#Violence against women

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Sarah Harte: Families of murdered women know how the system has let them down — listen to them 
A young woman protects herself by exposing her hand in front of her
Irish Examiner view: Societal cancer that is gender-based violence must be cut out
The moves to introduce Jennie’s Law, which would allow for a public register of people convicted of domestic violence against a partner or former partner, are welcome, overdue, and should be accelerated

Mon, 27 Oct, 2025

You're not protecting women and children with violent protests
You're not protecting women and children with violent protests
When it becomes routine to connect migration with sexual crimes, any incident is a potential tinder box

Fri, 24 Oct, 2025

Katriona O'Sullivan: 'Even in the darkest moments, there was so much brightness, too'
Katriona O'Sullivan: 'Even in the darkest moments, there was so much brightness, too'
As guest editor, Annmarie O’Connor wanted to interview a person who had faced the rubble of life. Here, she talks to Katriona O’Sullivan about picking up the pieces

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

Psychologists raise alarm over use of victims’ counselling notes in sexual assault trials
Psychologists raise alarm over use of victims’ counselling notes in sexual assault trials
Psychologists and Cork campaigner Mary Crilly warn that disclosing counselling notes in sex offence trials breaches survivor trust and safety

Tue, 21 Oct, 2025

CC Niamh Kelly
14 years for man who subjected his ex to 'breathtaking' violence, stabbing her 50 times
Judge said 21-year-old Niamh Kelly's 'carefree days are gone' given the lifelong injuries inflicted on her by her ex-boyfriend

Mon, 20 Oct, 2025

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Man accused of pulling head of female cabin crew member down to his groin to face trial in higher court
It is alleged that the man 'grabbed her and pulled her head down toward his groin to the point where it was touching it'

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Court hears Cork man told woman 'I will kill you' while holding knife to her neck
Court hears Cork man told woman 'I will kill you' while holding knife to her neck
It is also alleged that Kevin Buckley had choked the young woman a number of times

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

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'Trafficking victims in Cork don't come forward for fear of court or deportation'
'All we need is your age and first name': Sexual assault treatment unit specialist encourages trafficking victims who may have been sexually assaulted to come forward

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Man accused of repeatedly punching woman tells Cork court 'she only got a few scratches'
Man accused of repeatedly punching woman tells Cork court 'she only got a few scratches'
The defendant also claimed that she was the one who first assaulted him

Wed, 01 Oct, 2025

Technology has supercharged backlash against women's equality
Technology has supercharged backlash against women's equality
The widespread exposure of young children to violent pornography means many young people have no idea what a normal healthy relationship looks like 

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025

Domestic violance
Housing crisis fuelling violence against women, conference to hear
A conference will hear how the housing crisis is trapping women in abusive relationships and fuelling gender-based violence

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

Garda boss considering Taser stun guns for frontline members
Garda boss considering Taser stun guns for frontline members
The new Garda Commissioner said he sees reports regularly showing that frontline gardaí are under 'significant pressure' and that, on a 'weekly basis', members are being injured

Tue, 02 Sep, 2025

Cork man to be tried in criminal court on charges of harassing and assaulting woman
Cork man to be tried in criminal court on charges of harassing and assaulting woman
He is also accused of grossly offensive communication with the woman

Tue, 02 Sep, 2025

Domestic violance
Hair and beauty staff trained to spot signs of domestic abuse under new initiative
New initiative will equip hair and beauty professionals with training and resources to recognise abuse, offer support, and guide clients to services

Thu, 28 Aug, 2025

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Surge in number of pregnant women suffering domestic violence 
One in six pregnant women affected become homeless as a direct result of domestic violence

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

Fergus Finlay: Ailbhe Griffith’s story shows how corrosive misogyny drives violence against women
Fergus Finlay: Ailbhe Griffith’s story shows how corrosive misogyny drives violence against women
Survivor Ailbhe Griffith’s story reveals how misogyny, not lust, drives violence — and why society must confront it directly

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

Courts of Criminal Justice, Dublin
Why is the system steering clear of restorative justice for rape victims?
Restorative justice could be the key to recovery for victims — but a reluctance to give access to it robs them of that possibility

Mon, 25 Aug, 2025

Taliban's return to power extinguished hard-won gains for women's rights
Taliban's return to power extinguished hard-won gains for women's rights
Mahbooba Faiz and her husband and son fled Afghanistan for Ireland during the fall of Kabul. She's determined to fight for the women who were unable to leave

Fri, 15 Aug, 2025

Vanessa Whyte and children service of removal
Jennifer Horgan: Bereaved families want to discuss domestic homicide — we owe it to them to talk about it
Being 'shocked' at domestic homicides is not good enough. They happen all the time, everywhere, in all kinds of settings, and we need to talk about them

Fri, 01 Aug, 2025

Commissioner lauches new report on transforming An Garda Siochana 2018-2024
Extreme online pornography 'fuelling gender violence', says Garda boss
Garda boss says tech firms are making "billions" from "corrupting" young men

Thu, 31 Jul, 2025

Rape victim moved into emergency accommodation with daughter out of fear of her partner
Rape victim moved into emergency accommodation with daughter out of fear of her partner
Ms Justice Mary Ellen Ring said the woman should understand that she did nothing wrong at all and that the guilt lies at his door and his door only

Wed, 30 Jul, 2025

Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness
Sarah Harte: Domestic killings rooted in male control and entitlement, not mental illness
Recent tragedies expose a violent continuum of misogyny in Ireland — from verbal abuse to fatal domestic control and coercion

Wed, 30 Jul, 2025

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'He's still out there': Alanna Quinn Idris says nobody has given up the attacker who blinded her
Woman who lost an eye in attack says: 'He’s still walking around and as far as I know he is from my hometown of Ballyfermot, so that will always play on my mind'

Tue, 29 Jul, 2025

Intimidation
Teenage rape sentencing: Why it did not shock me
According to the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, 35% of women in Ireland have experienced abuse from an intimate partner. And that’s just the ones who felt safe enough to speak up, writes Méabh Cusack

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Man in prison
Woman 'passing the shame on' to rapist as he is jailed for seven years
The judge said the father of five took advantage of the woman's 'sleeping and probably intoxicated condition', ignored her protests, appeared to mock her and used a degree of violence beyond that inherent in the act of rape

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Number of sex offenders in Irish jails up 16% amid ‘epidemic of violence against women’
Number of sex offenders in Irish jails up 16% amid ‘epidemic of violence against women’
MEP calls for suite of reforms including a review of sentencing for such crimes, and advanced training for circuit and district court judges

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

Cork man jailed for woman's false imprisonment in 'prolonged and terrifying' assault
Cork man jailed for woman's false imprisonment in 'prolonged and terrifying' assault
Cork Circuit Criminal Court heard the defendant 'called her vile, derogatory and degrading names before grabbing her by the throat causing her to believe she would be strangled'

Fri, 04 Jul, 2025

Injured Woman Neck
Young women are getting strokes and seizures — it's time to ban 'choking' porn 
Young women are presenting at A&E with strokes, seizures and brain injuries, because of sexual techniques men are learning from pornography. We have to act, writes Ruth Breslin 

Thu, 03 Jul, 2025

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'Betrayal beyond words': Garda impersonated colleague to incite men to rape and kill her
Former garda told a court a colleague carried out a 'calculated, predatory act of violence' by impersonating her online and inciting men to come to her home and rape her

Mon, 30 Jun, 2025

Woman in fear of domestic abuse
Domestic violence now 'endemic', says Women’s Aid as abuse reports hit 50-year high
Women’s Aid dealt with the highest number of abuse reports in its 50-year history, calling domestic violence 'endemic'

Wed, 25 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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S Margaret Loftus: Domestic abuse survivor’s ordeal inside An Garda Síochána exposed
Margaret Loftus, a former garda, details her harrowing experience of domestic abuse and institutional betrayal within An Garda Síochána

Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

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Sarah Harte: Same old crap being served up with a veneer of feminist empowerment
Two images led Sarah Harte to think about developments since the #MeToo movement and the whole sex positive idea for women

Wed, 18 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

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'No proof' that sisters-in-law knew Puska had killed Ashling Murphy, say defence
Jozefina Grundzova and Viera Gaziova are on trial with their husbands, accused of impeding Jozef Puska's apprehension or prosecution by burning his clothes

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

Teen woman with headache holding her head
Children are being re-traumatised as abusers weaponise the courts system
The contested idea of 'parental alienation' is giving abusers cover as court officials are not trained in domestic abuse 

Mon, 09 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

Gareth O'Callaghan: A woman's house should be a home — not a place of fear and fatal control
Gareth O'Callaghan: A woman's house should be a home — not a place of fear and fatal control
From coercive control to murder, Gareth O'Callaghan explores what drives men like Richard Satchwell to kill their partners

Sun, 08 Jun, 2025

Hawe family inquest
'Release garda findings to aid domestic violence services', Clodagh Hawe's sister tells commissioner
Jacqueline Connolly says publishing the review into the Hawe family murders could help identify warning signs and save lives

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Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter believes online pornography played role in rape case
Gisèle Pelicot’s daughter believes online pornography played role in rape case
Caroline Darian tells the Hay festival in Wales that pornography websites are ‘part of the system’ of misogyny and violence

Fri, 30 May, 2025

Dramatic portrait of sad scared young woman on smart mobile phone suffering cyber bullying and harassment. feeling lonely, depre
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

Jozef Puska's brother couldn't tell gardaí more due to medication for back problems, court told
Jozef Puska's brother couldn't tell gardaí more due to medication for back problems, court told
Marek Puska recounted how he searched for his brother on the day of Ashling Murphy's murder

Fri, 23 May, 2025

Ashling Murphy 'kicked out really hard' during struggle with Jozef Puska, eye witness tells trial
Ashling Murphy 'kicked out really hard' during struggle with Jozef Puska, eye witness tells trial
Jozef Puska's brothers and sisters-in-law are accused of withholding information or assisting him after he had murdered 23-year-old school teacher Ashling Murphy in Tullamore three years ago

Thu, 22 May, 2025

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