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

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

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

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.

THE two Saturdays during Christmas each saw eight victims of sexual assault treated at the specialist unit in the Rotunda Hospital — including one person who had to make a 10-hour return trip from Donegal.

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

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has criticised the leniency of the sentence handed down to Tom Humphries.

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.

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

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

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

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.

Last year saw a doubling in the number of sex offenders in breach of agreements which require them to be in contact with Gardaí.

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.

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

Victims of rape and other sex crimes will not have to go to Gardaí straight away under a new service proposed by the country's sexual assault units.

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

July and August saw a spike in the number of people attending the sexual assault unit in Dublin.

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