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# Sexual Abuse

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Brendan Smyth victim: 'Every time it happened another part of me died'
Tipperary man jailed for raping young girl who believed he was her Dad
Man, 21, avoids jail after sexually abusing his 5-year-old niece
"Put up or shut up" - Mairia Cahill's challenge after Gerry Adams 'uncle' claims
'Treatment for sexualised behaviour in young children is urgently needed'
'Be careful what images you post online, they could be used by paedophiles'
Are we about to see an influx of pimps to Ireland?
Wife stands by husband after he's jailed for 17 years for rape of his three daughters
Former tennis champion jailed for raping young girls he coached
Court hears Irish man alleged to be 'biggest facilitator of child porn in the world' has Aspergers
Police warn parents after 41 arrested in global child sexual abuse probe
Ballsy campaign uses men's underwear to fight violence against women
IRA abuse claims show – once again – how the institution is always placed before the victim
Sinn Féin are bringing in the lawyers over alleged abuse investigations
TV weatherman Fred Talbot sentenced to five years in prison for sexually abusing boys
'Gerry Adams needs to get real': Enda and Joan pile pressure on Sinn Féin president
Gardaí examining new allegations of sexual and physical abuse at school
'One of the biggest scandals of our age': MI5 accused of covering up sexual abuse
Former rock star Gary Glitter begins trial on child sex charges
More sexual abuse victims are calling this counselling service
Review into Mairia Cahill rape case will interview 'whomever is required'
UK children care home boss sentenced to life over decades of sexual abuse
"Justice should heal" - Voices of sexual crime victims and perpetrators should be heard
Calls for new law to 'call child pornography what it is' - child abuse
Mary Lou claims "entirely untrue" and "entirely incorrect" --- Department of Justice
Louise O'Keeffe contacted by children who are being abused by their teachers
"I smile easily" - Mary Lou denies "smirking" at Mairia Cahill during abuse debate
Gerry Adams: I'm not resigning
Direct Provision 'increases distress and vulnerability' of sexually-abused migrants
Opinion: Are we continuing to avert our eyes from sexual abuse?
Convicted offenders in Donegal are not being monitored properly
Maíria Cahill: I am not an isolated case
Author John Grisham says sentences for watching child porn are too harsh
"God knows" - Irish priest found guilty of sexually abusing toddler in Chile
Young sexual offenders move from downloading images to sexually harming children
'Failed time and time again': 46% of homeless women were sexually abused as kids
Inquiry hears 1 in 5 boys at Co Down children's home say they were abused
Hundreds who called women's helpline had suffered over 21 years of abuse
Opinion: It's a false economy to cut back funding to rape crisis centres