Actors to role-play sexual assault court cases with judges
Course aims to ensure judiciary function appropriately around vulnerable people
Course aims to ensure judiciary function appropriately around vulnerable people
Ex-Law Society president Stuart Gilhooly and child protection expert Geoffrey Shannon recognised
A guide to where things stand as gardaí step up investigation into April 2019 incident
Files received in this category are up 87 per cent so far this year over 2019, conference is told
Move comes after court bans media from identifying woman who killed her child
Oireachtas could grant power to courts to use discretion to identify people in certain cases
Victims occupy an ambiguous place in the criminal justice system; at best they are peripheral, at worst invisible
State strategy to help victims in sexual violence cases described as a ‘sea change’
Sweeping reforms aim to improve victims’ experiences of the criminal justice system
If implemented quickly, the report could prove a long overdue turning point in the investigation and prosecution of sex crimes
Barrister Tom O’Malley’s comments follow report on handling of sex crimes
Study was commissioned following 2018 Belfast rape trial
‘A rape case is still extremely difficult to win ... Weinstein hasn’t changed that’
Conference hears age of consent is higher in Ireland than most European countries
Harris argues for a compassionate approach, and promises ‘a helping hand instead of just a handcuff’
Bar Council calls for ‘rape myths’ to be combated in its submission to review body
Psychiatrists and psychologists needed on prison staffs, Minister says
Notable increaese in sexual offences and robberies in final quarter of 2018 also recorded
Belfast rape trial review called for no change to NI law allowing naming of defendants
Flanagan concerned over recent reports of underwear being held up in a rape trial
Law lecturer to report proposed changes to Justice Minister shortly
Assembly was a portent of shifting public attitudes on abortion
Court of Appeal also significantly increases prison terms of offenders sentenced in lower courts
Billy Kelleher: Evidence to Oireachtas committee highlighted difficulty of legislating for abortion in rape or incest cases
‘Genie is out of the bottle in respect of online access to the abortion pill’
‘No magic bullets’ but more resources required, NUI Galway seminar told
NUIG law lecturer raises prospect of constitutional obstacles to any such legislation
NUI law lecturer to brief committee examining Eighth Amendment on challenges
Despite scepticism from the public, a suspended sentence can be severe and effective
Citizens’ Assembly hears approximately one in 20 rape victims go on to become pregnant
Legal difficulties in having rape as a grounds for abortion outlined
Citizens’ Assembly to consider random sample from 13,500 submissions on abortion
UK moves to pardon gay men prompts calls to examine how they were treated in State
Government moves as Supreme Court dismisses appeal by man who raped his mother
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices