McEntee launches bill to criminalise sharing intimate images without consent

Justice Minister Helen McEntee hopes the legislation sends out a clear message that making and sharing intimate images without consent is unacceptable. Picture: Liam McBurney/PA Wire

Helen McEntee has launched a new bill that would make the making and sharing of intimate images without consent a crime.

The new law, which would see perpetrators jailed for up to seven years, has been sparked by a recent leak of thousands of intimate images of Irish women without their consent.