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Wednesday 25 November 2020
Conversation around consent and sexual violence in Ireland has been dominated in recent weeks by George Hook.
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre is reporting a marked increase in contacts from people who have been rendered homeless.
“Most people who are raped already know the person who raped them,” said Rape Crisis Midwest.
RCNI recommends a definition similar to that adopted in England and Wales be introduced to a new sexual offences Bill.
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The services in Clare and Tipperary will be closed for at least a month because of a €120,000 shortfall.
This is the largest European study on violence against women, including interviews with 42,000 women across Europe.
New research into youth sexual behaviour, consent and alcohol finds that Irish young people believe sexual consent is largely ‘unspoken’.
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre accompanied 260 victims to the sexual assault treatment unit in the Rotunda Hospital last year.
Rape Crisis Network Ireland said that two out of 90 survivors became pregnant more than once as a result in rape and had different outcomes each time.
There were 1,834 calls to the national 24 hour helpline for rape and sexual abuse during the 2011 festive season.
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The final decision to slash all core funding to the country’s Rape Crisis Network – which would force the current support services offered to victims of rape and sexual abuse to end – has been postponed until August pending a review.
THE NATIONAL PUBLIC Health Emergency Team is meeting today to make its recommendation to Government about easing Level 5 restrictions.
The recommendation will potentially set out what people are able to do in the weeks leading up to Christmas, ahead of the Government’s decision this week on whether or not it will re-open things like pubs and restaurants across the country after 1 December.
It’s been reported this week that some ministers believe restaurants should be allowed to open for indoor dining during December and that pubs should also be allowed to reopen.
However, some public health experts believe that it would not be safe to re-open restaurants next month, given the potential to the virus to spread in congregated indoor settings.
But what do you think? Today we’re asking: Would you be comfortable going to a restaurant for a meal in December?
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