The trial of a man who told gardaí he was sleepwalking at the time he allegedly raped a friend has heard the woman did not initially report it as she was hoping he would get help.

There were tonight growing demands for a Garda inquiry into allegations of child sex abuse in the Dublin Archdiocese.

All but one chapter of a harrowing child abuse report set to rock the Catholic Church in Ireland could be published at the end of next week.

Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin tonight rejected claims a Vatican summit to discuss clerical abuse scandals in Ireland was a wasted opportunity.

Amid the usual hustle-and-bustle of the airport, these few days each year have a magical feeling about them.

SEXUALLY abused children are having to wait up to a year to be clinically assessed by specialists, a leading child protection group said yesterday.

BISHOPS criticised in the Pope’s pastoral letter could come under renewed pressure to resign after the message to Irish Catholics sparked anger among some victims’ groups.

Campaigners have given their support to the students union at Trinity College in Dublin, which is to offer sexual consent classes to new students.

THERE is growing alarm at the destructive effect extreme pornography is having on Irish society.

There have been fresh calls for new sentencing guidelines for sex offences after a priest who sexually assaulted a little girl during her First Confession was given a suspended jail term.

As many as 60 people a day have been calling helplines for victims of sexual assault since the sentencing of sex offender Tom Humphries.

MORE than 3,000 people demonstrated nationwide yesterday to show solidarity with victims of child abuse.

After a great deal of awareness-raising and educational work on the subject of rape culture, the report of a trial perpetuating rape myths represented two steps forwards and 1,000 steps back, says