A number of at-risk children housed in residential care centres were found to be in “inappropriate relationships”, including with adults, while some centres used staff without proper qualifications, inspections of those centres have revealed. At one home, management had been alerted to the possibility of “inappropriate relationships” between children but never informed the children’s social...
The internet giant Google has claimed that plans by the UK Government to introduce legislation that would mean internet providers would have to automatically filter out porn unless the customer wished otherwise, would give parents a false sense of security. But Sarah Hunter, the website’s head of UK public policy says the proposal would “overblock...
A European Parliament resolution which claims that ‘homophobia’ is frequently disguised as concern for religious freedom passed on Thursday by 430 votes to 105 with 59 MEPs abstaining. The motion, which called for a series of measures to tackle “discrimination” against homosexuals said that “homophobia” manifested itself “in different forms…. which are often hidden behind...
Six minors who were known to social services have died already this year due to suicide or accidents according to six reports published yesterday. Since January, a further seven children have died due to natural causes, the reports, published by the National Review Panel, said. In total, at least 24 children and young adults who...
Nearly forty percent of Americans believe that premarital sex is not morally acceptable, while more than four in ten believe the same about having a child outside marriage, according to a new poll by Gallup. The survey also revealed that more than forty percent believe that sexual relations between people of the same sex are...
The Irish population, on average, is half a year older compared to 2006, but the number of children aged four and under has risen by 18pc, according to new figures from the Census 2011. The figures also showed that the number of young adults aged 19-24 has decreased by 12 per cent since 2006,...
Conservative MPs, including members of the Government itself, are set to be given a free vote on whether same-sex couples should be allowed to marry. It had been understood that backbench MPs would be given a free vote, but this has been extended to Cabinet and junior ministers after a major rebellion by ministers, according...
Women in developed countries are doing better than men on a range of measures, challenging claims that women suffer more than men from inequality, a new OECD study says. While women on average earn less than men and are less likely to be found in senior positions, they also work shorter hours than men, are...
Lesbian couples and women over-40 are set to be allowed to obtain free IVF services from the UK’s National Health Service (NHS) for the first time under Government guidelines published yesterday. Lesbian couples will be given the same rights as opposite-sex couples under guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence. Previously...
More than forty Catholic dioceses and organisations in the United States are to sue the Obama Administration over its policy of forcing Catholics employers to put their workers in insurance plans that are contrary to Catholic ethos. These plans provide workers with free abortifacients, such as the Morning-After-Pill, sterilisation and contraception, all of which are...
