# Abuse

Yesterday

4th June 2023

# Abuse

‘People are getting phone calls in the middle of the night… A lot of that goes unnoticed’

Gerard Perry and Sean Slattery discuss the various challenges and worrying instances of violence involving referees.

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Sun 8:30 AM

Last month

May 2023

# London

Man attacks statue at BBC building with hammer and chisel

The sculpture was made by Eric Gill, who is said to have sexually abused two of his daughters.

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May 20th 2023, 12:52 PM

# Unacceptable

'It was about his family' - Leeds fans' abuse of Bamford condemned

Sam Allardyce also wants ‘the police to do a lot more’ on the issue.

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May 19th 2023, 7:00 PM

# Central Criminal Court

Woman testifies her father and brothers raped her weekly for years in child sex abuse trial

The alleged offences occurred between 1999 and 2005 in various locations around the country.

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May 11th 2023, 6:27 PM

# Defence Watchdog

Ex-Ombudsman: Military monitoring group may have been shelved by Government to save money in 2018

Paulyn Marrinan-Quinn, SC, was speaking at the annual delegate conference of PDFORRA

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May 11th 2023, 6:03 PM

# Abuse

Sexual and domestic abuse victims can feel 'belittled' by social workers, report finds

Victims interviewed by the National Women’s Council said that feeling blamed by professionals made them want to abandon court proceedings.

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May 3rd 2023, 10:37 AM

# Defence Forces

Further engagement promised with Women of Honour after draft terms of reference circulated

Minister of Defence Micheál Martin met with six representative groups today.

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May 2nd 2023, 6:42 PM

This year

2023

# Abuse

James McClean highlights more anti-Irish abuse as he blasts 'useless' English FA

Lancashire Police are also carrying out inquiries into Saturday’s incident at Blackpool.

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Apr 17th 2023, 11:23 AM

# military abuse

President feels sense of 'shame' over abuse probe findings but warns issues extend beyond military

Michael D Higgins welcomed the report and paid tribute to those who came forward to raise their concerns and experiences.

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Mar 31st 2023, 5:43 PM

# Abuse

Minister tells Grace case inquiry it is 'imperative' it completes report within 12 months

Minister tells Commission it is ‘fair and reasonable’ that work can be completed within the timeframe.

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Mar 29th 2023, 6:00 AM

Voices

Tom Clonan: Defence Forces are deeply misogynistic and an unsafe workplace for women and men

Today’s report is a profound indictment of the toxic workplace culture of Óglaigh na hÉireann, Tom Clonan writes.

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Mar 28th 2023, 9:20 PM

# Courts

Man caught with child abuse material after sexually assaulting child gets suspended sentence

Gardaí searched the home of Stephen Gregan (42) after receiving a complaint he had sexually assaulted an 11-year-old girl while she was out shopping with friends.

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Mar 27th 2023, 1:24 PM

# Fitzgerald Report

Report finds that Defence officials acted appropriately in investigating sexual abuse claims

The period covered by the allegations is from the 1950s to 1994.

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Mar 20th 2023, 9:08 PM

# Abuse

Inquiry launched into sexual abuse at schools run by religious orders

The Education Minister said that the inquiry would be survivor-led.

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Mar 7th 2023, 1:47 PM

# Courts

Man who sexually abused his sister during childhood sentenced to eight years

As a child she had attempted to tell her parents what was happening to her but was disbelieved, the court heard.

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Feb 27th 2023, 6:10 PM

# Abuse

Anne Rabbitte says she considered quitting politics after excrement thrown at her at meeting

Rabbitte said that she had been limiting public appearances since the incident at a meeting in her constituency in Gort.

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Feb 19th 2023, 2:31 PM

Voices

Opinion: As Valentine's Day approaches, spot the romanticisation of stalking in popular culture

Members of the Active*Consent team take a look at how popular movies can make behaviours like stalking look ‘romantic’.

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Feb 13th 2023, 7:00 PM

Last year

2022

Voices

Opinion: Child Marriage - a human rights violation happening every two seconds

Carole Wickham of Plan International Ireland outlines the needless suffering of so many young girls and what can be done to prevent it.

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Dec 10th 2022, 7:00 AM

# misogyny

Majority of Irish people agree that pornography is harming society, Women's Aid report finds

Women were more likely than men to believe that pornography was detrimental to young people.

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Nov 25th 2022, 8:57 AM

# Leaders' Questions

Individual in leadership role at Blackrock College 'was told of abuse allegations in 2002', Dáil hears

Labour leader Ivana Bacik claimed that survivors who approached the individual were told to “go away” and return with “proof and a solicitor”.

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Nov 17th 2022, 2:22 PM

# Abuse

Spiritans abuse survivor says 'balance of power' has changed as he urges more to come forward

The leader of the Spiritans in Ireland, Father Martin Kelly, also issued an apology to all victims on behalf of the order.

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Nov 16th 2022, 3:56 PM

# Courts

Security guard jailed for sexually abusing his younger sister for nearly two decades

The complainant told investigators that her older brother had sexually molested her on an almost daily basis

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Nov 14th 2022, 3:09 PM

# Catholic Church

Vatican to launch preliminary abuse investigation into French cardinal

Jean-Pierre Ricard, a long-standing bishop of Bordeaux, admitted to a “reprehensible” act on a 14-year-old.

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Nov 11th 2022, 5:40 PM

# Court

Man sentenced to six years for assaulting and threatening to kill his pregnant partner

The court heard that the man committed numerous offences while on bail and in breach of a protection order

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Oct 26th 2022, 4:05 PM

# Sectarianism

'This is xenophobic abuse James McClean is getting every single week and nothing is done'

Treatment of the Irish player ‘does make you question whether sectarianism is taken as seriously as all the other abuses that go on.”

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Oct 19th 2022, 12:09 PM

# Courts

Rapist who threatened to cut off ex-partner's fingers receives 10 year sentence

The man was convicted of two counts of rape, two of oral rape, two of sexual assault and two threats to kill or cause serious harm

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Oct 17th 2022, 3:57 PM

# emotion

'It’s all still so raw' - Former England defender Scott opens up about childhood abuse

Alex Scott describes her father’s violent behaviour towards her and her mother in her autobiography.

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Oct 4th 2022, 7:26 PM

# Assault

Hospitals recorded hundreds each of violent incidents by patients in 2021 alone

Galway University Hospitals said that only serious incidents were recorded because incidents of abuse and harassment are so “frequent”.

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Aug 19th 2022, 8:30 PM

# tusla

HIQA inspection finds child sexual abuse case left waiting 11 months for initial assessment

Tusla services in the Louth Meath area were deemed non-compliant by inspectors in three areas of quality and safety.

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Aug 16th 2022, 3:36 PM

# Abuse

Woman who accused Premier League star of rape has received abuse, UK police say

Barnet Police, part of London’s Metropolitan Police, said it was “alarmed” that the woman had been targeted.

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Aug 3rd 2022, 6:42 PM

# Courts

High Court orders rapist to pay woman €315,000 in damages

The judge said that what the man did to the plaintiff “has no place in a civilised society”.

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Aug 3rd 2022, 1:23 PM

# Church

Pope Francis apologises for ‘catastrophic’ school abuses in Canada

The pontiff said the forced assimilation of native peoples into Christian society destroyed their cultures.

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Jul 25th 2022, 9:24 PM

# Courts

Garda awaits sentence for coercive control of his terminally ill former girlfriend

The victim told the court that he stole her cancer medication and she feared he would murder her.

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Jul 25th 2022, 7:32 PM

# me too

Singer R. Kelly sentenced to 30 years over sex crimes

Kelly’s conviction was widely seen as a milestone for the #MeToo movement.

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Updated

Jun 29th 2022, 8:22 PM

# Sexual Abuse

Jury finds Bill Cosby sexually abused 16-year-old girl in 1975

Jurors found that the entertainer intentionally caused harmful sexual contact with Judy Huth when she was a teenager.

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Jun 22nd 2022, 8:04 AM

# statement

Meath GAA air 'disgust' and condemn recent abuse

‘We would question their true intentions and if they are supporters at all.’

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Updated

Jun 9th 2022, 5:05 PM

# Court

Dublin man jailed for abusing his sister-in-law during the late 1970s

Aileen Ryan Wright said that while the court process was difficult, she did not regret coming forward.

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May 31st 2022, 4:27 PM

# One in Four

'Slicing myself open': Sexual abuse survivors say making statement to gardaí is re-traumatising

Participants in new research have called for reform within the criminal justice system.

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Apr 19th 2022, 9:35 AM

# Abuse

Amnesty International report into Qatar World Cup work highly critical of Fifa

The organisation has been urged to do more to end abusive practices in the Qatari private security sector.

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Apr 7th 2022, 10:53 AM

# history lecture

Zoom lecture on violence against women in Ireland disrupted by sexist abuse and pornography

Lecturer Dr Mary McAuliffe said she was labelled a ‘bitch’ and a ‘c**t’ by individuals who crashed the event.

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Feb 23rd 2022, 3:48 PM