Today FM: Housing of Sex Offenders
6th July 2010
Liam Herrick, Executive Director of IPRT joined Cllr Tom Fortune and Matt Cooper on Today FM's 'The Last Word' to talk about the housing of sex offenders and their families.
The item was in response to public protests over attempts to house the family of a convicted sex offender, following which Wicklow County Councilpassed a motion to remove convicted sex offenders “and those who consort” with them from the local authority housing list. IPRT has a number of concerns about the reported case.
Listen to what they had to say here. (Scroll forward to second item, approx. 13 mins into the hour.)
Read more:
- Human Rights in Ireland blog: 'Sex Offenders and Housing Policy'
- The Irish Times: 'Council takes sex offenders off housing list'
- Irish Independent: 'Probe after home for family of sex offender torched'
- Sunday Tribune: 'Sex offenders 'a greater risk if not housed''
