Fergus Finlay: The fact that more people need rape crisis services shows we are failing as a nation
70% of adults in Ireland think we have a problem with consent, and 81% agree that talking about consent will result in more healthy sex and sexuality — that's why the DRCC's services are crucial
Rachel Morrogh, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, a desperately needed organisation that reaches places governments can’t reach. Picture: Andres Poveda
Fergus Finlay is a former political activist and adviser to three governments, the former head of the children's charity Barnardos, a writer and a broadcaster.
I met two remarkably brave men the other day. Tom and Jordan. I met them at what you could call the premiere of their movie. A simple little movie it was. And incredibly compelling.
It was just the two of them, and a young woman called Tina, talking to camera about their experience of sexual violence. Throughout the movie, as the cliché has it, you could hear a pin drop in the audience.
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