The committee is addressing  45 recommendations including pay, childcare and tackling domestic, sexual, and gender-based violence

Killer and rapist Ian Horgan could trawl for dates anonymously online and the authorities had no power to prevent him doing so

The first case in Ireland of a convicted sex offender seeking to access Tinder under a false name opens up other questions about how to marry digital freedoms with protecting society at large, writes Noel Baker

Calls to avoid making issue a 'niche area' for equality minister

Chief executive of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Noeline Blackwell said the case was a 'terrible indictment of somebody that they would try to exploit somebody who is terribly vulnerable'

Macklemore and Sam Smith are fans

The Government is to change legislation that will overhaul laws on consent, knowledge and belief in rape cases.

Sexual offences was the only main category of crime where cases increased in the district court in 2021

Gardaí say that coercive control will be prosecuted whoever the abuser is

After decades of contemplating troubling events he witnessed as a child, a man in his 50s decided to report the sexual abuse he believes he saw to gardaí. However, they never followed up, leaving agencies 'baffled' that no investigation took place

The women have been put on a 'list' by a faceless Snapchat account which claims to hold their explicit or personal images.

Women's football coach claimed in a statement on social media that she was raped by 'a prominent football official' as a young player

The Irish Prison Service wants to ultimately increase the percentage of sex offenders undergoing treatment from about 25% in recent years to as high as 80%

Ms Crilly revealed that she is working on a three-year exit plan to step down as Cork Sexual Violence Centre CEO by the time she is 70.

THE pandemic of sexual violence will only be eradicated when we address the underlying culture, attitudes, and beliefs that fuel it, writes Dearbhail McDonald

Party leader 'absolutely amazed' by support from Irish public

With sex crimes, the focus is often on the accuser rather than the accused as we turn victim into villain

Survivors of sexual violence in West Cork face particular challenges — and any solutions are likely to be closely monitored in other rural areas around the country, writes Noel Baker

Ms Crilly is getting the award in recognition of her work in the areas of sexual and domestic violence, sex trafficking, female genital mutilation and stalking