Cash-starved sex assault units ‘on verge of collapse’

THE country’s struggling network of sexual assault units will collapse without extra funding, rape crisis centres have warned.

Fiona Neary, executive director of the Rape Crisis Network said: “Lip service just isn’t good enough. Direct funding for these services is vital as they are collapsing already. There aren’t enough trained doctors and those that are available are doing the work on top of running busy practices.”

Rosemary Daly, of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, said services in Dublin have already collapsed as women are waiting for “unacceptable lengths to be examined”.