Surely there was someone somewhere, a man even, willing to point out to the Taoiseach that he’s big time storing up trouble with Irish women the way that he’s going on.

The possibility of the HSE running prison healthcare services instead of the Irish Prison Service (IPS) is currently under discussion, the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) has heard.

The possibility of the HSE running prison healthcare services instead of the Irish Prison Service (IPS) is currently under discussion, the UN Committee Against Torture (UNCAT) has heard.

Caroline Forde looks at how specialist services can help survivors of sexual violence work through the traumatic consequences at their own pace, and argues that such services must be freely available to all.

The regular disclosure of incidents of domestic and sexual violence has led to one professor describing this ongoing problem as a national crisis, writes Cormac O’Keeffe

A SURGE of 45% in first-time callers to rape crisis support services last year was triggered by the release of two damning abuse reports.

ALMOST 100% of child abusers know their victims, new figures from the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland reveal. The network found just 3% of child abusers were strangers to their victims, a figure described yesterday as “astounding” by its director, Fiona Neary.

CRIES for help received by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre last year were equally divided between childhood sexual abuse and adult rape.

MORE research into the area of institutional childhood abuse and suicidal behaviour is needed and should be prioritised, a leading suicide researcher has said.

A MERE one in 12 women who are sexually assaulted will tell the gardaí. A third of those who keep it to themselves do so because they feel they will be held accountable, they are too ashamed, they think they will not be believed or they blame themselves.

THE number of reported rapes has jumped by 35% over the last three years, according to official figures.

CALLS to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) increased by 75% in the wake of the Ferns Inquiry into the allegations of clerical sexual abuse was published, the centre has revealed.

A domestic violence helpline today said it was worried by the scale of abuse being perpetrated against women with some reporting being strangled into unconsciousness.

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

THE Government has been urged to implement a national strategy to respond to sexual violence on the basis that up to 750,000 men and women have still not reported or sought support for their experiences of sex abuse as children.

THE growing belief that the majority of sexual violence against males happened in institutions is a myth, a conference will hear later this month.

THREE out of five reported cases of child sex abuse are perpetrated by a male relative, while a further quarter are carried out by a person known to the victim, apart from a direct family member, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) said yesterday.

THERE has been a steady drop in the number of rape cases getting to court in the past five years.

THE Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is aiming to help people break the barriers preventing them from disclosing sexual violence.

A CONVICTED rapist is finally imprisoned after the recent decision by the Court of Criminal Appeal.

THE DPP should be made accountable and give reasons for decisions not to pursue rape cases, leading academics and rape help groups have urged.

The Rape Crisis Network Ireland (RCNI) welcomes today’s call

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.

President Mary McAleese says she is shocked by the findings of a new report, which reveals that one in ten women and almost one in three men have been sexually abused.

A shocking new report shows that 42% of women and 28% of men in this country suffer sexual abuse at some stage in their lives.