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Tuesday 29 September 2020
The controversy started after a woman was allegedly gang raped in Lahore.
Niamh Ní Dhomhnaill has said there is still a lot of stigma when it comes to speaking publicly about domestic and sexual abuse.
The actor has already been charged with groping three women.
Cork Penny Dinners says the coronavirus has put the already vulnerable community at greater risk.
The review was instituted by the previous minister for justice Charlie Flanagan following the high-profile Belfast rape trial in 2018.
Brian Byrne went on trial in Dublin in November last year.
The family of the woman said they will “never forget how that man single-handedly destroyed our mam’s life”.
Strict new Covid-19 measures have been announced for the two counties – here’s what you need to know.
Simon Harris will meet with the National Women’s Council’s advisory committee on ending sexual violence later today.
More than 4,400 contacts were made to six centres from March to June.
The defendant was 16 when the alleged incident happened.
A lawyer who represents some of the women described the payment as “a complete sellout”.
Joseph McCann was jailed last year for a string of assaults.
Mr Justice Tony Hunt said the offence was aggravated by the great harm it has caused and the fact the woman was raped while she was asleep.
He allegedly raped the women between 2001 and 2003.
The victims have questioned whether the fact that they are Travellers was a factor.
From 1977 to 2000, James O’Reilly (75) subjected the young girls to “horrific” sexual abuse.
The boy has not indicated how he will plead.
The man was found guilty of two counts of rape following a three-week trial in 2017.
The disgraced Hollywood producer is already in prison in New York after being sentenced to 23 years in jail for rape and sexual assault.
The singer said she was drugged at a restaurant on her birthday before being held captive in her own home and taken to a foreign country.
Mr Justice Peter Charleton said the alteration of the original sentence by the Court of Appeal “did not accord with law”.
The 35-year-old has not released an album since 2010.
The disgraced film producer faces a maximum of 29 years in prison.
Here’s how things played out for the movie mogul since allegations against him arose.
Lavinia Kerwick was the first Irish rape survivor to waive her anonymity.
The leaflets were distributed in north Belfast earlier this week.
The woman was arrested yesterday and questioned at a garda station in Leitrim.
The boy appeared at Dublin Children’s Court today charged with sexual abuse offences which allegedly occurred when he was aged 12 and 13.
The movie mogul, 67, faces life in prison if the jury of seven men and five women convict him.
“This will haunt me for the rest of my life, knowing that they chose to do this to me,” the victim said in an impact statement.
He received a 12-year sentence with the three final years suspended in 2012.
Weinstein (67) faces life in prison if convicted of predatory sexual assault charges.
Salmond is accused of attempting to rape a woman at the official residence of the first minister of Scotland.
The judge commended the bravery of the woman who came forward to report the abuse.
The 19-year-old woman returned to the UK last week.
The 19-year-old woman was handed a four-month jail term, suspended for three years.
Reynhard Sinaga went hunting for young revellers and posed as a Good Samaritan to lure them back to his apartment in Manchester city centre.
In 1979, when the DRCC was founded, it wasn’t a crime for a man to rape his wife.
A total of 152 Irish people were arrested by Met Police for common assault.
Ciara said she has received messages from other victims who are afraid to talk about their abuse.
ENGLAND HAS INTRODUCED new rules that could see people receive fines of up to £10,000 if they fail to self-isolate.
This means that anyone who has tested positive or has been a close contact of a Covid-19 case and fails to quarantine could receive a hefty penalty.
There have been some calls for a similar system here too, to prevent the spread of the virus and to stop any flouting of rules.
So today we want to know: Should people who fail to self-isolate be fined?
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