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The vast majority of sex abuse survivors who sought help in Rape Crisis Centres last year were attacked as children, it was revealed today.

Rape crisis centres are urging Health Minister James Reilly not to cut their funding any more as figures show an 11% jump in the number of people contacting centres last year.

Most of the women and girls who attend Rape Crisis Centres after being made pregnant as a result of rape go on to keep their babies.

Some 25% of rapes or sexual attacks last year took place in the family home a new report from the Rape Crisis Network has found.

THE figures from the DPP’s office on all sexual offences, whether recent or historic, give us a useful indication of prosecution trends since 2008 and indicate a non-prosecution rate of at least 70%.

Only one quarter of sex attack victims reported their ordeal to the Garda, a report revealed today.

A woman has been raped almost every day this year, according to shocking new crime statistics released today.

The High Court awarded €70,000 in damages to the Gray family, because they had to leave their family home in Ballybunion, Co Kerry as a result of the gardaí allegedly leaking information to the press about a nephew, James O’Donoghue, a convicted rapist, who had come to live with them.

The arrival of a Stringfellow’s lapdance club in Dublin is another nail in the coffin of a safe and equal society for women, it was claimed today.

The number of teenage rapes and gang rapes is an increasing cause of concern, a support group for victims of child abuse warned today.

The Health Service Executive has been asked to examine how best to provide the most effective counselling service for victims of sexual assault.

A GOVERNMENT-appointed task force is needed to tackle the growing levels of sexual and domestic violence, the Labour Party said last night.

JUSTICE Minister Michael McDowell was last night urged to launch a full review of the supports, procedures and facilities in place for rape victims.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell was tonight urged to launch a full review of the supports, procedures and facilities in place for rape victims.

While the legal situation requires that women who have been raped should be forensically examined before they can take a shower or bath, it is utterly intolerable that some women have to travel for three or four hours before they can be examined.

THE huge burden faced by relatives of murder victims could be eased greatly if radical proposals for the overhaul of the criminal courts system are introduced, a leading pressure group claimed last night.

The Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) welcomes today's judgement in the Central Criminal Court where a Sligo man was convicted of raping his wife.