DPP brief disappoints rape crisis group

THE Rape Crisis Network of Ireland (RCNI) has said it is “spectacularly underwhelmed” by guidelines published yesterday by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on how prosecutions should be handled.

The handbook sets out how decisions on prosecutions should be made and outlines the rights of victims of crime.

“I’m spectacularly underwhelmed,” said RCNI’s legal expert Kate Mulkearins. “I’ve not seen a single example of any particular improvements. It’s a restatement of various commitments.