Cross-border call to protect children

The four main children's charities in Ireland have called for the Stormont and Dublin governments to adopt a greater cross-border approach to child protection. Barnardo's Northern Ireland, the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC), Barnardo's Ireland and the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Northern Ireland made the call last week at a child protection conference in Dundalk called 'Beyond Borders'. The charities said there needed to be more co-operation on child protection issues between the two governments and called for health authorities, the education sector and police to find a common approach...