A judge has ordered Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly to spend 80 hours teaching GAA to kids following an unprovoked attack on a man in a pub.

Campaigners are warning about the message sent out when a sex offender gets a suspended sentence.

Several children’s groups have today criticised aspects of new legislation making the reporting of child abuse mandatory for named professions.

A Central Criminal Court judge has said it will be the DPP's responsibility if a rapist - allowed to remain out on bail - fails to attend court to be sentenced.

The appearance of a stripper at a Dublin nightclub to celebrate the end of the Leaving Cert is being slammed.

Dublin football star Diarmuid Connolly has been ordered to complete an anger-management course before he is sentenced for an unprovoked attack on a man in a pub.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has expressed concern at increased levels of violence accompanying rapes and sexual assaults in Ireland.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has reported a 75% increase in calls to its helpline service since the publication of the Ferns Report last month.

The heads of the Gardaí and the Police Service of Northern Ireland are due to outline their vision of the future of crime-fighting today.

The eight-hour waiting time for rape victims in the South East has been eliminated by a new sexual assault treatment unit, it emerged today.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has reported a fall in the percentage of rapes and sexual assaults being reported to the Gardai in the city last year.

The arrival of a Stringfellow’s lapdance club in Dublin is another nail in the coffin of a safe and equal society for women, it was claimed today.

The legal loophole which allows people accused of rape to cross-examine their alleged victims should be closed immediately, it was claimed tonight.

Teenage girls are being bullied as sexting gets out of control in Irish secondary schools.

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said that it took more than 12,000 calls in 2013, the highest figure since 2009.

The Dáil is discussing the allegations of sexual abuse by members of the Provisional Republican movement.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says there have been a number of calls to their helpline, following an interview with retired Judge Barry White.

Victims of rape and other sex crimes will not have to go to Gardaí straight away under a new service proposed by the country's sexual assault units.

Children in Ireland need to be learning the difference between rape and sexual consent at a much younger age, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said.

A man has been given a suspended sentence for sexually assaulting a woman as she slept at a party.