The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Amnesty, the Council for Civil Liberties and One in Four have all condemned comments allegedly made by gardaí in Co Mayo, in which they allegedly joked about threatening to rape a female anti-Shell protestor who had been arrested.

A YOUNG woman who says she was raped at the age of 14 has spoken out against a justice system which she feels utterly let her down after her attacker walked free.

Latest: A solicitor says the suspect in an alleged rape case may not have been charged for a number of reasons.

Taxi drivers in Dublin are being asked to provide DNA samples as part of an investigation into an alleged rape.

One of the most high-profile Irish Roman Catholic priests to be convicted of child sex abuse was released from prison today at the height of renewed controversy over the issue.

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A major hunt is under way for three men after a woman was dragged away from her bike, pulled into a park, and raped.

Almost 700 men and women attended the six sexual assault treatment units across the country last year.

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.

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THE Rape Crisis Centre has said the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) should meet the victims of clerical abuse in Cloyne to discuss his decision not to seek prosecution against the alleged serial paedophile in the 2008 Cloyne report.

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.

Almost 800 women and children received accommodation and support from a domestic violence service — on a single day last year.

Rape crisis groups have welcomed proposed laws aimed at protecting victims from having to disclose therapy notes in trials, or from being cross-examined by their attacker.