Consent is a grey area in law but it shouldn’t be in practice

A definition of consent is urgently needed in Irish law but while we wait for the law to catch up, Jessica Casey hears how colleges are educating students on sexual consent

Photo credit: Jack Leahy and Aoife Ní Shúilleabháin of the Union of Students in Ireland (USI) with Stephen Cleary from Lucan and Ellen Dugan from Leopardstown of NCI as the USI launched its SHAG week campaign in six colleges across the country last February. Picture Andres Poveda

THERE is no clear definition for consent under Irish law, leaving cases of sexual violence involving consent in a “grey area”.