Legislation to protect children likely in wake of Ferns Report

The Ferns Report, published yesterday afternoon, is expected to dominate leader’s question time in the Dáil later this morning, as the Government has implied that new legislation to protect children will be introduced.

Legislation to protect children likely in wake of Ferns Report

The Ferns Report, published yesterday afternoon, is expected to dominate leader’s question time in the Dáil later this morning, as the Government has implied that new legislation to protect children will be introduced.

The report identified 100 complaints of clerical sexual abuse against 26 priests in the diocese of Ferns in the south-east.

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