Barnahus

The closing conference of a three-year international project to improve responses to child sexual abuse in Ireland will take place this week. The EU and the Council of Europe jointly funded the project to support the implementation of the Barnahus ("children's house") project in Ireland.

Northern Ireland should adopt a 'Barnahus' system to avoid re-traumatising children who have been sexually abused through the criminal justice process, Northern Ireland's commissioner for children and young people has said. A new report published yesterday explores the benefit of adopting the "one-d

A pilot project to introduce a "child-centred" approach to dealing with child sexual abuse, based on the Icelandic "Barnahus" model, has been launched in Galway. The Barnahus, Onehouse Galway service will see the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Department of Health and Department of Justic