Book to help arts groups protect children

INFORMATION on how arts organisations can protect children, deal with allegations against staff and accidents is featured in a book launched yesterday.

Arts Minister John O’Donoghue welcomed the Arts Council’s publication of the guidelines for the protection of young people in the arts sector.

The book is the fruit of a two-year process involving more than 76 arts organisations, including the Council of National Cultural Institutions, local authorities, the Health Service Executive and the Arts Council.