The recent commitment by Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan to examine a publicly available sex offenders register was a welcome one for victims.

The shortcomings of the register as it currently stands in Ireland lead us back to a familiar place, where the onus is placed on victims of sexual crimes to compensate for a judicial system not set up for those at its core.

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