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British Irish Council summit
Tánaiste: Religious orders cannot 'plead the poor mouth' and must contribute to school abuse redress 
The potential size of any redress scheme has caused some unease in Government

Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

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New Cork/Kerry centre 'has met dozens of migrants trafficked for sexual exploitation' 
As it formally launches its Cork and Kerry service, Ruhama says it has already dealt with 80 alleged victims of sexual exploitation and human trafficking in the region

Fri, 11 Jul, 2025

Cahirmee horse fair
Investigation into sexual abuse in schools should include probe into State's responsibility, survivor says
Louise O’Keeffe said it was essential that files within the Department of Education be released as many of the older schools would have closed and the abusers would have died

Wed, 09 Jul, 2025

Life Sentences Bill 2024
Commission of inquiry to be established into allegations of historical sexual abuse in schools
A scoping inquiry published last year found that there were 2,395 allegations of sexual abuse against 884 teachers, priests and others in respect of 308 schools recorded by the religious orders which ran the schools

Tue, 08 Jul, 2025

Justice may finally catch up to George Gibney, the man Irish swimming tried to forget
Justice may finally catch up to George Gibney, the man Irish swimming tried to forget
Former Irish Olympic coach George Gibney has been arrested in Florida and faces extradition to Ireland over historic child sexual abuse charges

Wed, 02 Jul, 2025

'I don’t forgive you but I don’t judge you': Ex-school principal jailed for indecently assaulting six boys
'I don’t forgive you but I don’t judge you': Ex-school principal jailed for indecently assaulting six boys
The injured parties were aged between 10 and 13 when Aidan Clohessy's offending took place at St Augustine's School, Blackrock, Co Dublin

Tue, 24 Jun, 2025

Never leave your drink alone
10% of those attending sexual assault treatment units reported multiple assailants
One in ten people attending Ireland's six SATUs last year said they had been assaulted by two or more individuals

Sun, 22 Jun, 2025

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Irish survivors to tell UN session why they want a ban on use of counselling notes in rape trials
Beyond Surviving founder Ciara Mangan and other Irish representatives will tell the meeting in Geneva that defence lawyers' use of a victim's clinical notes can cause 'significant harm and suffering'

Sun, 15 Jun, 2025

Good Friday Service in Chicago
Number of historical abuse allegations against Church rise by over 50% in a year
It is the highest number of new allegations in any reporting period since figures began to be published annually in 2009

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Gender based violence survivors
Open letter to ministers: Stop the use of clinical notes in rape cases
More than 60 professionals have co-signed a letter to five ministers saying defence lawyers should not be able to use clinical/therapy notes of rape and sexual assault victims as evidence in court

Mon, 09 Jun, 2025

Three sisters who suffered their father's sexual abuse for years publish audiobook for survivors
Three sisters who suffered their father's sexual abuse for years publish audiobook for survivors
June, Joyce, and Paula Kavanagh have published an audiobook called The Grip of Childhood Sexual Abuse, in which they share their insights on navigating life as survivors

Wed, 04 Jun, 2025

Mother launches 'Francis' Law' campaign to end sentence reductions for rape
Mother launches 'Francis' Law' campaign to end sentence reductions for rape
Georgina Tuohey launches Francis' Law to scrap automatic mitigation and remission after Offaly rapist's sentence cut, arguing justice system fails victims

Tue, 03 Jun, 2025

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Over 22,000 helpline calls to DRCC as survivors seek support in record numbers
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says record-high contacts are linked to media reports and growing fears over online content

Thu, 29 May, 2025

Courts of Criminal Justice, Dublin
Man tells court it became a 'challenge' to access 900 images of child sexual abuse
The defendant was handed a two-year sentence, suspended in full on strict conditions on Thursday

Thu, 22 May, 2025

Department accused of 'institutional gaslighting' over abuse survivor supports
Department accused of 'institutional gaslighting' over abuse survivor supports
Mike Finnegan's complaint to Sipo comes after lengthy correspondence with the minister about the full implementation of the recommendations made by Dr Shannon — which have not all been done

Wed, 21 May, 2025

Patrick O'Brien
New file shows State ignored warnings as convicted rapist and ‘psychotic’ wife adopted child
Despite clear psychiatric warnings and knowledge of abuse, the State allowed Fiona Doyle’s parents to adopt another child

Wed, 14 May, 2025

James Gilleran CCJ1
Sexual abuse victim reported ex-scout leader after seeing him on Late Late Show, court told
James Gilleran got two years for sexually abusing three boys almost 40 years ago

Tue, 13 May, 2025

Government accused of failing Grace abuse victims amid backlash over Farrelly report findings
Government accused of failing Grace abuse victims amid backlash over Farrelly report findings
Government faces renewed criticism as families demand accountability over the treatment of Grace and other survivors

Wed, 07 May, 2025

Grace report: Fran O'Keeffe's family on why they took her out of the same foster home in 1992
Grace report: Fran O'Keeffe's family on why they took her out of the same foster home in 1992
Fran O'Keeffe’s family says the State failed her. After years of silence, they’re speaking out against the Grace case commission report

Tue, 06 May, 2025

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ISPCC calls for national strategy to fight child sex abuse and exploitation
The organisation’s head of policy and public affairs, Fiona Jennings, said: 'We have tackled divorce, we have tackled marriage equality, we have tackled reproductive rights. Now is the time that we need to tackle child sexual abuse.'

Mon, 05 May, 2025

Prisoner XL
Man bids to overturn conviction for rape of girl, 7, over lack of corroboration warning
An application for a corroboration warning was made during the trial, when the accused man's counsel argued there was an absence of any witness to the offending

Thu, 01 May, 2025

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'We cannot continue to view child sexual abuse as something confined to the past... It is happening today'
90% of survey respondents believe society has failed to address child sexual abuse

Thu, 01 May, 2025

Grace: Children's minister meets head of abuse victim's legal team after 'worrying' intervention
Grace: Children's minister meets head of abuse victim's legal team after 'worrying' intervention
Children's minister Norma Foley has met Marie-Claire Butler after she stated that the Farrelly Commission report had not included the 'considered and extensive submissions' of the general solicitor for minors and wards of court

Wed, 30 Apr, 2025

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Submissions from Grace's legal team 'not included in any way' in Farrelly Commission report
The legal team who represented Grace, the profoundly intellectually disabled woman at the centre of the recently published Farrelly Commission report, has claimed none of the "extensive" submissions it made on her behalf were included "in any way" ...

Tue, 29 Apr, 2025

IRISH 1 Bishop
Former bishop, who Ferns report found had failed to protect children from clerical sex abuse, has died
The disgraced former Bishop of Ferns, Brendan Comiskey, died aged 89

Mon, 28 Apr, 2025

Abuse survivor and former Clonmel mayor Michael O’Brien gave 'a voice to the voiceless'
Abuse survivor and former Clonmel mayor Michael O’Brien gave 'a voice to the voiceless'
Michael O’Brien had made an impact on the nation in 2009 when he spoke on RTÉ about the abuse he had suffered at an industrial school

Thu, 24 Apr, 2025

Abuse survivor and former mayor of Clonmel Michael O'Brien dies
Abuse survivor and former mayor of Clonmel Michael O'Brien dies
Mr O'Brien became known nationally following an appearance on RTÉ's 'Question and Answers' in the wake of the publication of the Ryan report into clerical abuse

Tue, 22 Apr, 2025

'Red tape and bureaucracy' create barriers to reporting sexual violence at our universities 
'Red tape and bureaucracy' create barriers to reporting sexual violence at our universities 
Advocates say universities must improve their reporting systems when it concerns sexual harassment and assault

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

FILE PHOTO Pictured is Mick Finnegan, one of the abuse survivors who engaged with Dr Geoffrey Shannon in the creation of the rep
Supports for St John Ambulance  abuse survivors 'misrepresented' 
Man abused by former charity volunteer says survivors have been 'left to seek support on their own, without genuine initiative or adequate assistance from St John Ambulance Ireland'

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

Trinity College of Dublin
Over 100 reports of sexual assault or harassment made to Irish universities
RCNI director Clíona Saidléar said the number of formal complaints documented by universities is a 'tiny tip of the iceberg'

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

Dail confidence motion
Taoiseach questions €13m Grace inquiry findings and future of costly State commissions
The final Grace report has reignited criticism of Ireland’s inquiry system after years, millions spent, and few answers given

Thu, 17 Apr, 2025

Farrelly Commission's investigation report
Grace report: State accused of 'burying what really happened' 
In today's Irish Examiner, John McGuinness TD writes: 'The State seems prepared to use the report to bury what really happened and walk away from their responsibilities'

Wed, 16 Apr, 2025

John McGuinness on Grace
John McGuinness: Farrelly Commission report provides no vindication for Grace
The report provides some shocking insights and very little remedy

Tue, 15 Apr, 2025

Mother loses appeal against sentence of ex-boyfriend who raped her children
Mother loses appeal against sentence of ex-boyfriend who raped her children
Child sexual abuse is alarmingly common, Georgina Tuohey said, with abusers pleading guilty before the courts every week, but then walking free from court on bail

Sun, 13 Apr, 2025

Online Safety Bill
Gardaí seize devices with child sexual abuse material as part of international operation
Led by Polish police in conjunction with Europol and police in 11 EU states, including An Garda Síochána in Ireland, Operation Fever has led to 166 arrests across Europe

Wed, 09 Apr, 2025

Report calls on Government to lead EU law reform to protect children from sexual abuse
Report calls on Government to lead EU law reform to protect children from sexual abuse
The report is to be launched at an online safety conference hosted by the Children’s Rights Alliance

Wed, 09 Apr, 2025

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Man jailed for numerous offences including possession of child sex abuse material and brothel keeping
The properties which were used as brothels were located in Longford town, Kildare town, Ballyconnell in Co Cavan, Enniscorthy in Co Wexford, Ballymahon in Co Longford, Ballaghadereen in Co Roscommon, Carrick-on-Shannon in Co Leitrim, and Tullow, Co Carlow

Wed, 26 Mar, 2025

'He saw me as a possession': Man jailed for rape of wife who wanted to split up
'He saw me as a possession': Man jailed for rape of wife who wanted to split up
Riad Hamzi, living in Wilton, Cork, was found guilty of a single count of rape on August 19, 2020, at a house in Cork

Mon, 24 Mar, 2025

Refusal to hold inquiry into St John Ambulance abuse 'absolutely devastating', says senator
Refusal to hold inquiry into St John Ambulance abuse 'absolutely devastating', says senator
Senator Tom Clonan also hit out at the charity’s core funding that he said was being used on solicitors and barristers to 'forensically' examine complaints by survivors

Thu, 20 Mar, 2025

National Boxing Championships Semi-Finals Feature
Boxing coach in Munster stood down after claim of sexual misconduct with young female
The Irish Athletic Boxing Association launched an investigation in February which is ongoing while gardaí have also been made aware of the complaint and are conducting a separate inquiry

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

FILE PHOTO Pictured is Mick Finnegan, one of the abuse survivors who engaged with Dr Geoffrey Shannon in the creation of the rep
Norma Foley has no plans for statutory inquiry into St John Ambulance abuse 
'That’s very hard to take': Survivor Mick Finnegan said the full recommendations of Geoffrey Shannon's review have not been implemented and there has been no accountability

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025

'My son's memory is wiped clean every two days': Mum speaks out against serial abuser
'My son's memory is wiped clean every two days': Mum speaks out against serial abuser
As a man who was found guilty of multiple cases of child sexual abuse is sentenced to 17 and a half years in prison, his victims’ mother urges people to come forward to fight an ‘epidemic’ of child sexual abuse

Tue, 11 Mar, 2025

Mother calls sentence for man who raped her children an 'absolute disgrace'
Mother calls sentence for man who raped her children an 'absolute disgrace'
The court heard that the stress around the impending court case in 2023 triggered trauma that one of the boys had suffered in 2018, when aged 13, and put him in a 'catatonic' state

Mon, 10 Mar, 2025

Zhenhao Zou court case
'Many of his victims may not know they are victims:' PSNI appeals for information about time serial rapist spent in Belfast
Zhenhao Zou was convicted in London of drugging and raping 10 women — now police want information about his time as a student at QUB from 2017 to 2019

Thu, 06 Mar, 2025

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