Victims of sexual violence are being “silenced” following the State’s decision to cut off funding to a national data collection system, rape crisis agencies have said.

For many years the Rape Crisis Network Ireland has provided sterling service to survivors of sexual violence, offering support, counselling and advice to thousands.

Taxi drivers in Dublin are being asked to provide DNA samples as part of an investigation into an alleged rape.

Victims of sex crimes are being "traumatised" by routine demands from legal teams representing their attackers asking for sensitive records from their therapy sessions with counsellors.