An unpublished report finds low staffing levels and a lack of funding mean that three of the country’s four sexual assault treatment units are under serious threat, writes Catherine Shanahan.

Update 6.46pm: The family of a young student who was tied up and repeatedly raped throughout the night have arrived in Dublin to care for her, it has been reported.

THE State has paid for two teenagers in its care to have abortions abroad since the referendum to limit abortion here was defeated a year ago.

A man who allegedly raped his female friend while he was asleep had been diagnosed by a sleep expert as having sexsomnia in the months before the incident and during it, the Central Criminal Court has been told.

The lack of dedicated sexual assault treatment units for children is adding “immensely” to the trauma of families trying to deal with child sex abuse, writes Cormac O'Keeffe.

An Albanian man has been convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury of raping a Dublin woman who had just started a relationship with his friend.

Hudson Taylor are brothers Harry and Alfie Hudson Taylor from Dublin. Upcoming gigs include the Olympia in their native city on March 28, and Cork Opera House on Thursday, March 29.

A judge has granted court protection to a woman whose ex-partner is threatening to post intimate videos and photos of her on Facebook.