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Friday 27 November 2020
The number of contacts to Childline.ie doubled compared to the same period in 2019.
Volunteers with the charity answered 793 calls, online contacts and texts from children yesterday.
The number represents a 25% increase on last year’s contacts.
Accepting, without ambition to change, the numbers now living in emergency accommodation is fatal to tackling the problem, writes Cliodhna O’Neill of the ISPCC.
72% of phone calls answered by the charity came from males.
The government had put forward a proposal to set the digital age of consent at 13.
The government has urged everyone across the country to be at home from 4pm today.
Some got in touch because they were worried about abuse while others simply needed company.
Geoffrey Shannon published a damning audit of the approach from gardaí and Tusla to child protection concerns earlier this year.
The charity said it had consulted with over 150 children while developing the campaign.
A report published today found serious issues with inter-agency cooperation when dealing with vulnerable children taken from their parents.
Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan said the courage of those who report the crime must be rewarded.
The ISPCC said they had a case of a nine-year-old sending nude pictures of herself to her classmates.
Exposure to sexual imagery and language at a young age can lead to mental health problems.
Tough questions on the campaign trail.
Some got in touch because they were worried about alcohol abuse while others simply needed company.
Domestic violence can happen to anyone- regardless of their age, writes Alex O’Keefe.
We are failing to learn lessons from the past on child protection. It is a shameful mark of disrespect to the many children who have suffered abuse and neglect in Ireland.
It’s up to teachers to be as vigilant as possible when it comes to bullying, writes secondary teacher, Tia Duffy.
The service had warned it would have to close during nighttime hours, unless essential funding could be raised.
Kind of. Shake THAT off, Taylor.
The ISPCA wants to hear from anybody who has any information about the pony.
The ISPCC is looking for volunteers for its Childline service.
Last week Childline said its service deals not just with abuse children, but with children who are worried about the recession and how it’s impacted on their families.
Childline should be expanding. Instead we’re faced with the awful possibility that a child calling in desperation might have no one to answer their call.
Ahead of the charity’s AGM in Dublin today, the ISPCC said it is now at breaking point and could be forced to close Childline at night – when children need them most.
Some volunteers say they have been abused when fundraising by members of the public.
Tomorrow is International Missing Children’s Day and the ISPCC said most of the 30,000 missing child cases in the last six years have been runaways.
The mother pleaded guilty to wilful neglect of her three children.
Children’s charities have been critical of the lack of access to services for children who have been sexually abused, as the HSE does not have the specialist staff to treat them.
Two children’s rights groups want the practice outlawed.
A coalition of health groups are meeting this morning to urge that upcoming legislation be enacted.
The society’s Leanbh service wants members of the public to contact their out of hours service or gardaí if they see children begging.
ISPCC has released the fictional short to highlight awareness of its Missing Children’s Hotline.
No more “revenge” porn for embittered exes.
The charity has published advice for parents in light of the alleged attack in Athlone. It urges parents to teach basic rules to children from the age of two.
Internet providers in the UK will have to automatically block access to porn to protect children.
The Missing Children’s Hotline is being launched in full by the ISPCC today.
A child going missing is every parent’s nightmare – but what services are available to support the parents and families of missing children?
Blue shield pins are to be sold throughout March to help raise awareness of child bullying.
ONE OF THE most eagerly anticipated nights of the Irish TV year is finally here, with not even 2020 being able to stop the broadcast of the Late Late Toy Show.
Covid-19 restrictions mean it will be a different kind of show this year, but it still promises to be a special night – perhaps more so than usual given the year we’ve had.
For the day that’s in it, we’re asking: Will you watch the Late Late Toy Show?
Poll Results:
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