A rape victim who successfully campaigned for victim impact statements to be introduced in court said hearing the Kriegels' words after their daughter’s killers were convicted of murder and sexual assault were “the most important" she’s heard since she started campaigning.

The Wheel, the national association of charities, said their spending allocations should be increased to ensure their continued viability and survival.

The rape crisis centre’s 24-hour helpline has received many calls from women complaining about the inappropriate behavior of landlords.

The number of child pornography court cases has increased by 250% over the past three years.

Ireland is in the grip of a sexual violence epidemic, according to the chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC).

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said Paddy Jackson has not taken steps to show his attitude towards women has changed.

The chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has expressed concern about the enforceability of bail conditions in sexual offence cases.

"You have a right to say no and a right to move comfortably throughout the world without being sexually harassed."

It is now “crystal clear” to prison staff and managers that the failure to monitor vulnerable inmates will result in dismissal, the head of the Irish Prison Service has said.

Does David Blackwell’s death point to a bigger issue around deaths in Irish prisons, asks Special Correspondent Michael Clifford

Prison staff have been disciplined after CCTV disproved records that an inmate in Cork Prison was checked every 15 minutes in the hours before he was found dead in his cell.

Noeline Blackwell, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, has welcomed a review of treatment for sexual assault victims by the Department of Health.

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

British composer Gavin Bryars has created hundreds of pieces but ‘Jesus Blood...’ is still the one people come to hear, writes Don O’Mahony.

There have been fresh calls for new sentencing guidelines for sex offences after a priest who sexually assaulted a little girl during her First Confession was given a suspended jail term.

There needs to be an urgent review of marital rape law and legal guidelines after a sentence for an offender was reduced on appeal, say Women’s Aid and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

As many as 60 people a day have been calling helplines for victims of sexual assault since the sentencing of sex offender Tom Humphries.

More consideration was given by the judge to sex abuser Tom Humphries than to his victim, according to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC).

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has called for media guidelines on the discussion of sexual assault following controversial comments by Newstalk presenter George Hook last week.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has called for media guidelines on the discussion of sexual assault following controversial comments by Newstalk presenter George Hook last week.

Ireland’s slow progress in protecting victims of sexual violence will be raised at a United Nations’ hearing in Geneva this week.

Darcus Beese worked his way up at Island Records from teaboy to president. Along the way, he discovered everyone from Amy Winehouse to Hozier. Now he’s coming to Ireland for the inaugural Music Cork record industry seminar, writes Ed Power.

Ireland’s criminal justice system is failing victims of sexual violence, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre claims in a submission to an expert Geneva-based UN committee.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has expressed shock, but not surprise, that more than one in five Irish people think having sex without consent is acceptable in certain situations.

A South Carolina mother killed her four-day-old son by putting him in the refrigerator for three hours, authorities said.

A South Carolina mother charged with killing her newborn son by putting him in the refrigerator for several hours is expected to appear before a judge on Tuesday.

There is still a strong demand for services for victims of sexual violence, according to the latest report from the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

More adults in midlife are seeking help for childhood sexual abuse, and some have never been able to talk about it before.

The head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is backing the use of a novel product that will be available in pubs soon.

On March 26 a British middleweight boxing title fight between Chris Eubank Jr and Nick Blackwell ended with distressing scenes.

The newly appointed head of the country’s largest rape crisis service provider is warning that vital protections for victims are being delayed while government formation talks drag on. 

Chris Eubank Jnr understands why his father would want to pull him out of a fight if he was taking the same kind of punishment as Nick Blackwell — but as a “warrior” could never agree with the decision.

Chris Eubank Sr criticised the referee's handling of his son's fight with Nick Blackwell while Michael Watson was left with a feeling of "deja vu" as Eubank Jr's opponent remained in an induced coma last night.

Adam Johnson has denied that worries about losing his football career and salary prevented him from entering an earlier guilty plea to grooming and kissing a 15-year-old girl.

The chairman of Lloyds Banking Group has said that there was no “compelling economic argument” for Britain to stay in the European Union without a significant change in its relationship with the bloc.

Lloyds Banking Group could be fully returned to private hands within the next year, chairman Norman Blackwell said at the company’s annual meeting yesterday.

With tensions in Baltimore still high, police said last night that a Fox News report of a black man being shot by police in the city was not true, and the cable news network quickly apologised.

A construction worker was killed and a tractor-trailer driver injured when an interstate overpass undergoing demolition collapsed in Cincinnati, fire and emergency medical officials said.