Our Prime Minister might not be too worried about what the rest of the world thinks of him, but the Irish government is more alert to the judgement of international institutions.
It would find it unbearable to be named and shamed in Europe and the United Nations. And that dread lurks in the shadows behind the possibility of radical change in the constitutional position of the child in Ireland.
The place is a paradox. In the past decade there has been great tumult in public opinion generated by the exposure of abuse, exploitation and neglect in every corner of children's services.
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