CRIES for help received by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre last year were equally divided between childhood sexual abuse and adult rape.

One of six women who became pregnant after being raped last year had an abortion, statistics released by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre show.

Far too many sexual crimes are committed in our society with impunity, the head of the country’s biggest rape crisis agency has said.

All patrol cars are to carry crime prevention kits, including digital cameras, to help gardaí gather evidence in domestic violence callouts.

THERE has been a steady drop in the number of rape cases getting to court in the past five years.

Almost 1,000 people were treated in Ireland's sexual-assault treatment units last year.

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

VICTIMS of rape in Galway and Mullingar have to travel to Dublin to be examined following an attack, as promised sexual assault units have not yet been opened.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said Paddy Jackson has not taken steps to show his attitude towards women has changed.

New Year revellers are being warned to beware of sexual predators on nights out.

Rape crisis groups have hit out at the sentence in the Anthony Lyons case, describing it as very lenient.

An increase in sexual violence recorded by the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre last year has been described as "disturbing" by its chief executive, Ellen O’Malley Dunlop.

HUNDREDS of protesters are expected to gather outside the Dáil today as public outrage intensifies over the child rape debacle.

A 15-YEAR-OLD girl was being interviewed by specialist gardaí yesterday over claims that she was raped by a 14-year-old boy during a Junior Certificate disco.

TEENAGERS are being targeted and sexually abused the same way as adult women, according to a report.

A rape victim who successfully campaigned for victim impact statements to be introduced in court said hearing the Kriegels' words after their daughter’s killers were convicted of murder and sexual assault were “the most important" she’s heard since she started campaigning.

THE number of sex crimes carried out by juveniles has nearly trebled, official figures show.