Report highlights serious weaknesses in child law

SERIOUS weaknesses in child law have been identified in a new report published yesterday by the Law Society.

Author and child expert, Geoffrey Shannon, who put forward the blueprint for reform, said the Constitution was ‘extremely’ inadequate in providing children with rights as individuals.

“For how long do we, as a society, need to be scandalised by the likes of the Kilkenny incest investigation, States of Fear and the Ferns report,” he asked.