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Child Abuse

Gary Glitter found guilty of child sex crimes

5 Feb 2015

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Child Abuse

Delay in Gary Glitter's trial for sex offences against teenage girls

12 Jan 2015

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Dan Duane

Cork man ejected from priesthood over abuse claims has appeal rejected by Rome

7 Jan 2015

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sexual offences bill 2014

Calls for new child grooming law to ban online vigilante 'paedophile hunters'

21 Dec 2014

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operation midland

UK police: We believe witness who says an MP murdered a boy during an "abuse party"

18 Dec 2014

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Louise O'Keeffe

"Discrimination of the highest order" - Louise O'Keeffe shocked by State offer to abuse victims

16 Dec 2014

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cyber criminals

Hacker who demanded Bitcoin from banks jailed for blackmail and child pornography

1 Dec 2014

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language in the law

Calls for new law to 'call child pornography what it is' - child abuse

28 Nov 2014

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self-confessed

Paedophile 'outs himself' in new TV documentary --- to be shown tomorrow

24 Nov 2014

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Redress

Opinion: Without meaningful action, apologies to child abuse survivors are just words

Mark Vincent Healy

24 Nov 2014

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abuse claims

"I smile easily" - Mary Lou denies "smirking" at Mairia Cahill during abuse debate

13 Nov 2014

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cover up claims

Mary Lou says she 'would walk through the hot coals of hell to protect children'

12 Nov 2014

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NFL

NFL star Peterson reaches plea deal in child abuse case, will avoid jail

5 Nov 2014

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Abuse

Opinion: Are we continuing to avert our eyes from sexual abuse?

Patrick Ryan

22 Oct 2014

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Child Welfare

Convicted offenders in Donegal are not being monitored properly

22 Oct 2014

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child sexual abuse

Australian man first to be convicted for webcam sex acts with fake girl

21 Oct 2014

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Sexual Abuse

Author John Grisham says sentences for watching child porn are too harsh

16 Oct 2014

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Clerical Abuse

"God knows" - Irish priest found guilty of sexually abusing toddler in Chile

15 Oct 2014

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investigative journalism

Mary Raftery's articles are set to be re-published online

15 Oct 2014

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Investigation

7th Heaven dad Stephen Collins accused of child molestation

8 Oct 2014

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Children in Care

Five children taken into care after abuse allegations

6 Oct 2014

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One in Four

Young sexual offenders move from downloading images to sexually harming children

1 Oct 2014

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you're hired

Children are to help choose the next Ombudsman for Children

29 Sep 2014

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Irish Prisons

Parole review shows drugs and alcohol a factor in majority of crimes

10 Sep 2014

3.0k

Operation Atelier

Irish arrest made in child abuse photography crackdown by Europol

9 Sep 2014

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Catholic Church

Pope Francis accepts Cardinal Seán Brady's resignation

8 Sep 2014

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safety threat

Former US government cybersecurity chief convicted on child porn charges

27 Aug 2014

10.5k

Child Abuse

Rotherham victim: 'I was a child and they should have stepped in...I will never forget'

27 Aug 2014

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Child Abuse

More than 1,400 children sexually exploited in UK town over 16 years

26 Aug 2014

30.1k

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Trauma

Opinion: Why are so many victims of child sexual abuse reluctant to report it?

Gerry Fahey

24 Aug 2014

3.3k

Child Abuse

Vatican official uses trucking company to explain why Church is not responsible for child abuse by priests

22 Aug 2014

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lasting harm

Child sex abuse survivors far more likely to be disabled, poor and live alone in later life

15 Aug 2014

9.1k

Abuse

Rolf Harris applies for permission to appeal convictions

1 Aug 2014

8.8k

Child Abuse

Man charged with rape of two young girls, after extradition from US

23 Jul 2014

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Child Abuse

Opinion: I became the first male survivor of Irish clerical sexual abuse to meet Pope Francis

Mark Vincent Healy

17 Jul 2014

1.1k

Child Abuse

Doctors, teachers among 660 suspected paedophiles arrested

16 Jul 2014

16.9k

institutional accommodation

Opinion: Ireland warehouses asylum-seekers, institutionalises them and leaves them in limbo

Donal O'Keeffe

22 Jun 2014

330

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News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

11 Jun 2014

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Family court

Care Order sought after father offered to abuse his own child over live webcam

11 Jun 2014

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Opinion

Column: We must stop claiming that 'we never knew' about child abuse at Catholic institutions

Fin Dwyer

9 Jun 2014

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