More than 160 attend sexual assault treatment units during Covid-19 lockdown

The lockdown "has sadly not obliterated sexual violence" in Ireland, according Dr Maeve Eogan, the consultant medic with the Sexual Assault Treatment Unit Service. File picture.

The number of sexual assault victims to attend at Sexual Assault Treatment Units (SATUs) across the country during the Covid-19 lockdown reduced by 39% compared to the same period last year.