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

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

The number of rape court-cases in Ireland has increased by nearly 80% in recent years.

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

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has launched a new media campaign questioning people's attitudes to sexual harassment.

A heightened awareness of consent is one of a number of reasons why there has been an increase in young people seeking help from rape crisis centres.

Gardaí investigating an alleged sexual assault on a woman in a taxi after she left a Christmas party at the weekend before last have released an EvoFit of a suspect and an image of a white cab.

Gardai in Irishtown are investigating an alleged sexual assault on a woman in the early hours of Sunday morning that they say took place between 12.45am and 3.44am.

Gardai in Dublin are investigating allegations of a sexual assault on a woman.

“I have my life back now. This is my time.” Those were the words of rape victim Stephan Hickey who waived her anonymity on Monday when the man who abused her was sentenced to 10 years for the sexual abuse and rape of her, her sister and a third woman over the course of 12 years.

Rape survivor Lavinia Kerwick, who made legal history as a teenager in 1992 when she waived her anonymity to speak publicly about her rape ordeal and appalling experience in court, made an emotional address a gathering at the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre today.

A woman who waived her right to anonymity after when she was raped as a teenager in the early 90s has spoken out about the need for criminal justice reform for victims.

Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan has called for strict limits on how alleged rape and sexual assault victims are treated in court after a public backlash over aggressive legal tactics in high-profile cases.

A leading campaigner for victims of sexual violence has welcomed a 48% increase in the number of reported rapes in Cork City since the start of the year as a sign that people are becoming more willing to come forward.

Labour senator Ivana Bacik said the reforms are needed as a result of the Belfast rugby players rape trial and the recent case of a young woman's underwear being raised as evidence during a recent trial in the Republic.

The director of the Rape Crisis Network Ireland, Cliona Saidlear has said that there is space in the Irish legal system for protocols for the behaviour of lawyers in rape cases.

The director of Dublin’s Rape Crisis Centre, Noeline Blackwell says there needs to be a change in legislation and in public attitudes towards rape.

It is hard to imagine an item of female underwear becoming a global flag of protest.

A rally to protest against victim blaming is to take place in Cork city centre on Wednesday following a recent case in the Central Criminal Court where a barrister representing a man in a rape trial said that the jury should reflect on the underwear worn by a teenage girl.

The head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Noeline Blackwell has hit out at the use of 'rape stereotypes' in rape trials.

A high court judge has said he “completely” agrees that complainants in rape cases should have access to legal advice during trials.

A Commonwealth Games swimmer accused of raping a girl after his fellow swimmer had sex with her has told a jury she was "flirtatious" with him before they had consensual sex.

Defence barristers can not be allowed to re-victimise rape trial witnesses.

Sharing his own experiences, and writing anonymously, the father of a raped teenager decries an environment that reduces rape to a court verdict and so induces silence, hiding and shame amongst survivors.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has warned that the Irish justice system is failing victims of abuse.

One of the two daughters of a Cork man sentenced to 10 years in prison yesterday for sexually abusing them over a number of years has told RTÉ Radio One's Today with Sean O'Rourke programme that she still loves her father.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) has said 11 of its clients revealed last year they had become pregnant as a result of rape.

A 17-year-old accused of raping a teenage girl in Dublin has been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court.

Anyone who falls foul of their respective culture’s values can expect the full weight of its condemnation, as if there was no other possible perspective, writes Margaret Hickey

As a society, we need to talk less about the victims of rape and what they should have done differently, and more about the crime and its perpetrators, suggests Joyce Fegan

July and August saw a spike in the number of people attending the sexual assault unit in Dublin.

The Minister for Children and Youth Affairs has defended the decision to cease funding the Rape Crisis Network of Ireland, saying areas had been identified where the money could be used better.

The country’s rape support services face disarray after Tusla pulled the plug on funding for their co-ordinating body.

Cliona Saidlear says the State has a responsibility to protect citizens from and care for victims of sexual violence. It handed that role to Tusla, which has cut all funding to rape crisis centres.

A victim of childhood sexual abuse was saved by the assistance she received from the Rape Crisis Centre. Attempts to cut funding for these centres will cost lives and silence victims, says ‘Rosie’ 

OCCASIONALLY public policy decisions are made that suggest we have learnt little enough from the sordid experiences of our past and that our self image as a caring, protective society — a Christian or even a post-Christian one — might not be as accurate as we might wish.

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

An increase in sexual violence recorded by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre last year has been described as "disturbing" by its chief executive, Ellen O’Malley Dunlop.

Far too many sexual crimes are committed in our society with impunity, the head of the country’s biggest rape crisis agency has said.

As a society, we must challenge the myths informing our attitude to sexual violence, writes Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop

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.

Rape support services are facing an unprecedented funding crisis, with one of the country?s biggest centres forced to shut its doors because it cannot pay its staff.

Mother of young victim details family anguish as man gets life sentences for rape of girls, aged 6 and 9

In her victim impact statement, the mother of the 9-year-old girl said that since the attack, she is living a nightmare that she can’t wake up from.