Dublin Rape Crisis Centre reports rise in number of first-time callers

There has been an 18% increase in the number of first-time callers to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

The Centre's annual report for 2011 shows that almost 3,988 of the 11,839 calls handled by the Centre's 24-Hour Helpline (1800 778888) last year were first-time callers, compared with 3,282 first-time calls in 2010.