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Child Abuse

Courts

Man found in possession of over 1.2 million images of child sexual abuse material jailed

21 Nov 2024

24.2k

The Morning Lead

Garda jailed for two years for sexual assault of children

In a powerful victim impact statement, the mother of the children described how the garda had broken her family’s trust.

Eoghan Dalton

30 Oct 2024

67.5k

Courts

Man jailed in connection with death of son (4) who faced 'frightening' campaign of physical abuse

11 Oct 2024

23.0k

Child Abuse

Taoiseach: 'If religious orders don’t do the right thing and pay redress, we'll legislate to make sure they do'

11 Oct 2024

7.0k

Sinn Féin

Taoiseach: McDonald should address Dáil on ‘who knew what and when’ in press officer controversy

4 Oct 2024

8.1k

Scoping Inquiry

Opinion: The government should go beyond the Scoping Inquiry recommendations on restorative justice

Dr Marie Keenan

10 Sep 2024

5.1k

Scoping Inquiry

Opinion: Religious organisations, as well as the perpetrators, must be held to account for this abuse

Rachel Morrogh

6 Sep 2024

9.2k

The Morning Lead

'They train you to be quiet': Survivors on why they didn't disclose school sexual abuse

“They knew how to show you that they had the utter power.”

Updated 6 Sep 2024

24.6k

Child Abuse

Dr Joe Mooney: It's time for a national conversation on the issue of child sexual abuse

Dr Joe Mooney

Updated 6 Sep 2024

12.9k

The Morning Lead

'Fear has been with me for a lifetime': The impact of school sexual abuse on the lives of survivors

“I lost my naïve view of the world; it became a lot greyer – the world became a dangerous place to be.”

5 Sep 2024

15.9k

next steps

How will the Commission into child abuse in schools work, and which schools will it cover?

And have lessons been learned from how previous inquiries were carried out?

Órla Ryan

4 Sep 2024

10.0k

michael shine

"Even now we are not believed. We have to use the word 'alleged' which I really hate."

25 Aug 2024

23.4k

Kilkenny

Former Christian Brother convicted of multiple indecent child assaults given another jail term

29 Jul 2024

25.8k

Save the Children

Palestinian children describe abuse, starvation, sexual assault and disease in Israeli prisons

27 Jul 2024

12.4k

Lack of Data

Tusla under fire for failure to classify child abuse allegations

Peter McGuire

16 Jul 2024

9.8k

InvestigatesFailure To Protect

Revealed: Children removed from family home subjected to controversial 'immersion therapy'

A Noteworthy investigation reveals that a senior Tusla manager raised concerns about court-appointed experts using technique on children.

Peter McGuire

15 Jul 2024

53.1k

children at risk

Ukraine's stolen children: 'They are forcibly adopted by Russians who are strangers to them'

Seán Fleming

18 Jun 2024

12.5k

Courts

Former Department of Justice official avoids jail term for possessing child abuse material

7 May 2024

47.7k

PodcastThe Explainer

The Explainer: The State inquiry into the Bill Kenneally case - what have we learned so far?

We’re joined on this week’s episode of The Explainer by our reporter Eoghan Dalton who has reported extensively on the Kenneally case for us.

37m

Courts

Man who filmed himself sexually abusing baby boy is jailed for four years

Updated 12 Apr 2024

89.8k

Child Safety

Dr Catherine Conlon: We need to get real about the dangers of smartphone use by young children

Dr Catherine Conlon

Updated 16 Feb 2024

13.7k

Child Abuse

Jesuits receive 93 complaints of abuse by ex-priest, as it names two other suspected abusers

8 Feb 2024

11.4k

Child Abuse

Swimming coach who used camera to spy on girls getting changed jailed for three years

21 Nov 2023

29.4k

Europe

Gardaí assist in Europol operation that freed six children from child sexual abuse

26 May 2023

10.1k

Court

Man tells trial he was tied to tree as a child and abused by former sports coach

Updated 20 Apr 2023

23.6k

stolen childhood

Opinion: Child Marriage - a human rights violation happening every two seconds

Carole Wickham

10 Dec 2022

13.3k

Courts

Man gets suspended sentence for possession of child abuse material

21 Oct 2022

24.0k

Child Abuse

Bill seeking to remove 'child pornography' term from Irish legislation to be debated in Seanad

3 Feb 2022

16.8k

Vatican

Two priests cleared after Vatican sex abuse trial

6 Oct 2021

10.6k

France

330,000 children victims of church sex abuse in France, report estimates

5 Oct 2021

9.8k

reinhard marx

German cardinal resigns over Church's 'failure' in abuse scandal

4 Jun 2021

12.9k

darknet

German police shut down child abuse online platform with 400,000 members

3 May 2021

29.3k

Central Criminal Court

Dublin man sexually abused daughter over seven year period, court hears

12 Apr 2021

40.7k

Courts

Student jailed for 16 months for accessing child abuse images 'of the most depraved nature' online

23 Mar 2021

41.5k

Courts

Kerry man jailed for repeated rape of his daughters

11 Feb 2021

64.5k

Industrial School

'The brother whipped him until his back was bleeding, then gave him an orange to keep quiet'

30 Jan 2021

152k

Child Abuse

'You will be believed': Woman beaten by step-mother for 10 years urges victims to report attackers

18 Nov 2020

28.0k

Court of Appeal

Retired doctor who abused seven boys loses appeal against conviction

17 Nov 2020

28.9k

Child Welfare

‘Often when a child contacts us, all we hear is quiet sobs’

Sarah Hughes

24 Apr 2020

37.3k

trapped with tormentors

'A breeding ground for abuse': Children at risk behind the closed doors of Covid-19

21 Apr 2020

31.4k

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