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Tue 03 Mar 2009ISPCC seeks more out-of-hours services
ALMOST 80 per cent of children calling Childline for help do so at the weekend or in the evenings, underlining the need for more out-of-hours services for families in distress, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) has said.
Publishing annual statistics for its helpline yesterday, the children’s charity said the number of calls increased last year by over 26,000 to more than 650,000, compared with 2007.
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