Online child protection service lauded

A GROUNDBREAKING new online protection service, aimed at better informing child care professionals working on the island of Ireland, has been hailed as the first of its kind in the world.

The North South Child Protection Hub is believed to be the first of its kind anywhere in the world and is available for use by policy makers, child care practitioners, researchers and educators in the North and the Republic.

Updated on a daily basis, the joint initiative will bring together research, reports, case reviews, court judgements and news articles in the North and the Republic as well as other relevant material concerning child protection in Britain and other countries.