IRELAND
Newstalk
Richard Chambers
Sunday 15 September 2013
Enda Kenny says reforms are underway
Taoiseach Enda Kenny has told a major European conference on child abuse and neglect that Ireland still has a problem with the abuse of children.
He says that although over a dozen reports have shone a light on the failings of the past, such abuse doesn’t go away entirely.
Mr Kenny said: “It is the lingering dark stain on the rich fabric of our humanity. It is an evil which persists. Child abuse is pervasive – it is a devastating fact that children all over the world are subject to physical, sexual or emotional ill-treatment or neglect.”
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