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The 'redoubtable' public servant who first raised concerns about the mother and baby homes
Mother and baby homes: Cases of underage pregnant girls were not referred to Gardaí
Man acquitted of raping niece faces retrial after rare overturn order from court
How a God-fearing Ireland shamed, abandoned and punished its 'fallen' women and girls
5-year investigation finds at least 9,000 children died in Ireland's mother and baby homes
Man jailed for four years for sexually assaulting homeless man
'The beatings were regular and we worked until our fingers bled': My childhood in an industrial school
Speak or Survive: Sexual violence victims still fighting roadblocks to justice
'It cast a long shadow': Louise O'Neill on West Cork, an unsolved murder and her new novel
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Man (54) jailed for 10 years after stabbing 47-year-old mother and her two children
'Predators are out there': Three college students report rapes to Cork sexual violence centre
Man jailed for eight years for repeated sexual abuse and rape of his younger brother
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday
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Here's What Happened Today: Friday
Here's What Happened Today: Friday
'Clothes are not consent': Thongs hung up at Spire to protest use of clothing as rape trial evidence
Rallies were held across Ireland after a girl's underwear was used as evidence in a rape trial
Underwear had to be shown in Belfast rape trial, says Jackson's lawyer
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Here's What Happened Today: Saturday
Violent rapist who 'didn't participate fully' in sex-offender treatment to be released this weekend
Paddy Jackson left out of London Irish squad for Munster trip
Nine in 10 people believe a person's underwear should not be discussed in a rape case
'I just wanted to lie down and die so the pain would stop': Mother of abuse victim after cousin is sentenced to prison
Warning of 'systemic difficulties' in courts system as Rape Crisis Centre handles over 13,000 calls
12-year-old girl who was raped by cousin wants him identified so people will know 'he is in the wrong'
Man who raped his neighbour handed seven and a half year sentence by judge
89% of people think legal professionals should have mandatory education in consent and rape myths