Everyone who suffered abuse in a defective school system should now be paid the compensation they are entitled to under human rights law, writes Conor O’Mahony.

Groups working with people who have suffered child sexual abuse, sexual violence, or domestic abuse want gardaí to do better in keeping people informed about investigations and prosecutions.

A charity that offers support to the victims of crime when they attend court is expanding its services to districts in the east and south-east.

At least 20 people were killed after an air strike by the Saudi-led coalition hit a wedding party in northern Yemen, health officials said, as harrowing images of the bombing emerged on social media.

Psychological control within relationships is set to become a crime.

Satisfaction among victims who report their crimes to gardaí has dropped dramatically in the last year, from almost two-thirds’ satisfaction to just half.

A couple whose family was held at gunpoint by raiders who broke into their home has called for a reform of the justice system following their captors’ sentencing.

Charles Manson, the hippie cult leader who became the hypnotic-eyed face of evil across America after masterminding the gruesome murders of pregnant actress Sharon Tate and six others in Los Angeles during the summer of 1969, has died after nearly a half-century in prison.

Declaring it a "very, very sad day" for himself and the nation, President Donald Trump has arrived in Las Vegas where a gunman killed 59 people at a concert.

Latest: Through tears and in heart-wrenching tributes, relatives and friends are remembering the dozens of people killed in the shooting massacre on the Las Vegas strip.

Around 42% of the money raised to help those affected by the Grenfell Tower fire has now been handed out, the Charity Commission said.

A toddler has been identified as one of the latest victims of the Grenfell Tower fire.

These are the names of those who died or are still missing after the Manchester bombing.

Trustworthy people in the church could accept and sensitively share secrets about where the IRA's "Disappeared" victims are buried, the head of Irish Catholicism said.

Here is what we know about the victims of the Westminster attack.

Victims of the Westminster terror attack are being treated in hospitals across the capital, though some who were admitted have now been discharged.

Fear, isolation and despair are among some of the effects of crime upon a person, according to the Irish Crime Victims Helpline. 

A new survey has revealed three out of four pharmacies in Ireland have been the victims of crime.

Victims of crime will have the power to request that alleged offenders be kept in custody as part of new laws.

A ceremony in memory of all victims of terror attacks has been held in Paris as France is still under a state of emergency.

More than 3,200 victims of crime contacted a dedicated helpline in search of advice and support or to express concern over their ongoing safety last year.

Police in the North must do more to protect and support vulnerable victims of crime, inspectors have found.

Distribution of the assets of a scheme to compensate Jimmy Savile's victims has received final approval from a High Court judge.

Victims of child abuse at residential homes in the North have urged the head of the Catholic Church in Ireland to set aside money for compensation.

The US senate passed legislation that would allow families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, rejecting the fierce objections of a US ally and setting congress on a collision course with the Obama administration.

The US Senate has approved legislation that would allow the families of 9/11 victims to sue the government of Saudi Arabia, despite a White House veto threat and fierce objections from Riyadh

The number of people accessing victims and survivors services in the North is increasing by 29% a year, the Victims' Commissioner said.

A minute’s applause on the fifth minute of the Dublin V Donegal match in Croke Park was honoured this evening for the victims of the Buncrana tragedy.

Decades on from bloody killings during Northern Ireland’s troubles many victims’ families remain impatient for change to ensure hatred does not pass down through generations, the former Irish president said.

BBC director-general Tony Hall has described the sexual abuse by broadcaster Jimmy Savile as a “dark chapter” in the corporation’s history.

Victims of the North’s Troubles have taken out a full page newspaper advert to accuse the Government of a shameful failure to address the legacy of the conflict.

In the wake of Friday’s terror attacks in Paris, the world has been in mourning and remembering the victims who lost their lives.

Jihadi John appeared in a number of videos in which hostages appeared to be beheaded. Here are the reactions of the families of the people he is believed to have killed.

At least 43 people were killed and more than 240 wounded yesterday in two suicide bomb blasts claimed by Islamic State in a crowded residential district in Beirut’s southern suburbs, a stronghold of the Shi’ite Muslim group Hezbollah.

Two more people have died after a fire in a nightclub in Bucharest in Romania.

After seven decades stored in jars and test tubes in a French medical school, the remains of several Holocaust victims were finally buried.