President signs bill to end ban on naming child murder victims

Justice Minister Helen McEntee will sign a commencement order and the bill will become law, changing an anomaly that had become known just before Christmas. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The president has signed a bill that paves the way for the end of a ban on the naming of child murder victims.

Michael D Higgins signed the Children (Amendment) Bill 2021 on Monday, after it passed all stages of the Oireachtas last week.