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<p>The IHREC said the Government should implement a multi-agency domestic homicide review.</p>

Call for action as violence against women at 'crisis levels'

Last year saw highest number of violent deaths since 2007 as 11 women killed

Fri, 20 Jan, 2023

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

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

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre disappointed at delay in specifying 'revenge porn' as offence as judge grants protection order to victim

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

Mon, 20 Jan, 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

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

<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

<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>Rachel Morrogh, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, a desperately needed organisation that reaches places governments can’t reach. Picture: Andres Poveda</p>

S Fergus Finlay: The fact that more people need rape crisis services shows we are failing as a nation

70% of adults in Ireland think we have a problem with consent, and 81% agree that talking about consent will result in more healthy sex and sexuality — that's why the DRCC's services are crucial

Tue, 26 May, 2026

<p>In July 2019, Sarah Grace (pictured) was brutally attacked by Ibrahim Elghynaoui while she slept in her own apartment. She is to publish a book in March detailing her journey from reporting the assault to seeing Elghynaoui jailed for 10 years.</p>

When a stranger sexually assaulted Sarah Grace, it changed her life forever

Sarah Grace is adamant that the 2019 attack will not destroy her and that her experience of the criminal justice system will help other survivors of sexual attacks in the future

Sat, 01 Jan, 2022

<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

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>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>Evelyn Conlon speaking the event at the graveside of Patrick Kavanagh at anevent to mark the 50th anniversary of his death. ©Rory Geary</p>

Book review: A writer’s journey through life

Evelyn Conlon’s memoir mainly covers the years from 1970, the year she dropped out of University College Dublin and took a boat to Australia, to the present day

Sat, 06 Jan, 2024

<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>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

'Don't buy me cupcakes - treat me with respect' say protesters on International Women's Day

Put down the cupcakes and pick up a placard.

Fri, 08 Mar, 2019

<p> Ciara Mangan, founder of Beyond Surviving said the results of the survey had now been sent to the Department of Justice as legislation on the use of counselling notes is due to come before the Oireachtas justice committee. Picture: Brian McEvoy</p>

Sexual assault survivors opting for counselling rather than criminal trial over fear of notes disclosure in court

One respondent to survey said: 'I am afraid to take my abuser to court in case my 10 years of counselling notes end up in court'

Thu, 05 Mar, 2026

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

Justice & Equality Minister, Helen McEntee , and Mr Tom O’Malley of NUI Galway, as they launch the O’Malley Review of Protections for Vulnerable Witnesses in the Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Offences. Picture: Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland

More needs to be done to stop naming of sexual violence victims online

The spreading of the names of victims of sexual violence on social media is "of great concern", the author of a review into sexual offence trials has said.