Legislation allowing child murder victims to be named could be passed soon

Justice minister Helen McEntee said we cannot continue to have parents not able to speak their child’s name aloud and remember them in the way that they want to.

Legislation allowing child murder victims to be named could be passed by the end of the month, justice minister Helen McEntee has said.

The bill, which would allow children who are killed in criminal circumstances, as well as those accused of their murder, to be named publicly passed the final stage of the Seanad today.