Call to press ahead with child abuse law

Four groups — Barnardos, the Children’s Rights Alliance, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, and the Immigrant Council of Ireland — joined forces to take their message to the Dáil.
They want no let-up on the progress of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Bill, fearing that if it’s left much longer it could get elbowed out of the way by other business in the run-up to the election.