Up to 39% of women in Ireland between the ages of 18 and 29 have experienced emotional abuse by a boyfriend or partner, according to EU research this Valentine's Day.

Vital family support services based at the Bessborough campus in Cork have been saved following confirmation that a religious order plans to “gift” the buildings to the State.

Nearly 640 people who say they were abused as a child have not been allocated a social worker by Tusla.

Scouting Ireland chiefs have again apologised to people abused by adult volunteers of Irish scouting organisations.

A 76-year-old man is suing an 86-year-old man who he says sexually abused him seven decades ago, the High Court has heard.

A new documentary reveals major failures in Scouting Ireland's handling of suspected sexual predators.

A couple has appeared in court in Kerry charged with 169 counts of rape, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, sexual exploitation, neglect and cruelty of a girl over a six year period.

One In Four has said it may never know what happened to people it had to "turn away" last year when it closed its waiting list because it could not cope with demand from victims of sexual abuse.

The redress process put in place for survivors of institutional abuse was “adversarial, difficult, traumatic, and negative”, a new report has found.

Survivors of sexual abuse in day schools have been inundated with calls from people coming forward about their own abuse who are seeking advice on redress, prompting calls for a dedicated helpline.

The man, who cannot be named to protect his victim's identity, appeared at Letterkenny Circuit Court in Co Donegal.

Redress organisation Cara-nua will not have enough money to cover the cost of outstanding funding supports for abuse survivors unless it “urgently” receives the €6.3m pledged by the Christian Brothers.

While an apology issued to abuse survivors has been cautiously welcomed, survivors have now called on the Government to expedite access to the redress they are legally entitled to.

The Taoiseach says the government will act on a damning report which has identified “systemic flaws in management” in how the cases of the abuse of three children while in foster care were handled by the HSE and Tusla.

A least 177 male students were sexually abused by an Ohio State University team doctor who died in 2005, according to investigators.

A woman who took a case against the State to the European Court of Human Rights has expressed disappointment at the State’s failure to compensate victims of sexual abuse in day schools.

The documentary Leaving Neverland which delves into the accounts of two men who claim that they were abused by Michael Jackson as young boys aired on Channel 4 last night.

Safeguarding Ireland is encouraging people who are experiencing alleged abuse to report it to HSE Safeguarding Teams.

The largest-ever study into online abuse against women has discovered black women and female journalists are the primary targets of abusive tweets.

A man who sexually assaulted his 15-year-old daughter while she was napping in the bed he shared with his partner has been sentenced to four years in prison with the final 18 months suspended

Scouting Ireland has identified more than 300 alleged victims and more than 200 alleged perpetrators of abuse as part of a review of the organisation.

A woman whose ex-partner attacked her, breaking several bones in her face and tearing out clumps of her hair has told a court that the “terror and torture” she suffered would be with her forever.

The policy coordinator of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (ISPCC) says it is important that resources and supports are in place to help anyone who comes forward with allegations of abuse to Scouting Ireland.

Fr Naughton had been an abuser of children for 25 years, transferred from parish to parish.

The report of an independent review into the abuse of three children while staying in a foster home in Galway is scheduled for the end of this month.

Sometimes you have to write it down in a type of list format to make the point, even to yourself. 

‘Sick predator’ Tom Daly has today been sentenced to four years in jail for the sexual abuse of a teenage girl over a four year period.

The Justice Minister is welcoming Hotline.ie's Annual Report for 2017 which shows 524 leads it investigated constituted child sexual abuse under Irish law.

The Health Information and Quality Authority (Hiqa) has said it is developing agreements with the gardaí and the Ombudsman after it was criticised over its handling of abuse allegations.

The chairman of a Dáil committee has said he does not believe the Catholic Church will hand over hundreds of millions of euro in abuse compensation to the State by Christmas.

The Catholic Church has handed over little more than half of the compensation money it promised to give victims of repeated physical and sexual abuse, leaving survivors hundreds of millions of euro out of pocket.

TP O’Mahony warns that a papacy that promised Church reform will remain mired in controversy unless Francis ensures accountability for the mishandling of abuse cases.