A rally to protest against victim blaming is to take place in Cork city centre on Wednesday following a recent case in the Central Criminal Court where a barrister representing a man in a rape trial said that the jury should reflect on the underwear worn by a teenage girl.

After a great deal of awareness-raising and educational work on the subject of rape culture, the report of a trial perpetuating rape myths represented two steps forwards and 1,000 steps back, says

The national rape crisis helpline had its busiest year last year with the number getting in touch reaching 12,855.

Even in a society where a man with 42 previous convictions, including one that led to a 15-year sentence for multiple rape and sexual assaults, is given a concurrent sentence for yet another rape — leading his victim to say he was given a “free rape” — there has been a profound shift in attitudes to violence against women.

Staffing levels at the country’s six Sexual Assault Treatment Units are “scandalous” according to the CEO of Dublin’s Rape Crisis Centre.

Technology has changed, particularly through the ubiquitousness of the mobile phone but the need for research has not diminished, writes Alison O’Connor

The number of “deeply distressing” cases of sexual abuse uncovered in Scouting Ireland will increase, warns an independent expert.

Concerns have been expressed about the length of time it will take to conduct and publish the long-awaited new study on sexual violence in Ireland.

The head of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Noeline Blackwell has hit out at the use of 'rape stereotypes' in rape trials.

Even the most vivid champions of this still-evolving Republic, even those Teflon-cloaked bankers who so disastrously “wore the green jersey” to try to pull the wool over investors’ eyes — your pension providers possibly — cannot but feel a sense of embarrassment, a sense of betrayal, that at least 42 schools must be reassessed, years after they were built, to establish whether they are safe places for our children.

Rape crisis groups say a change of attitude is needed in the courts and among the public towards victims of sexual violence and their treatment in trials.

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The director of Dublin’s Rape Crisis Centre, Noeline Blackwell says there needs to be a change in legislation and in public attitudes towards rape.

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.

Gardaí investigating an alleged sexual assault on a woman in a taxi after she left a Christmas party at the weekend before last have released an EvoFit of a suspect and an image of a white cab.

A heightened awareness of consent is one of a number of reasons why there has been an increase in young people seeking help from rape crisis centres.

We owe rape survivor Lavinia Kerwick a huge debt of gratitude.

Rape survivor Lavinia Kerwick has challenged the Garda Commissioner, the Government, and the judiciary to match her bravery by bringing about major changes in the way victims are treated in sexual offence trials.

Rape survivor Lavinia Kerwick, who made legal history as a teenager in 1992 when she waived her anonymity to speak publicly about her rape ordeal and appalling experience in court, made an emotional address a gathering at the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre today.

A woman who waived her right to anonymity after when she was raped as a teenager in the early 90s has spoken out about the need for criminal justice reform for victims.