# ispcc - Wednesday 20 October, 2021
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children said children will continue to face ‘acute’ mental health challenges related to Covid.
# ispcc - Tuesday 30 June, 2020
# Childline
# Childline
The number of contacts to Childline.ie doubled compared to the same period in 2019.
# ispcc - Thursday 26 December, 2019
# Childline
# Childline
Volunteers with the charity answered 793 calls, online contacts and texts from children yesterday.
# ispcc - Wednesday 26 December, 2018
# Childline
# Childline
The number represents a 25% increase on last year’s contacts.
# ispcc - Wednesday 4 July, 2018
# Homelessness
# Homelessness
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 .
# ispcc - Monday 28 May, 2018
# Abuse
# Abuse
72% of phone calls answered by the charity came from males.
# ispcc - Wednesday 16 May, 2018
# Child Protection
# Child Protection
The government had put forward a proposal to set the digital age of consent at 13.
# ispcc - Thursday 1 March, 2018
# Storm Emma
# Storm Emma
The government has urged everyone across the country to be at home from 4pm today.
# ispcc - Tuesday 26 December, 2017
# ISPCC
# ISPCC
Some got in touch because they were worried about abuse while others simply needed company.
# ispcc - Saturday 2 December, 2017
# National Level
# National Level
Geoffrey Shannon published a damning audit of the approach from gardaí and Tusla to child protection concerns earlier this year.
# ispcc - Tuesday 6 June, 2017
# Childline
# Childline
The charity said it had consulted with over 150 children while developing the campaign.
# ispcc - Monday 29 May, 2017
# Tusla
# Tusla
A report published today found serious issues with inter-agency cooperation when dealing with vulnerable children taken from their parents.
# ispcc - Friday 3 March, 2017
# Reach Out
# Reach Out
Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan said the courage of those who report the crime must be rewarded.
# ispcc - Thursday 23 February, 2017
# What Do You Think
# What Do You Think
The ISPCC said they had a case of a nine-year-old sending nude pictures of herself to her classmates.
# ispcc - Saturday 30 July, 2016
# Sexualisation Of Children
# Sexualisation Of Children
Exposure to sexual imagery and language at a young age can lead to mental health problems.
# ispcc - Thursday 11 February, 2016
# Kids Talk
# Kids Talk
Tough questions on the campaign trail.
# ispcc - Saturday 26 December, 2015
# Abuse
# Abuse
Some got in touch because they were worried about alcohol abuse while others simply needed company.
# ispcc - Friday 4 September, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
Domestic violence can happen to anyone- regardless of their age, writes Alex O’Keefe.
# ispcc - Tuesday 7 July, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
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.
# ispcc - Monday 16 March, 2015
# Opinion
# Opinion
It’s up to teachers to be as vigilant as possible when it comes to bullying, writes secondary teacher, Tia Duffy.
# ispcc - Monday 22 December, 2014
# Threat Lifted
# Threat Lifted
The service had warned it would have to close during nighttime hours, unless essential funding could be raised.
# ispcc - Sunday 30 November, 2014
# Maybe This Christmas
From The Daily Edge
# Maybe This Christmas
Kind of. Shake THAT off, Taylor.
# ispcc - Tuesday 11 November, 2014
# Sligo
# Sligo
The ISPCA wants to hear from anybody who has any information about the pony.
# ispcc - Sunday 10 August, 2014
# Support
# Support
The ISPCC is looking for volunteers for its Childline service.
# ispcc - Saturday 31 May, 2014
# Every Little Helps
# Every Little Helps
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.
# ispcc - Thursday 29 May, 2014
# Children
# Children
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.
# ispcc - Tuesday 27 May, 2014
# Childline
# Childline
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.
# Funding
# Funding
Some volunteers say they have been abused when fundraising by members of the public.
# ispcc - Saturday 24 May, 2014
# Missing
# Missing
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.
# ispcc - Friday 23 May, 2014
# Wilful Neglect
# Wilful Neglect
The mother pleaded guilty to wilful neglect of her three children.
# ispcc - Wednesday 21 May, 2014
# Mental Health
# Mental Health
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.
# ispcc - Thursday 6 February, 2014
# Discipline
# Discipline
Two children’s rights groups want the practice outlawed.
# ispcc - Thursday 23 January, 2014
# Tobacco
# Tobacco
A coalition of health groups are meeting this morning to urge that upcoming legislation be enacted.
# ispcc - Tuesday 17 December, 2013
# Neglect
# Neglect
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 - Wednesday 4 December, 2013
# Child Safety
# Child Safety
ISPCC has released the fictional short to highlight awareness of its Missing Children’s Hotline.
# ispcc - Wednesday 2 October, 2013
# No Nudes
# No Nudes
No more “revenge” porn for embittered exes.
# Athlone
# Athlone
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.
# ispcc - Tuesday 23 July, 2013
# Your Say
# Your Say
Internet providers in the UK will have to automatically block access to porn to protect children.
# ispcc - Friday 7 June, 2013
# Missing Children
# Missing Children
The Missing Children’s Hotline is being launched in full by the ISPCC today.
# ispcc - Saturday 25 May, 2013
# Missing Children
# Missing Children
A child going missing is every parent’s nightmare – but what services are available to support the parents and families of missing children?
