Record numbers seek treatment for sexual assault, with rise in use of extreme violence 

The vast majority of people attending SATUs last year were females at 91% with 8% male patients and 1% identifying as another gender or none.

A record number of 1,072 people were treated at the country’s six sexual assault treatment units last year after attendances rose 25%.

The latest annual report of the HSE-funded sexual assault treatment units (SATUs) also reveal a growing trend of the use of extreme violence in assaults