VICTIMS of paedophile swimming coach Derry O’Rourke were left in anger and despair yesterday as their abuser walked free from jail with no obligation to notify gardaí of his whereabouts for the next seven days.

A convicted murderer has received a 15-year prison sentence for raping a woman in her home nine years ago.

Supporters of rape victim Fiona Doyle are planning a solidarity rally outside Leinster House this weekend as anger over the handling of her case grows.

Anyone convicted of grooming a child for sexual exploitation could soon be facing up to 14 years in jail.

FOR Michael D Higgins, it was a book of prose, for Willie O’Dea it was African mines, for Jackie Healy Rae a room to meet with his people in Killarney, and for Bertie Ahern a few free tickets to the dogs.

Noeline Blackwell suggests practical steps we can take to advance the equality of women and men and to build a society where people can respect each other more and fear each other less.

Judges should be “compelled” to spend time in rape crisis centres to learn about sexual violence and the impact on victims, a new survivors group has said.

There was a time when securing a former county GAA player or other sports personality was a major coup for any political party.

THE Fianna Fáil/Pegressive Democrat coalition has presided over many a fiasco, but its treatment of victims of sexual assault and violence is particularly shameful.

The Garda Representative Association (GRA) has criticised the suspended sentence handed down to an 86-year-old man who pleaded guilty to the sexual abuse of two children more than 60 years ago.

A groundbreaking sex abuse and violence study in 2002 put the reality of the prevalence of sexual violence centre stage but we need an update says Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop.         

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