Nations link up to tackle porn website that posted images of Irish girls

A pornographic website featuring dozens of Irish girls whose pictures were posted without their consent has been reported 24 times in less than a year to a hotline investigation service.

However, specific images were removed in only two of the cases — in both instances there was proof the person in the image was under 17 and the nature of the images constituted child pornography under the Child Trafficking and Pornography Act, 1998.

Hotline.ie, run by the Internet Service Providers Association of Ireland (ispai.ie), is legally hamstrung in that it can only ensure images which are illegal under Irish law are taken down if they are hosted in the Irish jurisdiction.