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Fri 02 Feb 2007Gardaí confirm getting child-porn ring informationGardaí last night admitted they had received information from the Austrian authorities about possible Irish involvement in a global child pornographic ring. They were unable to say, however, whether an investigation began immediately when they were first contacted by Austrian officials last August.Austrian investigators said yesterday the Garda was the only European police force that did not reply when it was contacted in relation to a worldwide child-pornography ring. The Austrian police revealed on Wednesday that they had identified more than 2,300 computer-users from 77 countries - including two based in Ireland - who had viewed videos and pictures of young children being sexually abused.