Christmas time can trigger a rise in the frequency and severity of abuse against women and children.

The amount of porn young teenagers are accessing is causing so much damage to their psychological growth it must be seen as a major public health crisis.

WE’RE notorious for alcoholism, but we Irish are also becoming addicted to sex, fuelled primarily by online porn, which is easily accessed by smartphones.

National helpline agencies have joined forces to break the silence on sexual violence in relationships.

Just over half of families of homicide victims and victims of rape and sexual assault say they were not informed by gardaí of support services, according to a new survey.

In the early ’90s, her lone voice exposed a dark period in history, writes Conall Ó Fátharta

A Dublin football star 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 said it is hopeful judges and legal professionals will soon take part in education programmes to help them better understand the consequences of sexual crimes.

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

The Law Reform Commission suggests the emphasis for consent should be shifted onto the man - where he would be expected to actively seek consent rather than the woman be required to give it, writes Mary Morrissy

Organisations working in the areas of hate crime and domestic violence have welcomed Garda figures which show a sharp rise in such crimes being recorded.

Three women each give their view on the potential impact of the upcoming referendum on Irish healthcare.

Over a decade ago, plans surfaced suggesting Dublin was going to take water from the Shannon. It wasn’t a joke, writes Caroline O’Doherty

A review is underway to make the rape trial system fairer for victims.

Some victims of sexual violence were traumatised by reporting of the recent rugby rape trial, the chief executive of Nexus NI said.

A new proposal may see someone prosecuted under a less serious charge than rape if they mistakenly but unreasonably believed they had the consent of a person with whom they had sex.

Child sex dolls may be an indicator of a desire to rape children, says the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre (DRCC) as gardaí made their first-ever discovery of a number of the dolls during a targeted search of 31 premises for child pornography this week.

The Dublin Rape Crisis centre says reforming our rape laws will give victims more confidence to report the crime.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says it is urgently in need of people to help maintain its 24-hour helpline.

Hudson Taylor are brothers Harry and Alfie Hudson Taylor from Dublin. Upcoming gigs include the Olympia in their native city on March 28, and Cork Opera House on Thursday, March 29.