Sex offender initiative – Information accord is only a start

WORRIED parents up and down the country will welcome news of an agreement to be signed within weeks between the Republic on the North on an exchange of information about sex offenders.

Significantly, this was announced by Justice Minister McDowell last night at a seminar on Law and Order co-sponsored by Thomas Crosbie Holdings and the new British ambassador to Ireland, David Reddaway.

In a welcome sign of the times, the attendance included PSNI Chief Constable Hugh Orde, and Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy.