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…when it comes to the shocking abuse of children that child pornography represents, I will be insistent that we come up with strategies to overcome those obstacles.
THIS WAS THE promise made by Minister for Justice Frances Fitzgerald in the Dáil today in response to a ‘Topical Issue’ raised by Sinn Féin’s Padraig McLoughainn.
Fitzgerald told TDs that the Garda Commissioner has directed a comprehensive review and a strategic realignment of capacity to deal with internet and computer crime – including the area of child pornography.
This follows a report in the Sunday Times about a computer backlog leading to a three-year delay in child porn cases. In some cases, prosecutions are said to have collapsed because of it.
Speaking in the Dáil, Fitzgerald said that a review of processes has already been conducted and new guidelines put in place in October last year.
“The guidelines seek to ensure that relevant procedures are as efficient as possible, consistent with what is required to support effective prosecutions,” she explained. She said she has been advised that all examinations of suspect media are now conducted according to these guidelines.
The phenomenon of internet and computer crime, with its transnational dimension, presents enormous challenges to police forces, including with respect to the effective deployment of resources. In this regard the Commissioner has directed an immediate comprehensive review and a strategic realignment of capacity to deal with crimes of this nature, including in the area of child pornography.
This review will involve liaison with international partners and national experts to identify effective collaborative approaches.
Fitzgerald will meet with the Commissioner to discuss these issues and in particular, to ensure that “child pornography cases are pursued rigorously and quickly”, she told deputies today.
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Love these kind of articles, keep it up!
The floozie should be put back on O’Connell street
It would be somewhere for the junkies to rinse their syringes…
What happened to the Time in the Slime? Who remembers that one..
I had never seen the “Jokers Chair” it the Stardust memorial. Really nice touches :)
Great to see these highlighted and there in Dublin,s fair city.Have seen most of them but the one in Fr. Collin,s park is a new one to me
Nice article
Be good if they scrapped sean russell and put something worthwhile in its place.
They should’ve ran live insulated wire throughout the statue and if some one tries to decapitate it again, they ll get a nasty shock.
Quite right. It’s important we celebrate nazi collaboration and ignoble deaths on uboats. Well done you.
What? Am I going mad or was there an article on here about coffee this morning that’s disappeared??
I knew I shouldn’t have drank that paint thinner last night
Worked quite near to blessington street for four years and still pass it regularly and never knew that basin was there
That Paul o Connell statue,that isn’t a Paul o Connell statue, could be a statue of Paul o Connell.
The Anna Livia would look great in the river itself. Maybe a bigger version. The Spike is just so bland and meaningless.
Great article, well researched, thanks for your hard work
Thanks for those. Must get round to seeing these. There’s a memorial to the Stardust in Beaumont Hospital.
The link to the Council List isn’t working on my phone. Any chance of putting up a Google map pic of the location for number 7? Thanks.
Blessington Street Basin is one of my favourite places in the city. Lovely area, so peaceful and quiet, a hidden gem that I frequent when I’m home.
You forgot Jedediah Springfield
OK, so where are you hiding the sunstone…
Quite right Paul (and Mary)… Updated now, with that info! Thanks for pointing it out. Daragh.
Wouldn’t go near the peace garden at Christchurch without back up and a powerhose, scobie central.
Like these articles tho, keep em up!
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