Lack of COPINE funding ‘appalling’

THE lack of Government funding for an Irish organisation which safeguards children around the globe from paedophiles is “appalling”, an Opposition spokesperson said yesterday.

COPINE (Combating Paedophile Information Networks in Europe), has helped identify one-sixth of children whose abuse and rape is put on the internet to be exchanged among paedophiles.

Based in University College Cork, COPINE is reliant on EU funding in its fight against abusive images of children on the internet.