John Church

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(...)

There was a “significant surge” in the number of children contacting a support service during periods of stringent Covid-19 restrictions, the chief ex(...)

The country’s largest football league has announced a partnership with Childline, the children’s listening service backed by the Irish Society for the(...)

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 SpunOut.ie said it has received “a number of reports of sextortion” from young people in the last five months. Sextortion i(...)

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 and young people contacted Childline on Christmas Day. Volunteers at Ireland’s 24-hour listening service for children yesterday (...)

Victims of harmful online abuse should be able to sue social media platforms hosting them, while platforms that refused to remove harmful material sho(...)

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(...)

Minister for Communications Richard Bruton has sought “urgent” legal advice from the Attorney General on a range of issues raised by a Bill proposing (...)