The 5.45 - Emer O'Neill from Children at Risk Ireland

On Tipp FM's evening news, The 5.45: A Tipperary survivor of Child Sexual Abuse has been announced as an Ambassador for CARI. The charity, also known as Children at Risk Ireland, has launched an appeal to raise €85,000 to fund their yearly cost of running their helpline which at present is not Government funded. In order to help get the message out there prominent Tipperary businessman and former Toomevara hurler Tony Delaney has become a CARI Ambassador - you may remember that he opened up about how he was sexually abused by a club player when he was just a boy - and has spoken with Fran here on Tipp Today and indeed on the Late Late. Chief executive and clinical officer Emer O'Neill has been speaking to Sheila Naughton about this appeal and started by detailing a bit more about what CARI is: