The National Board for Safeguarding Children in Ireland (NBSCCCI or NBSCCC)[1] established in 2006 in order to develop policies that would foster the prevention of child abuse in the Catholic Church in Ireland.
[2] On 30 November 2011 the board issued six reports into the dioceses of Tuam,[3] Kilmore,[4] Ardagh and Clonmacnoise,[5] Dromore[6] and Derry.
The dioceses included are Kildare and Leighlin, Limerick, Cork and Ross, and Clonfert.
In the report for 2016-2017 a "significant increase" was noted in the number of new claims, with 135 new allegations, most of them historical, compared with 86 for the previous year.
The Board suggested that when a clerical abuse story is widely publicised, more victims often come forward.