THE newly appointed chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has undertaken a daunting task.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says it expects a rise in calls to its service over the Christmas period.

RAPE crisis groups have called on people upset by the release of Larry Murphy to get help if they need it.

Tens of thousands of women will take to the streets of Dublin and Cork later this morning for the Flora women's mini marathon.

The aunts, cousins, and friends of Jill Meagher are taking part in the Flora Women’s Mini Marathon so they can raise funds for the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

Teenage girls are being bullied as sexting gets out of control in Irish secondary schools.

One quarter of Irish people believe female rape victims bear some responsibility for the crime, according to an opinion poll published this morning.

TEENAGE girls are most at risk during Junior Cert celebrations, the Rape Crisis Centre has warned.

Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has said that it took more than 12,000 calls in 2013, the highest figure since 2009.

The biggest rape crisis centre in the country had more than 100 victims of past rape and childhood sexual abuse on a waiting list to receive therapy at the end of 2014.

THE inconsistency of judicial sentencing is again put under the spotlight by contrasting sentences handed down this week for rape, one of the most heinous of all crimes.

Noeline Blackwell, CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, has welcomed a review of treatment for sexual assault victims by the Department of Health.

Pic 1: Ken Doherty and Lorraine Keane at the Virgin Atlantic International Charity Lunch in aid of the Rape Crisis Centre at the Westin Hotel, Dublin.

Two young men violently attacked and raped a middle-aged woman on a night-time walk, it emerged today.

Ireland’s criminal justice system is failing victims of sexual violence, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre claims in a submission to an expert Geneva-based UN committee.

The Justice Minister has said there needs to be a zero-tolerance approach to sexual assault.

The Dublin Rape Crisis centre says reforming our rape laws will give victims more confidence to report the crime.

VICTIMS’ groups have expressed alarm at the continuing drop in reports of sex crimes to gardaí at a time when more people are seeking counselling.

A RAPE crisis charity has issued a set of tips which they hope can help prevent the upsurge of sexual assaults linked to better weather and outdoor events.

The head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is backing the use of a novel product that will be available in pubs soon.