A 16-year-old boy who raped a 15-year-old girl at a teenage house party in Dublin last year has been sentenced to six years detention with the final three years suspended.

TEENAGERS consulted about possible changes to the age of sexual consent have told the Government they want the law on the subject to protect them rather than allow them unrestricted freedom.

Recorded violent crimes have soared in the last four years, with a surge in murder threats, serious assaults, and rapes.

The largest police staff body said the Garda Inspectorate’s damning report on crime investigation had "lifted the lid" on why morale was so low in the force.

Both vintners and a students union say more can be done to increase safety after the revelation that three students had been raped in Cork since the start of the academic year.

Threesomes involving Premier league footballers have been tabloid fodder for years. But a new book looks at how the macho, cossetted professional sports environment has created a horrific world where rape is a form of male bonding, writes Richard Fitzpatrick

The HSE said it has no immediate plans to establish a full time Sexual Assault Treatment Unit (SATU) for victims of sexual assault or rape in the mid west region, despite renewed calls for one to be set up in Limerick to replace a decade old "out of hours" service, writes David Raleigh.

Philanthropists Peter Kinney and Lisa Sandquist tell Ellie O’Byrne why their sights are set on funding equality in Ireland

VICTIMS’ groups have expressed shock at how an audit of child protection measures was considered acceptable despite religious dioceses skipping the only section which questioned bishops’ handling of actual abuse cases.