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Report recommends anonymity of victims and defendants in sexual crimes

Suspects charged with sexual crimes should be granted anonymity unless and until they are convicted, according to a new report. It is one of the recommendations from a review of protections given to vulnerable witnesses in such cases.

Thu, 06 Aug, 2020

Show is over for the real Miss Ireland

After 25 years of fun and games, the alternative pageant finishes on Sunday. Caomhán Keane reflects on a truly fabulous event

Fri, 16 Mar, 2012

<p>In 2015, adults interviewed as part of a study called How Adults Tell recounted their experiences of disclosure to child protections services. Ultimately, that study argued that the system itself acts as a barrier to adults coming forward. One interviewee summed this up, saying, “you finally get the courage up to tell somebody… and you become a victim again… you become a victim of the system”.</p>

Removing barriers to assist disclosure of child sexual abuse

We need to develop societies and structures that encourage victims to come forward, facilitate them doing so, and support them throughout, writes Joseph Mooney

Fri, 08 Oct, 2021

<p>Nikita Hand, who is also known as Nikita Ni Láimhín, speaking to the media outside the High Court in Dublin.</p>

Suzanne Harrington: Turns out that there are no valid reasons for a man to assault you

Thanks to the grit and tenacity of an ordinary Dublin hairdresser, the dial has moved a fraction

Mon, 02 Dec, 2024

Number of ‘distressing’ Scouts abuse cases to rise

The number of “deeply distressing” cases of sexual abuse uncovered in Scouting Ireland will increase, warns an independent expert.

Thu, 22 Nov, 2018

Comment: Call for protests on International Women’s Day

This week Rosa, the socialist feminist movement, an organisation I have been a part of long before I was a city councillor, called a rally in Cork after disgraceful details of a Central Criminal Court case held in Cork emerged.

Sat, 17 Nov, 2018

Taoiseach urges Ireland to trust women in abortion reform bid

The Taoiseach has urged Ireland to show some compassion as he launched a bid to overturn some of the strictest abortion rules in Europe.

Sat, 21 Apr, 2018

<p>The garda, who is based in the south of the country, has been arrested and questioned in relation to the allegations.</p>

Garda arrested after daughters allege 'horrific' sexual abuse

Specialist officers are compiling an investigation file on a serving garda after receiving multiple allegations of sexual abuse from his daughters.

Mon, 04 Oct, 2021

<p>Laura Cahillane of the School of Law at UL has said Article 41.2 did not set out to confine women to their homes — but rather to allow them to stay home to raise families. The problem is, no policy to provide for this financially was put in place, so women never developed that economic right. Picture: Oisin McHugh</p>

Alison O'Connor: Restrictions? Let's begin by lifting one that has solely targeted women

Article 42.1 does not confine women to their homes, but it has certainly contributed to denying our agency and autonomy

Fri, 23 Apr, 2021

<p>'He had cable ties, duct tape, the knife — I was not meant to survive that,' Ruth Maxwell says of her horror attack in 2016. Picture: Bob Morrison</p>

Her attacker is serving 34½ years in jail, but Ruth Maxwell had to fight for support. Why?

It is 'fantastic' that Slawomir Gierlowski will spend decades in jail, but Ruth Maxwell says she and other survivors find themselves fighting all the time for everything in a dysfunctional system

Mon, 17 Oct, 2022

<p>Dr Monica O’Connor said that, rather than just seeking to reduce gender-based violence, society should seek to 'eliminate'. File photo</p>

Ireland has a long way to go to ending the 'cultural impunity' of gender-based violence

Dr Monica O'Connor told the Citizens' Assembly that while there have been major strides to ending the “legal impunity” of violence against women, wider societal change is taking much longer

Sat, 13 Mar, 2021

<p>Minister for Justice, Helen McEntee, has been called on to 'look again at changes that need to be made in respect of the Bill'.</p>

Groups warn of 'rough justice' in family courts unless changes are made

Bill is currently going through the Seanad

Tue, 25 Jun, 2024

Get my body off the internet

It’s not just A-listers that suddenly find intimate images of themselves popping up online. It is happening in cities, towns and villages around Ireland and so an Irish barrister has set up The Hit Team says Áilín Quinlan

Fri, 09 Oct, 2015