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<p>The Rotunda’s sexual assault treatment unit provides specialist, trauma-informed care to people aged 14 and over who have experienced rape or sexual assault. File photo</p>

Ireland's busiest sexual assault treatment unit records 12% rise in cases

Sexual assault treatment units provide 24/7 specialist care to people who have experienced sexual violence, including medical care, forensic examination, evidence storage, and access to psychological support

Thu, 29 Jan, 2026

<p>In addition to Grok, people have also called for urgent action on other AI tools, including so-called 'AI-girlfriend' websites and apps, which allow the production of graphic deep-fake pornography of adult women and child sexual abuse imagery (CSAM).</p>

'It should be illegal,' says survivor of child sexual abuse about AI 'nudification' technology

Child protection experts warn AI-generated sexual imagery causes lasting trauma and are urging urgent bans and EU-wide regulation

Fri, 16 Jan, 2026

<p>As well as missing persons and victims of crime, cases dealt with by the Department of Foreign Affairs included serious injuries, arrests, mental health issues, and deaths abroad. Picture: iStock</p>

Almost 2,000 Irish people needed consular assistance in 2025

The 1,981 cases in 2025 also included serious injuries, arrests, mental health issues, and deaths abroad

Fri, 02 Jan, 2026

<p>Community Foundation Ireland board roles: Noeline Blackwell and Paul Rogers. </p>

S Community Foundation Ireland appoints human rights advocates

Rights campaigner Noeline Blackwell and Paul Rogers of Northside Partnership have joined the board of philanthropic hub Community Foundation Ireland

Wed, 05 Nov, 2025

<p>Joe Brolly conjured up a virtual Longford Rose to illustrate a point about Jim Gavin being too much of a shrinking violet for the presidential election, or the ‘Nasty Rose of Tralee’, as Brolly and podcast co-host Dion Fanning called it. File picture: Shane O'Neill</p>

Joe Brolly fallout: The slippery slope that leads to pornification of society

We like to think the days of reducing women to sexual objects are behind us, but recent stories are proof they are not

Tue, 14 Oct, 2025

<p>Researchers said that boys could take a photo of any real girl from their social media accounts and use that image in the software to create their fake girlfriend</p>

Boys using 'AI girlfriends' to design a personal porn partner, conference hears

Researchers warn that teenage boys are creating pornographic 'AI girlfriends' using real girls’ photos, normalising violence and deepfake abuse

Thu, 09 Oct, 2025

<p class="contextmenu internal_Caption">Sarah Monaghan says ‘it’s alarming that regressive and unhelpful narrative around masculinity, sex, and power are gaining ground’.</p>

The consent conversation: How to avoid grey areas in the modern dating scene

Students’ unions are organising consent workshops for freshers to promote safe and mutually enjoyable sexual experiences

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

<p>As mothers, we can use our power to create entitled, abusive man-children. Or we can use our power to bring up decent, respectful, responsible human beings. File photo</p>

S Jennifer Horgan: Mothers must recognise their huge influence on sons' lives

In Wendy Erskine's debut novel The Benefactors the role of mothers in excusing their sons' abhorrent behaviour gave Jennifer Horgan pause for thought

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025

<p>During a three-hour period in September last year, Natalie Ennis (then aged 37) was beaten to the head and body with metal pole, burned with a makeshift blow torch and a heated hammer head, cut with a knife, kicked and punched, had her hair cut off and was threatened with rape, Dublin Circuit Criminal Court heard. File picture</p>

Five men jailed for roles in 'cruel and sadistic' torture of woman over false accusation

The sentencing judge said the offending 'demonstrates the evils associated with the drugs trade' and its wider criminal associations

Wed, 30 Jul, 2025

<p>The figures released by the Irish Prison Service to Ireland South MEP Cynthia Ní Mhurchú gave the sex offender numbers in prison as of May 31 this year as 800. Stock picture</p>

Number of sex offenders in Irish jails up 16% amid ‘epidemic of violence against women’

MEP calls for suite of reforms including a review of sentencing for such crimes, and advanced training for circuit and district court judges

Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

<p>The base of the Papal Cross in the Phoenix Park, Dublin, daubed in September 1980 with: 'If men got pregnant contraception and abortion would be sacraments.' File photo: Pat Langan/THE IRISH TIMES via Evelyn Conlon private collection</p>

Clodagh Finn: Lessons to save us from reinventing the wheel in the fight for equality

A book of essays on what happened after the famous contraceptive train from Dublin to Belfast in 1971 shows the need to keep an eye on the history books to see the progress that has been made

Sat, 28 Jun, 2025

<p>'[W]hile crimes of one kind or another can flare up at various times and places without apparent rhyme or reason, it is possible to see certain patterns in criminal behaviour over the years.' says ‘Irish Examiner’ court reporter Liam Heylin at the Criminal Courts of Justice on Anglesea St in Cork. <span class="contextmenu emphasis CaptionCredit">Picture: Dan Linehan</span>
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S Cork crime: 'To get a sense of the place you live, it is worthwhile going to your local courthouse for a day'

Liam Heylin introduces our three-day series with a long view on the hard realities — and hope — he sees every day in our courts

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

<p>The increase was predominantly from September of 2024 and coincided with the release of the Report of the Scoping Inquiry into Historical Sexual Abuse in Day and Boarding Schools run by Religious and the subsequent media coverage. File picture</p>

Number of historical abuse allegations against Church rise by over 50% in a year

It is the highest number of new allegations in any reporting period since figures began to be published annually in 2009

Tue, 10 Jun, 2025

<p>More than 22,000 calls were received to its national helpline – breaking the 20,000 mark for the first time. File picture</p>

Over 22,000 helpline calls to DRCC as survivors seek support in record numbers

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says record-high contacts are linked to media reports and growing fears over online content

Thu, 29 May, 2025

<p>Jacky Ardagh, Mary Holland, Ann-Marie Hourihane, Evelyn Conlon, an unidentified activist, and Inez McCormack walk side-by-side in Anti-Amendment march on 13 November 13, 1982. Picture: Derek Speirs</p>

Book review: IWU members' essays offer first-hand accounts of life after the Contraception Train

Irishwomen United (IWU) member Evelyn Conlon and academic Rebecca Phelan cement the movement in Irish history

Sun, 01 Jun, 2025

<p>All victims of crime now have legal rights to information, support and protection throughout their engagement with the criminal justice system. Indeed, these rights apply even where victims do not make a formal complaint and simply wish to access relevant support services. File picture</p>

Prevalence of rape myths is bad news for justice system

Recent research commissioned by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre shows that the justice system has work to do in order to dispel the myths that linger around rape, writes Susan Leahy

Wed, 14 May, 2025

<p>At Munster Technological University’s Cork campus, student union welfare officer Patrycja Zbikowska said it works with students experiencing some form of harassment every few weeks. File picture</p>

'Red tape and bureaucracy' create barriers to reporting sexual violence at our universities

Advocates say universities must improve their reporting systems when it concerns sexual harassment and assault

Mon, 21 Apr, 2025

<p> From left: Anthony Hickey Matin Zolfaghari, and Fabio Vicente were convicted of rape and jailed. File picture: Irishphotodesk.ie</p>

'They knew I had said no': Woman raped by three men said she had not consented but 'they did not care'

Victim says women have been made to feel 'like we're the problem' but the real problem is the predators who 'think they can take advantage of vulnerable women'

Wed, 09 Apr, 2025

<p>Máirín de Burca set about founding the Irish Women’s Liberation Movement (IWLM). Pretty much every reform in women’s favour in Ireland has flowed from that decision.</p>

Máirín de Burca at 87: 'Maybe neglect stood to me'

Neglected as a child, radicalised as a young woman, Máirín de Burca founded the Irish Women's Liberation Movement, leading to huge social change

Sat, 29 Mar, 2025

<p>If we acquiesce to the poison of people like Conor McGregor, we then become complicit in the damage they do<span class="contextmenu emphasis CaptionCredit">.</span>
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S Fergus Finlay: We are not powerless against toxic social media. It's time to act

Conor McGregor's twisted rhetoric and the show Adolescence hit the headlines in the same week, showing just how mainstream toxic masculinity has become. We must act, writes Fergus Finlay

Tue, 25 Mar, 2025