Cabinet Ministers will consider legislation this morning to allow the names of children who have been murdered to be published.
A court of appeal ruling on the Children's Act has led to reporting restrictions in recent months on a number of high profile cases.
Several politicians have put forward legislation to amend the original act and the cabinet is expected to support a bill from Senator Michael McDowell with some amendments.
The amendments would also allow the accused to be named in a child murder or manslaughter case and allow the names of adults who had been victims of a crime as a child to be published.
