A Dublin man who regularly sexually abused his younger cousin while she was visiting his family home over 40 years ago has been jailed for 18 months.

An emergency motion is to be raised at the next Regional Health Forum in connection with the sexual assault of a 17-year-old patient at CUH.

A young man who attacked and violently raped a 15-year-old girl in his home has been jailed for six years.

A Mayo man who sexually assaulted a woman with special needs in his home has been given a three years sentence with the final year suspended.

A man who sexually assaulted his flat mate while she was sleeping on a couch has been jailed for two-and-a-half years.

Four in 10 people who attended a Sexual Assault Treatment Unit in Dublin last year did not report the attack to Gardaí.

Gardaí are investigating reports of a sexual assault in Dublin last weekend.

A father-of-three who claimed to be a talent agent and sexually assaulted a child in a hospital bathroom has received a partially suspended sentence.

A young woman who left a bar in Cork city on Saturday night in an intoxicated state was carried into a dark lane by a 27-year-old man who sexually assaulted her, it was alleged today in the course of a bail application at Cork District Court.

A former rugby coach and teacher at a Dublin school will stand trial on charges of indecent assault next year.

A man who was 16 when he told a teenage girl he would send around photos of her in a sexual act if she didn't “give a blowjob” to another boy has been jailed for four years.

The Child and Family Agency has secured a temporary respite placement for a teenage girl who had been staying at a hostel which the High Court heard was unsuitable and unsafe for her.

Gardaí are appealing for witnesses in relation to what they describe as an alleged "serious sexual assault" on a woman in Cork over the weekend.

A Dublin man has been given a four-year suspended sentence for sexually assaulting four of his young female cousins as a teenager.

Almost 1,000 people were treated in Ireland's sexual-assault treatment units last year.

Elphicke, 48, is due to appear at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on September 6.

"Every year we would have come across young women who were raped on holiday."

A teenage girl who was sexually assaulted by a man after she had been invited for two sleepovers has told a court that her “innocence and childhood were taken away” by her abuser.

A former meditation teacher has been jailed for three years for sexual attacks on a child in the 1970s.

The Department of Justice has today launched three new radio ads as part of the ongoing No Excuses campaign to raise awareness of sexual harassment and sexual violence.

A man who repeatedly sexually assaulted a toddler for over four years has been jailed for ten years.

Many of the beliefs people hold about rape are downright wrong, write Alex Aldridge and Adam Winstock.

Gardaí in Co Galway are investigating the alleged sexual assault of a young woman over the bank holiday weekend.

An investigation has been launched following reports of an alleged sexual assault on a young woman in Co. Clare.

“It must be part of a broader understanding to colleges that such behaviour is not acceptable."

A man who sought to undermine the credibility of a school girl he abused through text messages she was exchanging with a 13-year-old boy has lost an appeal against his conviction.

A doctor has gone on trial accused of sexually assaulting a teenage patient over 20 years ago.

A Roman Catholic priest accused of indecently assaulting a young girl over 40 years ago has launched a High Court action aimed at stopping his criminal trial from going ahead.

A Co. Clare stable owner who raped and sexually assaulted a teenage girl has received a partially suspended sentence.