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# Abuse

Last year
2024
Kyle Walker reveals ‘vile, racist and threatening’ abuse after Juventus loss
Dozens of incidents of hate and harassment documented against election candidates and canvassers
New Zealand's prime minister officially apologises to 200,000 victims of abuse in state care
Opinion: Government cannot delay when it comes to redress for school abuse survivors
Dr James Gallen
Opinion: In a post-conflict society like Northern Ireland, women are at greater risk of violence
Dr Katrina McLaughlin
Fresh claims of abuse: men say Michael Shine abused children in Drogheda orphanage
Two men have come forward to allege abuse in the institution.
Details of the claims are to be included in a dossier for the Minister for Justice.
The men want a Commission of Inquiry to be announced.
Legal team for women alleging sex abuse by Al Fayed receive over 150 new enquiries
Michael Shine victims told files on new cases have been sent to Director of Public Prosecutions
'Those who speak Christianity must practice it': Harris says Govt has 'levers' to make religious orders pay
Dr Rosaleen McDonagh: As an abuse survivor, I am shaken to my core by the Scoping Inquiry
Rosaleen McDonagh
Human rights watchdog calls for 'fair and inclusive' redress for all survivors of school sexual abuse
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The Explainer: How is Ireland still uncovering stories of widespread abuse?
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'Fear has been with me for a lifetime': The impact of school sexual abuse on the lives of survivors
“I lost my naïve view of the world; it became a lot greyer – the world became a dangerous place to be.”
How will the Commission into child abuse in schools work, and which schools will it cover?
And have lessons been learned from how previous inquiries were carried out?
Man abused by Michael Shine also testified to scoping inquiry on abuse by Christian Brother
Gerard Murray said he’d feel “we’re only getting half an inquiry” if there is a Commission of Investigation to examine schools run by religious orders, but Shine’s victims are ignored.
Almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse of children in schools run by religious orders
Hundreds of people have come forward with allegations of being abused in schools when they were children.
Restore Together, an advocacy group for survivors, said any statutory inquiry "must be structured to reflect the urgency of the situation"
Abuse survivors told scoping inquiry they believed paedophile rings operated at some schools
“The principal would open the door, see the abuse taking place, even rape in progress, and just close the door again.”
Minister: 'Truly shocking' to hear the number of alleged abusers across religious schools
The findings of a scoping inquiry has revealed almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse of children in schools run by religious orders.
Victim of Michael Shine says he received abusive phone calls after he reported sexual assault
Nine soldiers held by Israeli military in investigation into sexual abuse at detention camp
Eamon Ryan and Michael Healy-Rae condemn social media abuse during election campaign
Close to 300 former pupils report abuse by clergy and lay staff at Spiritan schools
'Water off a duck's back': Eoin Ó Broin on video showing him being accosted on Dublin street
Man subjected daughter to repeated sexual abuse from age three for 12 years, court years
Teenager sentenced to 16 months in prison for rape of young boy
'The longer you're around, the more stuff you hear that's complete nonsense'
Conor Murray is pleased to have signed up for another year with Munster and Ireland.
Extract: 'The destruction Davy Tweed brought to my life followed me like the shadow of a demon'
Amanda Brown
Hate Speech law: 'As legislators, it is our responsibility to draw the line on hate'
Malcolm Byrne
Maev Doyle, ex-wife of jailed former Garda, says it's time Ireland 'did better for our women'
Former garda assaulted ex-wife and stepsons over 12-year period while member of the force
'They're waiting for us to die': Industrial school abuse survivors say they need urgent support
Survivors have criticised the Government’s proposed support plan, saying it doesn’t address many of their concerns.
'A vile human being': Man jailed for sexual abuse of his three sisters in the 1970s
Man in his 70s charged with 23 counts of historical assault at south Dublin school
All time
World Cup final TMO steps away from Test rugby over 'torrent of online abuse'
Farrell's mental health decision 'a watershed moment' - Gatland
Spanish clergy sexually abused over 200,000 children, independent commission estimates
American woman who claims abuse videos of her appeared on porn websites seeks damages in Irish court
Olympic champion Ingebrigtsen accuses father of abuse