The State’s forensic science laboratory is seeing a “continuous upward trend” of sexual assault cases, with a 30% rise so far this year.

A teenage boy will go on trial in October accused of false imprisonment and sexually assaulting a girl who alleged he touched her after she refused to perform a lewd act on him.

Bill Cosby has ousted his high-powered defence team just months after his conviction of sexual assault.

A jury has convicted a Polish roofer of carrying out random sex attacks on two women in a four year period.

A Health and Safety officer, who put his hand up a woman’s skirt and forcibly groped her as she walked through Dublin’s Temple Bar, was identified from pictures taken by her immediately after the attack, a court has heard.

Victims of sexual assaults have been urged to stay off social media over the following day for fear that it could compromise a prosecution.

Italian police are investigating claims that an Irish woman was sexually assaulted while staying in a hotel in Turin, with reports that a man has been arrested by Italian police.

Singer Cliff Richard has launched legal action against the BBC and South Yorkshire Police after being investigated following sex assault allegations.

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange could be cleared of three sex assault claims as the prosecution time limits are set to expire while he remains in hiding in London.

A man being questioned by Gardaí over an alleged sexual assault on a teenager in north Dublin, has been released without charge.

A care facility for people with severe disabilities cleared a staff member of any wrong doing and allowed him return to work before his conviction for sexually abusing a woman with the mental age of three, a court heard today.

A former Russian Special Forces solider who wrestled a young woman to the ground and sexually assaulted her at Dublin Airport has avoided a jail sentence.