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# Consent

All time
'If someone requires an app to prove legal consent then you shouldn’t be having sex with them'
Filomena Kaguako
28 Apr 2018
46.9k
88
Calls for cross-examination of victims in rape trials to be pre-recorded
9 Apr 2018
8.8k
17
Would it work here? New law in Iceland means rape accused must prove they had explicit consent
8 Apr 2018
103k
'Religious groups shouldn't be involved in sex education'
4 Apr 2018
19.2k
123
Opinion: 'Consent can't be delivered in the same way as other subjects by embarrassed teachers'
Elaine Byrnes
4 Apr 2018
1.6k
56
Irish sports podcasts are talking about consent and it's long overdue
3 Apr 2018
5.0k
1
Poll: Do you think schools should teach about consent?
3 Apr 2018
36.9k
171
Minister orders full review of sex education in schools
3 Apr 2018
18.4k
69
France to set legal age of sexual consent at 15
6 Mar 2018
44.6k
50
It should be 'frowned upon' for parents to give young children a smartphone, politicians told
13 Feb 2018
17.8k
47
Katherine Zappone: 'Students will be asked to challenge ideas of what consent is'
Katherine Zappone
4 Jan 2018
15.2k
93
Student sex survey: 8% of women have had non-consensual sexual contact in the last year
20 Dec 2017
24.0k
163
French teacher to go on trial for sex with 14-year-old pupil
26 Nov 2017
62.0k
Anger in France after court rules that 11-year-old girl 'consented to sex'
28 Sep 2017
51.1k
Irresponsible or realistic: Is 13 too young for the digital age of consent?
30 Jul 2017
13.7k
19
'People often discount their rape because they don't recognise the different ways rape can take place'
Noeline Blackwell
27 Jan 2017
11.2k
83
Raping someone when they are asleep will now be explicitly illegal
24 Jan 2017
25.8k
123
These 5th Year students from Kells created a very important campaign about consent in 2016
29 Dec 2016
6.2k
2
21% of Irish people think sex without consent is okay in certain situations
25 Nov 2016
31.0k
207
Opinion: 'Rape culture does exist... I've witnessed it myself in Cork'
Jennifer Hough
6 Nov 2016
1.7k
179
'We need to teach women in Ireland how to say yes to sex'
1 Nov 2016
62.0k
81
Ched Evans takes the stand at retrial, denies rape and claims he was being 'childish'
11 Oct 2016
16.4k
Ched Evans rape retrial: Alleged victim has no memory of being asked if Evans could 'join in'
6 Oct 2016
25.0k
There was an important speech about consent in last night's episode of The Fall
26 Sep 2016
7.7k
An Irish man has this powerful message about rape culture
7 Jun 2016
10.0k
17
Man jailed for raping girl in toilet cubicle at disco when they were both teenagers
11 Apr 2016
42.1k
'Having sex is a fabulous thing, but in the right environment, with the right person'
10 Apr 2016
47.1k
85
"I should have told my friend his 'rape joke' was inappropriate. Why didn't I?"
Donal O'Keeffe
9 Apr 2016
7.9k
264
Rape victim Niamh Ní Dhomhnaill: "I don’t think he would have stopped at just me."
24 Mar 2016
46.6k
18
Students' Union not happy with university top brass after probe dismisses 'UCD 200' claims
15 Feb 2016
20.6k
74
Compulsory sexual consent classes planned for UCD following revenge porn allegations
8 Feb 2016
23.0k
166
We need to smash the silence that surrounds sexual violence
Ruairí McKiernan
4 Feb 2016
195
90
One in 12 female students are victims of rape or attempted rape
2 Feb 2016
21.6k
97
Sexual consent workshops to be compulsory for new TCD students
27 Jan 2016
27.6k
134
Donegal teenage disco rape case: Court told that underage person cannot consent to sex
14 Jan 2016
35.5k
'Worrying' jump in electroshock without consent and with physical restraint of mental health patients
12 Nov 2015
10.0k
32
Judge under fire for asking sexual assault victim "Why couldn't you just keep your knees together?"
11 Nov 2015
44.0k
79
Video compares sexual consent to making tea: "If they don't drink tea...don't make them drink it"
28 Oct 2015
22.3k
42
This student has everyone talking about sexual consent classes
20 Oct 2015
35.7k
101
Prep school student not guilty of rape, but must register as sex offender
28 Aug 2015
28.6k
62
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