A 24-hour social work service is a critical requirement for children in need, according to the ISPCC.

The ISPCC is calling for the urgent introduction of a 24-hour social work service for vulnerable children.

Children's Minister Katherine Zappone will lead a fact-finding mission to New York starting today to improve state agency co-operation on child protection.

Gardaí investigating child sex offences should have the power to seek a court order to obtain data from internet giants based here, according to a leading expert.

Gardaí are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl in a case where social media may have been used to share images of the girl.

The latest report on protecting children in Ireland is wide-ranging, authoritative and warrants urgent action by Government.

The absence of laws to allow the sharing of “soft information” on paedophiles is severely hampering child protection, the country’s top children’s watchdog has warned.

IRELAND languishes among the bottom of the league of EU states when it comes to tackling child trafficking, a public talk on the issue was told last night.

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.

THE Government-appointed Special Rapporteur on Child Protection has confirmed he did not know about a confidential report outlining serious failures in child and family services.

MANDATORY reporting of suspected child abuse may not lead to more cases being tackled, while inquiries into some child abuse cases are not sufficiently independent or transparent, according to a new report by the government-appointed Rapporteur on Child Protection.