Sexual predators were today warned they could be accused of rape if they target drunk Leaving Cert students.

A CHAPTER of the Murphy Report detailing child sex abuse carried out by former priest Tony Walsh will be published next week after a High Court ruling yesterday.

ONLY 1% to 2% of reported rape cases in Ireland result in a conviction, figures show. Ireland has the lowest conviction rate of 21 European countries surveyed.

We owe rape survivor Lavinia Kerwick a huge debt of gratitude.

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.

The Christian Brothers, the worst offenders in the clerical child abuse scandal, tonight bowed to intense pressure and agreed to look for a possible new deal to make amends to its victims.

A woman who waived her right to anonymity after when she was raped as a teenager in the early 90s has spoken out about the need for criminal justice reform for victims.

Two leading sex abuse support groups tonight demanded immediate explanations for delays in publishing the damning report on the Dublin Archdiocese.

There have been calls today for sexual abuse cases to be fast-tracked through the courts system.

TODAY we publish a deeply disturbing survey on rape and rape victims that should make us all stop and think about how we judge women, their attackers and our society’s attitude towards what provokes sexual crimes.

Teenagers have been warned to take extra care as almost 60,000 students celebrate their Junior Certificate results.

THERE has been a massive surge in first-time callers as helplines and support groups have been overwhelmed with calls for help from abuse victims since the damning report on religious-run schools was published.

A SUPPORT group for victims of sexual abuse has said it will “very carefully consider” whether to recommend that victims take a case following “highly insensitive” reporting of a high-profile abuse case.

IRELAND’S first undergraduate degree programme in criminal justice is to be offered at Waterford Institute of Technology from September.

THE former prison governor who indecently assaulted a young girl 28 times showed no remorse, his victim claimed yesterday.

GARDAÍ and police in the North have vowed to work with customs on either side of the Border in a concerted clampdown on smuggling and organised crime, Garda Commissioner Noel Conroy has said.