A full-scale review of all child abuse files within the Health Service Executive (HSE) must be taken immediately, it was warned tonight.

Four organisations working in the area of child sex abuse held a meeting in Dublin this afternoon to consider the fallout from the Supreme Court ruling in the 'C' case case and new laws on underage sex.

It is unacceptable that Dublin rape victims cannot access medical help at weekends and it won’t happen again, the Taoiseach told the Dáil.

The length of time taken to bring a person charged with murder or rape to court should be cut in half, a new report has found.

A former priest in the Diocese of Ferns today made his first appearance in court to face 35 counts of indecent assault.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has reported record levels of calls to its helpline last year.

It has emerged that many rape victims around the country have been left without medical treatment over the past month.

The number of first-time callers to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre's national helpline almost doubled last year.

Eight child protection organisations today united to launch a campaign to insist that the Government implement key policy changes promised after the publication of the Ryan report into abuse in Church-run institutions.

Counselling services across the country were on standby today as survivors of clerical abuse mark the first anniversary of the harrowing Ryan Report.

Convicted rapist Larry Murphy has been released from Arbour Hill prison in Dublin.

Justice Minister Dermot Ahern today revealed he has no power to interfere in the imminent release of one of Ireland’s most notorious rapists.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has called on the Government to overhaul the prison remission system.

Convicted rapist Larry Murphy is tonight spending his first night as a free man after his controversial release from prison.

Two leading sex abuse support groups tonight demanded immediate explanations for delays in publishing the damning report on the Dublin Archdiocese.

The High Court has further restricted publication of the Commission's report into sexual abuse by priests in the Dublin Archdiocese.

A second report on clerical abuse in the Catholic archdiocese of Dublin is to be published.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has reported a 300% increase in calls to its helpline following the publication of the Murphy report into child sexual abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.

The Catholic hierarchy in Ireland was granted immunity to cover up child sex abuse among paedophile priests in Dublin, a damning report revealed today.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said its counsellors are already flat out dealing with calls ahead of the publication of the report into clerical sex abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.