Irish rape conviction rate under 2%

ONLY 1% to 2% of reported rape cases in Ireland result in a conviction, figures show. Ireland has the lowest conviction rate of 21 European countries surveyed.

The next lowest conviction rate for England, Wales, Scotland and Sweden is between 8% and 10%.

Prof Liz Kelly, director of the Child and Woman Abuse Studies unit at London Metropolitan University, said attrition rates had risen throughout the European Union with the single exception of Germany.