Rape crisis services at risk over low funding

RAPE crisis services are at serious risk due to the cap on HSE funding and a decline in corporate donations, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said.

Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop, head of the centre, said funds were “very low” and she did not know what was going to happen in the present climate.

The centre has been running an ad campaign appealing for donations as there has been a cap on its HSE funding which makes up two thirds of its income.