Undermining of women is just defence in absence of consent law

Britain and Ireland share legal codes that justify the persecution of women in rape trials. But Ireland is worse in that it has no law to guide juries on the issue of consent, writes Conor Ryan.

“I KNOW that we’re all terribly careful to be politically correct about this and say surely women are allowed to go to people’s houses or take lifts in strangers’ cars without expecting to have to give them sex.

“[But] I think a jury is always going to say... she might have consented because of the way she behaved. So the woman’s behaviour at the time makes it difficult to get a conviction.”