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Wednesday 18 May 2022
The number of young men who have experienced relationship abuse was found to be one in 11.
Leo Varadkar said the government must lead on the issue.
Tributes were also paid to Ashling Murphy, who was laid to rest in Offaly yesterday
Ireland must address gender-based violence once and for all, Professor Jane Monckton Smith writes.
Taoiseach Micheál Martin was speaking on tonight’s Late Late Show.
After the murder of Ashling Murphy in Tullamore, the businesswoman and broadcaster describes the endless safety routine female runners have to follow.
The 23-year-old teacher was killed when she was attacked along the canal bank in Tullamore.
Mia de Faoite documents the horror and abuse that come with prostitution and trafficking and says society must not forget these women.
The UK Government strategy is set to be announced later today.
It is the latest gruesome case of violence against women in the country.
The UN’s international day for the elimination of violence against women starts today.
The woman in her 60s will walk free from a jail southeast of Paris where she was serving a 10-year sentence for the killing.
A one-day conference in Dublin is urging agencies to gain a better understanding of violence against women in Ireland.
Yesterday Magnus Meyer Hustveit walked free from court after admitting that he had repeatedly raped his former girlfriend when she was unconscious.
Mutlu Kaya has been singing in the Turkish version of “Britain’s Got Talent”.
Language matters – none of us are perfect human beings and we all fall prey to our unconscious prejudices that we absorb from our environment.
Powerful new book includes extracts from letters, emails and texts from abusive lovers.
Until we accept that we have inaccurate perceptions about what kind of person perpetrates sexual violence, it will continue.
Worldwide, women aged 15 to 44 are more likely to be killed or maimed because of male violence than because of war, cancer, malaria and traffic accidents combined. Why is this?
The 26-year-old woman had fallen asleep during the trip home.
Jill was three months younger than me: her life should have been lived parallel to mine. Now the landmarks of my life seem tainted – any happiness is edged with sadness and guilt.
Relationships between minorities and the police can involve fear and mistrust – creating additional obstacles for women seeking to leave a violent situation.
There has been a wide welcome for new offences against child grooming and buying sex.
Billy Kelleher vs Julien Blanc.
Shockingly, nearly 95,000 children were killed in one year alone.
Two teenage cousins were gang raped and hanged from a tree in northern India .
In Ireland, as with most social issues, we treat the matter of domestic violence as a pariah topic that occasionally gets an airing. It’s just not good enough.
Jill Meagher was murdered in 2012 – now her husband has written a searingly honest and powerful blogpost about violence against women.
The bookmaker is offering bets on the outcome of the murder trial. Is this a step too far?
The new law will see restraining orders obtained in your home country having the same standing in law across all EU states.
A far-right political party is distributing thousands of knives to women in a western Indian state to help them protect themselves, in the wake of a fatal gang-rape which horrified the country.
Five men will stand accused of the kidnapping, rape and murder of a young female student, who died at the weekend from the horrific injuries inflicted on her during an ordeal.
The 23-year-old died of severe organ failure in a Singapore hospital where she had been airlifted yesterday.
A campaign dedicated to eliminating the degrading treatment of women in advertising wrote to the Taoiseach in 1982 to highlight the ‘continual humiliation’ of women in the media.
Journalist Colm Ó Broin investigates the statistics of murder of Irish women by those closest to them – and the patterns of abuse that can lead to such tragedy.
Malala Yousafzai began writing a blog at age 11 to describe life as a girl under the Taliban. Her condition is described as serious.
It was suggested last week that wolf-whistling could be banned in the UK – but it appears that the controversy emerged from a Council of Europe convention on violence against women. Ireland is currently studying its recommendations.
The true story of a victim of domestic violence, by Ian Poulton.
Women’s Aid asks for legal protection for women who date, but don’t live with, abusive men as part of global ceremonies.
DOGS AND HORSES will be restricted from accessing parts of Kerry’s Blue Flag beaches during specific time periods this summer.
Councillors voted to adopt the Kerry County Council Beach Bye Laws 2022 which limits access for dogs to Blue Flag areas of these beaches from 11am to 7pm from 1 June until 15 September.
This vote also established dedicated sand corridors to allow dog-walkers to access non-blue flag areas as long as a dog remains on a tight leash.
Fears had been expressed that Kerry beaches would lose their Blue Flag status if this bye law wasn’t introduced.
Today we’re asking: Should dogs be banned from Blue Flag beaches during peak times in summer?
Poll Results:
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