More than 400 charges issued under Coco’s Law as intimate image abuse rises

Jackie Fox (left) and minister for education and youth Hildegarde Naughton at Friday's launch marking the addition of a new lesson on Coco’s Law to An Garda Síochána’s Schools Programme. Photo: Sam Boal/Collins Photos

More than 400 charges and summonses have been issued under Coco’s Law, as human rights organisations raise concerns about the surge in the non-consensual sharing of intimate images.

Figures released by An Garda Síochána have shown there were 1,860 "harmful communication" incidents recorded by gardaí since 2023.