Fifteen under-14s gave birth in 3-month period [IrishExaminer]
- Published: 29 January 2010
FIFTEEN people, themselves just children, gave birth during a single three-month period last year.
The girls, aged 14 years or younger, were among 250 under-18s who became mothers between April and June 2009.
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has confirmed that despite a fall in the number of teenage births over the past decade, a significant number of cases are continuing to be reported.
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