'Collector culture': Thousands of non-consensual images of Irish women still being traded online

Thousands of pictures and videos, mainly of Irish women, were shared on forums, mainly the Discord forum, in November last year. File picture: PA Wire

There are still thousands of images of Irish women being shared online without their consent, despite the new law against image-based sexual abuse.

The Irish Examiner this week revealed that an assistant commissioner of An Garda Síochána is to spearhead an "urgent and prioritised" inquiry into the leaking of thousands of intimate images last year.