A new definition of consent to a sexual act has been signed off by Cabinet which campaigners say will make the law clearer for victims and judges.

A trebling of the number of cases of women with gonorrhoea within a month was of such concern that the HSE took the step of writing to doctors to highlight best practice in managing suspected and confirmed infections.

Revenge porn is not illegal in Ireland despite widespread criminalisation elsewhere, writes Joyce Fegan.

Following the recent controversy about women who have to wear high heels to work, the men at Stylist magazine were asked to try it out for a day.

The number of calls per week to the Women’s Aid national helpline has almost quadrupled since it became a 24/7 service at the start of the year.

Ireland’s U20s and Women’s: Both teams enjoyed ultimately comfortable openings to their respective Six Nations campaigns last Friday.

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A vigil will take place outside the Dáil today to remember 78 women murdered by their partners since 1996.

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

Violence against children in homes where women have been abused has soared by 55%, it has emerged.

Caitriona Cuddihy is to be replaced by Joanna Mills on the Irish women's 4x400m Olympic team, it was announced today.

THE number of prostitutes attending the Women’s Health Centre increased last year, with 10% suffering sex assault by clients.

MOBILE phones and computers are increasingly being used as tools to abuse, control and stalk women, a report from Women’s Aid reveals.

WOMEN are continuing to be abused by their former partners, subjecting them to stalking, physical assault and abuse, during access arrangements.

THOUSANDS of women experiencing physical violence from a former partner live in fear because the law is powerless to protect them, according to Women’s Aid.

AN education programme is being introduced in accident and emergency & departments to ensure women suffering from heart disease receive the same standard of care as men.

PEOPLE who beat their partners are flouting barring orders in 20% of cases.

ON WHAT was described by chief executive John Treacy as a proud day for the Irish Sports Council (ISC) the completion of the National Network of Sport Partnerships was announced at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham yesterday.

Broken families united today to remember women across Ireland who have been murdered at the hands of brutal killers.

MORE than 12,000 calls for help from victims of domestic violence went unanswered last year.

THE level of domestic violence experienced by Irish women often soars amid the pressures of the festive season.

THE direct and brutal nature of domestic abuse is in stark contrast to the lackadaisical approach the Government takes to tackling the problem.

THE Mid-West Support Group for people with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) plan to raise much needed funds from the Irish Examiner Limerick Women’s Mini-Marathon.

ONE-IN-FIVE women is abused by her partner, yet the Government has done little to tackle domestic violence, Amnesty International has claimed.

WOMEN are at greater risk of violence in the home in the wake of the recent Supreme Court ruling that interim barring orders, keeping violent spouses out of the house, are unconstitutional.

Domestic violence is the main cause of physical injury to women, according to experts at a conference on women's health.

Monica McWilliams of the Women’s coalition will ask the Northern Assembly later today to demand the British Government to hand over all available documents to the Dublin-Monaghan bombing Inquiry.