Fergus Finlay: We must change language around sex crimes in quest for justice

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Chief Executive, Noeline Blackwell.

That Noeline Blackwell one — the woman from the Rape Crisis Centre — drives me crazy. I can’t listen to her on the radio without getting angrier and angrier. Wouldn’t she do us all a huge favour by just going away and stop forever giving out about the law and the courts system? They’re both working the way we designed them to work, and what’s wrong with that?

Have I got your attention? Good. Noeline, the CEO of the Rape Crisis Centre is, in fact, someone I admire enormously. I’ve known her for a long time and worked with her once or twice. A more honest, direct, and professional advocate you’d go a long way to find.