order protecting her new identity.

SOHAM killer Ian Huntley was officially "eliminated" as a suspect in the murder hunt just six days into the police investigation, a secret report revealed yesterday.

Injunction proceedings involving Maxine Carr’s new identity and whereabouts return to the High Court today.

Police may interview Soham killer Ian Huntley in jail after he reportedly made a series of confessions in a taped interview, it emerged tonight.

Soham killer Ian Huntley claims it was his girlfriend Maxine Carr who orchestrated the cover-up of the deaths of Holly Wells and Jessica Chapman, it was reported today.