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'Many people in care are suffering in silence': TD calls for better approach to adult safeguarding

Sinn Féin spokesperson on Health David Cullinane has said that the HSE National Safeguarding Office's reporting of a decline in reports of neglect and abuse in 2020 underlines the need for a new approach in safeguarding. The TD said that the ...

29 Oct 2021 at 12:08

FA opens safeguarding inquiry into well-known Premier League figure

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FA opens safeguarding inquiry into reportedly well-known Premier League figure

The Football Association has opened a safeguarding inquiry into a well-known Premier League figure. The Athletic reported on Thursday that at least three women had spoken to the police over a number of years about alleged sexual offences ...

07 Nov 2024 at 14:34

National News

Guidelines on restraining children at school ‘fall short of what is needed’

Guidelines on the use of restraint on young people in schools fall short of what is needed to protect children, several senior experts have said. The Special Rapporteur on Child Protection and the Children’s Ombudsman have said the ...

20 Jan 2025 at 14:22

National News

Report finds unvetted staff and overcrowding in asylum seeker accommodation

More than half of accommodation centres for asylum seekers which were inspected last year did not have effective governance systems in place, according to a report. In addition, more than a third did not have policies or ...

05 Mar 2025 at 10:45

McDonald vows ‘complete overhaul’ of Sinn Fein governance for McMonagle failings

National News

Leader pledges ‘complete overhaul’ of Sinn Fein governance after McMonagle case

Mary Lou McDonald has announced a “complete overhaul” of Sinn Fein’s governance procedures as she apologised for the party’s handling of a sex crime investigation into one of its former press officers. The Sinn Fein ...

07 Oct 2024 at 20:35

National News

Sinn Fein review after McMonagle case will not be completed before election

A Sinn Fein governance review which was prompted by child safeguarding concerns will not be completed until after the general election, Mary Lou McDonald has said. Sinn Fein has been beset by a series of ...

14 Nov 2024 at 11:22

Paedophile coach labelled ‘monster’ by police as victim criticises ECB response

Sport

Victim of paedophile coach ‘disappointed’ in cricket’s authorities

An abuse survivor has accused the England and Wales Cricket Board of failing to protect him and “countless others” from a former Durham junior coach described as a “monster” by police. Michael Strange, ...

07 Sept 2023 at 17:49

Sport

Survivors group criticises ECB over ‘lack of transparency’ around Hyam report

The England and Wales Cricket Board has been criticised by an abuse survivors advocacy group over a “lack of transparency” in opting not to publish a report into a former Essex coach who secretly ...

28 Mar 2023 at 13:04

National News

'More than a third do not think people with disabilities have equal rights': according to new Safeguarding Ireland survey

The rights of people with disabilities are not adequately respected and upheld in Ireland, according to a new RED C Survey commissioned by Safeguarding Ireland. The survey highlights the need ...

13 Sept 2021 at 16:37

Sport

Exclusion threat should be written into coaching licences, says abuse survivor

Coaching licences and contracts must contain provisions for permanent exclusion from a sport where an individual is found guilty of any form of abuse, a survivor has said. Former athlete ...

28 Sept 2022 at 15:29

Sport

Amy Tinkler calls for action against abusers in wake of Whyte Review

Gymnastics will not be safe until action has been taken against the perpetrators of the abuse identified by the Whyte Review, Olympic bronze medallist Amy Tinkler has said. The review ...

23 Jun 2022 at 18:16

Northern Ireland

Charity Commission opens inquiry into Presbyterian Church over safeguarding

The Charity Commission has opened a statutory inquiry into the Presbyterian Church in Ireland following safeguarding failings. Former Presbyterian moderator Rev Trevor Gribben stood ...

15 Dec 2025 at 12:36

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