John Church
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More than 700 children contact Childline on Christmas Day
- Irish News
- December 26, 2020, 12:13
More than 700 children contacted the support service Childline on Christmas Day, a small decrease on the same day last year. 723 children contacted t(...)

Childline reports surge in contacts during ‘very difficult year’
- Social Affairs
- December 24, 2020, 01:00
There was a “significant surge” in the number of children contacting a support service during periods of stringent Covid-19 restrictions, the chief ex(...)

Goal of new football partnership to remind children help is available
- Fitness
- December 6, 2020, 06:01
The country’s largest football league has announced a partnership with Childline, the children’s listening service backed by the Irish Society for the(...)

How will the Covid-19 era affect our youngest citizens?
- Parenting
- May 26, 2020, 06:01
Life or death has been the chief focus of State and society as we froze for more than two months, watching and counting in sorrow Covid-19’s ravaging (...)

Youth information website says number of ‘sextortion’ cases reported
- Social Affairs
- February 11, 2020, 13:04
Youth information website SpunOut.ie said it has received “a number of reports of sextortion” from young people in the last five months. Sextortion i(...)

Online firms in breach of new safety laws may face fines linked to financial turnover
- Media & Marketing
- January 10, 2020, 16:21
Significant fines for online companies who breach new digital safety laws could be linked to financial turnover, Minister for Communications Richard B(...)

Nearly 800 children contacted Childline on Christmas Day
- Social Affairs
- December 26, 2019, 11:41
Nearly 800 children and young people contacted Childline on Christmas Day. Volunteers at Ireland’s 24-hour listening service for children yesterday (...)

Victims of online abuse should be able to sue social media, Oireachtas committee told
- Social Affairs
- October 3, 2019, 20:28
Victims of harmful online abuse should be able to sue social media platforms hosting them, while platforms that refused to remove harmful material sho(...)

Childline received more than 1,200 contacts on Christmas Day
- Social Affairs
- December 26, 2018, 10:52
More than 1,200 contacts were made to Childline on Christmas Day this year, a 25 per cent increase on 2017. The 24-hour service answered 1,267 calls(...)

Online safety is ‘child protection issue of our time’, warns head of ISPCC
- Politics
- November 6, 2018, 16:08
Minister for Communications Richard Bruton has sought “urgent” legal advice from the Attorney General on a range of issues raised by a Bill proposing (...)