Accused was family friend of victims and offences took place when the the sisters’ mother was out of the country, court heard

Comments by a judge in a recent sexual assault court case have reignited debate about the judicial system's treatment of women who report these crimes

Judge was handed a large bundle of testimonials from neighbours and members of their community about brothers' hard work and positive roles they play in their area

The young woman made a complaint to gardaí that a man had groped her breast when she was waiting for a bus.

Judge refuses to accept character references for accused as the people who wrote them were not in court

Woman claimed her uncle carried out frequent acts of indecent assault at her grandfather’s home when she was between the ages of five and 15 in the 1970s and '80s

The court heard the woman had fallen and the accused allegedly sexually assaulted her as he helped her up and again after he escorted to a dark laneway

The number of people reporting to the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit that they may have been drugged almost doubled this year

The woman said the time between reporting the assault and the trial was "completely unacceptable" and forced victims of sexual violence to be stuck in a state of trauma.

In reality, it is more often than not victims of sexual assault who live in silence, winning neither Grammys nor a seat in the Oval Office

The judge noted the accused had received positive character references from 17 different witnesses

The two cases at Munster Technical University were among three complaints notified to the university since the start of last year

The officer was found guilty of sexually assaulting a female trainee by cupping her breast with his hand during a demonstration of first aid techniques following a three-day trial last August

This morning, the scene of her murder on the Grand Canal on Fiona’s Way remained sealed off, as did a local bottle bank which was sealed off last night

The court heard the woman managed to scratch the man before he fled when two other walkers heard her screams for help

The judge said that for the rest of her life the woman must live with the fact that she was filmed in a sexual act in public by strangers

Concern for those who have been traumatised by sexual violence certainly gets plenty of airing but when the lived experience doesn’t tally with all this concern, the empathetic rhetoric counts for very little

The victim said: "No matter how many times I wash I will never be able to get what you did off me."

On waking up, the woman told the taxi driver to stop and went with a friend to a Garda station immediately to report the incident

The court was told that after the incident there were some punches thrown at the accused in ‘street justice’

The victim had told the court martial: "I felt very uncomfortable and was a little bit in shock and did not know how to react."

PDForra, which represents 6,500 Defence Forces members, condemned the current reporting mechanisms

As O’Donovan was being taken into custody by prison officers he said: 'I want to go home. My brother is waiting for me'

The young woman claims that her father sexually assaulted her on Christmas Eve night

The complainant, who was 19 at the time, wept as she described the allegation

The 64-year-old pleaded guilty to the offence as the jury was about to be sworn in to hear the case

Only a third of those engaging with DRCC had reported the crimes to gardaí — but more and more survivors are coming forwards 

The 45-year-old faces five counts of raping and seven counts of sexually assaulting the complainant when the defendant and the complainant were both aged around 15 in 1990/1991.

In 2018, Slawomir Gierlowski was jailed for 22-and-a-half years, with four years suspended, for random attacks on three other women

The solicitor for the accused, who faces five rape charges and seven sexual assault charges, said his client was agreeing to only one of the three bail conditions

The victim said she does not think she will be able to trust anyone again like she trusted the accused

Councillor adds her story after TD says sexual assault of women is more common than many believe

He pleaded guilty to falsely imprisoning the victim and sexually assaulting her by touching her breasts and kissing her lips.

The jury had been directed earlier in the trial to find the accused not guilty of rape.

The woman claimed she was sexually assaulted by the accused around 30 years ago on three occasions when she was aged from 12 to 14

The accused was allowed out on bail with a number of conditions

No identifying data is held by the country's Sexual Assault Treatment Units, a consultant has assured, amid fears personal data could be leaked.

Throughout the company investigation, the male worker argued that the alleged incident of gross misconduct did not take place during work time or on work premises

The girl had met the accused, who was known to her, on an isolated road

The accused teen seeks an order quashing the District Court's decision to return him for trial before the Circuit Criminal Court

The defendant was a friend of the 14-year-old girl's elder sister

A transgender woman who sexually assaulted her step-son and threatened to break his arms and legs has appealed the severity of her six-year sentence.

The 60-year-old will be released from custody this Friday having served a three-year sentence.

Fr Robert Kelly, the then Provincial of the Carmelite Order in Ireland, said he had no recollection of being told this by John McClean