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Abuse

This week
6th April 2025 - 12th April 2025
Pay Up
AG to be consulted on what steps can be taken to make religious orders pay mother and baby home redress
8 Apr
5.5k
27
Last month
March 2025
Micheal Shine
TDs echo calls for a public inquiry into the state's handling of abuse by Micheal Shine
Updated 22 Mar
8.8k
The Morning Lead
State using private law firm as nuns continue attempts to raid Shine abuse fund
A schedule of records obtained by The Journal shows 63 emails were sent or received by the Department of Health over the past year in relation to the Indemnity Agreement.
Victim says it is “very odd” that the nuns were paying half of the cost of a report that could decide if they can withdraw the funds themselves.
Saoirse McGarrigle
20 Mar
39.6k
73
cuan national campaign
#HardStories: Anything that encourages victims of abuse to tell their story is a welcome change
Dr Joe Mooney
Updated 6 Mar
3.3k
This year
2025
jesuit order
Order names 15 deceased Jesuits accused of child sexual abuse following investigation
12 Feb
31.8k
domestic and sexual violence
Opinion: Are men and families forgotten when it comes to sexual violence and abuse?
Dr Marie Keenan
3 Feb
8.5k
Last year
2024
depressing
Kyle Walker reveals ‘vile, racist and threatening’ abuse after Juventus loss
12 Dec 2024
2.3k
Political Abuse
Dozens of incidents of hate and harassment documented against election candidates and canvassers
30 Nov 2024
6.8k
christopher luxon
New Zealand's prime minister officially apologises to 200,000 victims of abuse in state care
12 Nov 2024
7.5k
28
Abuse
Opinion: Government cannot delay when it comes to redress for school abuse survivors
Dr James Gallen
13 Oct 2024
4.1k
murders in the north
Opinion: In a post-conflict society like Northern Ireland, women are at greater risk of violence
Dr Katrina McLaughlin
11 Oct 2024
8.5k
Allegations
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.
Saoirse McGarrigle
30 Sep 2024
16.6k
harrods
Legal team for women alleging sex abuse by Al Fayed receive over 150 new enquiries
21 Sep 2024
14.4k
82
Abuse
Michael Shine victims told files on new cases have been sent to Director of Public Prosecutions
Updated 19 Sep 2024
8.3k
Redress
'Those who speak Christianity must practice it': Harris says Govt has 'levers' to make religious orders pay
11 Sep 2024
11.6k
Scoping Inquiry
Dr Rosaleen McDonagh: As an abuse survivor, I am shaken to my core by the Scoping Inquiry
Rosaleen McDonagh
9 Sep 2024
12.3k
The Morning Lead
'They train you to be quiet': Survivors on why they didn't disclose school sexual abuse
“They knew how to show you that they had the utter power.”
Updated 6 Sep 2024
24.6k
RELATED
'Pay up': New figures show religious orders only paid 16% of institutional redress costs
5 Sep 2024
Gardaí investigating whether paedophile rings were involved in sex abuse in religious schools
5 Sep 2024
'Fear has been with me for a lifetime': The impact of school sexual abuse on the lives of survivors
5 Sep 2024
Abuse
Human rights watchdog calls for 'fair and inclusive' redress for all survivors of school sexual abuse
5 Sep 2024
3.7k
PodcastThe Explainer
The Explainer: How is Ireland still uncovering stories of widespread abuse?
The Morning Lead
'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.”
5 Sep 2024
15.9k
RELATED
The full list of schools and number of allegations against them in the sexual abuse scoping inquiry
3 Sep 2024
Abuse survivors told scoping inquiry they believed paedophile rings operated at some schools
3 Sep 2024
next steps
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?
Órla Ryan
4 Sep 2024
10.0k
Gerard Murray
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.
Saoirse McGarrigle
4 Sep 2024
7.9k
abuse in schools
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"
Updated 3 Sep 2024
47.4k
personal testimony
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.”
Órla Ryan
3 Sep 2024
46.4k
RELATED
The full list of schools and number of allegations against them in the sexual abuse scoping inquiry
3 Sep 2024
Almost 2,400 allegations of sexual abuse of children in schools run by religious orders
3 Sep 2024
abuse inquiry
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.
3 Sep 2024
9.7k
CALLS FOR INQUIRY
Victim of Michael Shine says he received abusive phone calls after he reported sexual assault
20 Aug 2024
17.5k
8
No more secrecy
Group of victims of paedophile former surgeon Michael Shine speak out for the first time
Saoirse McGarrigle
19 Aug 2024
63.7k
14
RELATED
Editorial: Michael Shine was convicted for assaulting 9 boys. But that’s not the full story
19 Aug 2024
Michael Shine's abuse was a 'well known, open secret', says victim
19 Aug 2024
'He was too revered': Victim believes Shine's crimes against children were overlooked
19 Aug 2024
Gaza
Nine soldiers held by Israeli military in investigation into sexual abuse at detention camp
1 Aug 2024
11.7k
gutter politics
Eamon Ryan and Michael Healy-Rae condemn social media abuse during election campaign
18 Jun 2024
12.2k
59
Blackrock College
Close to 300 former pupils report abuse by clergy and lay staff at Spiritan schools
6 Jun 2024
15.0k
Sinn Féin
'Water off a duck's back': Eoin Ó Broin on video showing him being accosted on Dublin street
16 Apr 2024
26.4k
Courts
Man subjected daughter to repeated sexual abuse from age three for 12 years, court years
15 Apr 2024
21.5k
Courts
Teenager sentenced to 16 months in prison for rape of young boy
8 Apr 2024
32.7k
Conor Murray
'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.
6 Apr 2024
2.9k
3
Books
Extract: 'The destruction Davy Tweed brought to my life followed me like the shadow of a demon'
Amanda Brown
29 Mar 2024
15.3k
combating abuse
Hate Speech law: 'As legislators, it is our responsibility to draw the line on hate'
Malcolm Byrne
27 Mar 2024
11.6k
82
Courts
Maev Doyle, ex-wife of jailed former Garda, says it's time Ireland 'did better for our women'
15 Mar 2024
34.5k
Mark Doyle
Former garda assaulted ex-wife and stepsons over 12-year period while member of the force
14 Mar 2024
27.9k
Department of Education
'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.
4 Mar 2024
15.1k
Central Criminal Court
'A vile human being': Man jailed for sexual abuse of his three sisters in the 1970s
1 Mar 2024
29.1k
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