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A survey investigating the sexual health and attitudes of students at NUI Galway has revealed that a quarter of female participants reported attempted or completed forced sexual assault.

Rape is wrong; no question. But consent? Well there are all sorts of shades of grey. Not only do we get told the greyness of consent is realistic we also get sold a notion that it is in fact sexy. So where is the harm?

Volunteer child and family accompaniment officers are being recruited and trained for the Paediatric Forensic Medical Services to support child victims of sexual assault and their families.

A man was sent forward this week, at Ballina District Court, to the current sitting of the Central Criminal Court.

Money raised from a foundation set up in memory of a Swiss teenager who was murdered in the city in October 2007 will be used to fund an innovative project which will train volunteers to support children who have been sexually abused.

There has been an increase in the number of recorded sexual offences, drugs offences, and burglaries in Westmeath over the past year, according to the latest Garda crime statistics.

The parents of a Swiss Engish language student who was murdered in the city say people are honouring “their angel” by helping others through the foundation which was set up in her memory.

A 30-year-old man has been sent forward for trial to the next sitting of Galway Circuit Criminal Court charged with one count of sexual assault.

A Galway man who raped and indecently assaulted his first cousin when he was a teenager will be sentenced next week.

A man charged with sexually assaulting a child is now living outside Westmeath.