It has emerged that many rape victims around the country have been left without medical treatment over the past month.

More than one half of all calls made to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre helpline last year related to childhood sexual assault, a 30% increase over the past eight years.

A full-scale review of all child abuse files within the Health Service Executive (HSE) must be taken immediately, it was warned tonight.

Dozens of women demonstrated outside the Dáil over the so-called “rape tape” scandal in which garda officers joked about raping two female protesters.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre, Amnesty, the Council for Civil Liberties and One in Four have all condemned comments allegedly made by gardaí in Co Mayo, in which they allegedly joked about threatening to rape a female anti-Shell protestor who had been arrested.

The Energy Minister Pat Rabbitte has described reports of alleged garda misconduct at the Corrib gas pipeline in Mayo as "unedifying".

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says it helped an average of one rape victim every day during the month of December.

New Year revellers are being warned about the risk of rape and sexual assault associated with the occasion.

The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre has reported a significant increase in the number of people presenting to the sexual assault treatment unit at the Rotunda Hospital.

Rape victims and women forced in to trafficking, prostitution and pornography will not be protected by a new government body, it was claimed today.

The number of rape victims seeking help has doubled in the last three years.

A Lebanese convicted sex offender with an Australian address, who attacked four women over two days while he was in Ireland attending a wedding, has been sentenced to two years in prison by Judge Katherine Delahunt.

Revellers were today warned to be extra vigilant of sexual predators over the festive period.

The horror of rape and sexual assault will be the subject of a hard-hitting campaign to be staged across Ireland, it emerged today.

More than one woman is raped in Dublin every day, new figures revealed today.

Calls to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre's 24-hour hotline were up by 12.5%, according to figures released today.

Calls to The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre helpline have spiked following the broadcast of a television programme depicting a sexually violent storyline.

New Year revellers are being warned to beware of sexual predators on nights out.

The Rape Crisis Centre is warning that more cases of rape and sexual assault take place over the Christmas period than at any other time of the year.

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