Concern That Latest Sexual Abuse Report Is Too Outdated

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The Ennis-based legal director of Rape Crisis Network Ireland has added her voice to calls for a fresh study into sexual abuse in this country.

The Tánaiste is the latest public figure to push for a new study to be carried out, with the latest in-depth research; the Savi report, published in 2002.

The report didn’t include male victims of sexual abuse or social media and the research took place before the internet fully took off.

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Caroline Counihan says we’re living in a completely different world now than when the landmark study was published: