
“Last year, an extremely disturbing report was published by the Sexual Exploitation Research Programme (SERP) at
. Entitled ‘Protecting Against Predators’, it detailed how children, mainly girls, were being sexually abused, exploited and sometimes raped by “gangs of men” while under the supposedly watchful eye of the State’s child protection agency,
asked Justice Minister
whether her department had been contacted by
or Tusla about the report and the answer was no. That is very hard to credit….Why don’t we seem to care as much about serious child protection failings today, happening right under our noses and the gaze of the State? And why does no one ever seem to be held accountable, including government ministers?” asks


“Last year, an extremely disturbing report was published by the Sexual Exploitation Research Programme (SERP) at
. Entitled ‘Protecting Against Predators’, it detailed how children, mainly girls, were being sexually abused, exploited and sometimes raped by “gangs of men” while under the supposedly watchful eye of the State’s child protection agency,
