Ian Elliott
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Zappone orders second review of Scouting Ireland operations
- Politics
- December 5, 2019, 19:40
Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has ordered a second review of Scouting Ireland operations , the Dáil has heard. She expects to receive the (...)

‘Veil of secrecy’ operated in legacy scouting bodies
- Social Affairs
- December 4, 2019, 15:24
A “veil of secrecy” operated within legacy scouting organisations which in some cases allowed perpetrators to abuse children, the chair of Scouting Ir(...)

Scouting abuse victim: ‘I thought I was participating because I was afraid to say no’
- Social Affairs
- November 13, 2019
Mark Gaffney was nine when his scout leader first began grooming him, he says. The son of a single mother living in Drimnagh, Dublin, he believes his (...)

Scouting Ireland funding renewed for further four months
- Social Affairs
- November 8, 2019, 17:26
Minister for Children Katherine Zappone has renewed State funding to Scouting Ireland for a further four months, following progress addressing governa(...)

Scouting Ireland to make institutional apology for abuse
- Social Affairs
- June 4, 2019, 01:54
Scouting Ireland is preparing to issue a full institutional apology in the coming weeks to past victims of child sexual abuse in its legacy organisati(...)

Scouting Ireland now has ‘culture of safeguarding’, says board member
- Social Affairs
- June 4, 2019, 01:11
On October 7th last year, the newly elected board of Scouting Ireland met in the Bonnington Hotel in north Dublin for a briefing from child protection(...)

Scouting Ireland criticises Tusla as ‘totally incompetent’
- Social Affairs
- April 5, 2019, 03:00
Scouting Ireland criticised the State child and family agency Tusla as “totally incompetent and unprofessional” in private correspondence to Minister (...)

Scouting Ireland board member criticises ‘arrogant’ Tusla
- Social Affairs
- March 17, 2019, 14:09
The State child and family agency has been criticised as “arrogant” and lacking in credibility, by a member of Scouting Ireland’s board, heightening t(...)

Scouting Ireland hires senior garda for safeguarding role
- Social Affairs
- March 14, 2019, 15:58
Scouting Ireland has hired a senior garda with experience investigating sex crimes to head up the youth organisation’s safeguarding office. Det Supt(...)

Parents disappointed at cancellation of scout trip after Tusla warning
- Social Affairs
- March 5, 2019, 00:11
Parents of children due to go on a scouting trip to Wicklow last weekend were disappointed and angry after it was cancelled at short notice, following(...)