The number of forensic nurse examiners will double and they will now be able to travel to patients if necessary.

Eoin English Eight sexual health groups in Cork have joined forces to make their services more visible.

Eight sexual health charities and groups in Cork have joined forces to launch a one-stop-shop website to provide information and advice across a wide range of sexual health areas.

Issues raised over lack of forensic examination units nationwide

There was a 31% increase in the number of individuals attending the sexual assault treatment unit (SATU) in Cork last year.

The head of the Sexual Violence Centre Cork has described a tripling in the city’s reported rape figures as a “wake-up” call.

A woman who gave a detailed account of a rape in what later transpired to be consensual sex, after becoming separated from friends on the night of the 2014 All-Ireland Football final, will be sentenced in January, the Circuit Criminal Court in Tralee was told.

A man has been arrested following a violent sexual assault in Dublin's north inner city.

Claire O’Sullivan on the key questions that need to be answered.

A major hunt is under way for three men after a woman was dragged away from her bike, pulled into a park, and raped.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says it received almost 2,000 calls to its helpline last December and January.

One of six women who became pregnant after being raped last year had an abortion, statistics released by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre show.

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said that it took more than 12,000 calls in 2013, the highest figure since 2009.

Christmas time can trigger a rise in the frequency and severity of abuse against women and children.

Gardaí are tracking down a bogus businessman who sexually assaulted a mother after she applied online for a job in a non-existant cleaning company.

Society should be shouting from the rooftops and insisting more be done to stop the escalation of rape attacks, according to the head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Network is launching a new campaign for the Christmas period aimed at potential perpetrators.

Gardaí are investigating a series of alleged sexual assaults in Listowel, Co Kerry.

There has been an 18% increase in the number of first-time callers to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

More than one in eight patients seen at one of the country's largest sex assault treatment units last year had so much alcohol consumed, they were unsure if they had been attacked.

THE 25 rape victims whose criminal cases may be thrown out due to a nurse’s failure to register with the nursing board met with gardaí and the DPP yesterday to discuss the consequences for their cases.

Concerns have emerged over the cases of 25 people who were examined at the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit at Letterkenny General Hospital following an administrative error by the HSE.

A Kerry taxi driver has told a trial that an Australian tourist flagged his car down in the early hours of the morning and claimed she had been raped.

GARDAÍ are preparing a file for the Director of Public Prosecutions following the arrest of a man who is alleged to have raped a minor.

SERVICES at a new emergency &unit in Kerry General Hospital, Tralee, are expected to improve significantly with the appointment of two permanent consultants in emergency medicine.

MORE than 2,531 people rang the national helpline for rape and sexual abuse during December and January last year – a 20% increase on the previous year, the Head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said.

The Rape Crisis Network has welcomed the opening of a Sexual Assault Treatment Unit in Galway.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says its services are more in demand now than at any time in the past.

A Central Criminal Court jury in the trial of a Monaghan man accused of raping an 86-year-old pensioner in her home have been hearing medical evidence from a doctor who examined the woman after the incident.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is urging people to be vigilant this bank holiday weekend.

RAPE crisis services are at serious risk due to the cap on HSE funding and a decline in corporate donations, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said.

Women were tonight urged to be vigilant of sexual predators who plan to target victims over the Easter bank holiday weekend.

VICTIMS of rape in Galway and Mullingar have to travel to Dublin to be examined following an attack, as promised sexual assault units have not yet been opened.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is extending its awareness campaign as demand for the service grows.

The number of rapes declined in 2007 but campaigners say less victims are coming forward for help.

GARDAÍ have questioned four people after a man in his 30s was hit in the head with a hammer during a row in a Cork suburb.

GARDAÍ are searching for a man who carried out a serious sexual assault on a woman while she was on her way home from a night out.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre today launched a handbook for translators who accompany sexual assault victims to their clinics.

Revellers were today warned to be extra vigilant of sexual predators over the festive period.

GARDAÍ say they have questioned a suspect in an alleged sexual assault which is said to have taken place in Co Cork.

It is unacceptable that Dublin rape victims cannot access medical help at weekends and it won’t happen again, the Taoiseach told the Dáil.

MORE survivors of sexual violence than ever have been turning to the Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre in Waterford, desperate for help. Among them are a growing number of foreign nationals.

The Government is to unveil a major new report aimed at improving the services for the victims of sexual abuse today.

NEARLY one-third of those who attended the country’s biggest sexual assault unit last year had suffered memory loss due to heavy drinking, according to its director.