Barnardos vows to create €100m child’s paradise

CHILDREN’S charity Barnardos has vowed to make Ireland the best place in the world to be a child by 2016.

The charity yesterday revealed its plan to spend €100 million on measures so that all children are cherished equally when Ireland celebrates the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Barnardos chief executive Owen Keenan said they wanted to ensure children in every part of the country were given the support to which they were entitled. While most children could look forward to a bright future, there were still far too many falling through the cracks.