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Jockey to return to racing after exoneration of rape charges
Horse Racing
French jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot has received a racing licence by France Galop
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Man who raped two sisters jailed for more than 12 years
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David Mason (49) of Graigue Court, Ballymun, Dublin 11, had pleaded not guilty to 23 counts of sexual assault and five counts of rape against the first sister and three charges of sexual assault against her younger sister
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Woman stands over Jeffrey Donaldson abuse claims during cross-examination
Jeffrey Donaldson
The woman, known as complainant A, was cross-examined throughout Friday at Newry Crown Court at the sex offences trial of the ex-MP and his wife Lady Eleanor Donaldson
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Man, 67, arrested on Irish extradition warrant to stand trial for offences of sexual assault and rape
Donegal
The man is wanted to stand trial for offences of sexual assault and rape, which took place in Co Donegal
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Sex offence trials of Jeffrey Donaldson and wife Eleanor 'to run together'
Courts
The judge had earlier ruled that Eleanor Donaldson is unfit to be tried after hearing medical evidence
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Spanish victim speaks out as rapist jailed: 'Dublin no longer felt like a charming city'
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Youssef Shehata (23) was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury of one charge of rape in her Dublin apartment
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Man who raped and abused younger sisters jailed for 13 and a half years
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The 52-year-old man had denied the charges but was convicted following a trial by a Central Criminal Court jury
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Calls to Dublin Rape Crisis Centre reached highest level on record in 2025
Dublin Rape Crisis Centre
The organisation said last year was its busiest in 47 years.
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Waterford man, 60s, raped vulnerable teenage boy on beach
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The complainant said that after the incident he felt "dirty, used and violated" and described it having a physical and mental impact on him
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Father of notorious 'Tinder Rapist' Patrick Nevin says his son should be given 'second chance'
Tinder
Patrick Nevin Sr says his son isn't a danger to anyone anymore - as he claims the sex beast, who preyed on his victims through the Tinder dating app, is remorseful for what he did after going through counselling
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Man known as 'Accused B' convicted of raping his niece as jury deliberations continue
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The jury in the trial of six men accused of sexually abusing their deaf relative has returned two guilty verdicts
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Kerry man who raped younger brother claims evidence in 'present perfect continuous tense' shouldn't have been in trial
Court of Appeals
Paul Kelly (47) submitted that when his brother as an adult told a family member “Paul has been raping me for years,” this was inconsistent with the fact that the abuse had ended seven years before
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Jury in long-running familial abuse trial consider verdict: 'Sympathy has to stay outside jury room'
Crime
The jurors were told that they could take as much time as they needed to deliberate
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Violent abuser who raped, urinated on and poured bleach over partner fails in appeal
Courts
The offences included smashing the victim’s head off a whiteboard, kicking her, flushing her head down a toilet, dragging her by the hair, spitting in her face and hitting her with an iPad
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Gang rapists who targeted vulnerable teen claim they deserve shorter sentences because they were young
Courts
The jury in the first trial, which was held in 2020, was unable to reach a verdict
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Ex-scout leader who raped cousin and abused her sisters fails in bid to overturn verdict
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The victims reported the abuse to gardaí in 2019 - the defendant was sentenced to seven and a half years
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'Beyond regrettable': Carlow rape trial jury discharged after some jurors did private research online
Carlow
The judge said it was 'beyond regrettable' that some jurors had ignored his explicit instructions given to jurors not to carry out private research.
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'Monster' rapist abused girl after he 'inveigled' his way into home of neglect
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Christopher Vaughan (now 63) was able to carry out the abuse of the child with “impunity” as her mother had issues with alcohol
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Three men guilty of Brighton beach rape as victim told court she 'heard laughter'
Courts
WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: Two of the men took her behind a beach hut in the East Sussex city where they raped her and the other went to the location moments later and filmed it
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Convicted rapist extradited from Scotland appears in Dundalk court over alleged breaches of Sex Offenders Act
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The 52-year-old male is accused of contravening the provisions of a Sex Offenders’ Order when he allegedly travelled to Scotland last year
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Boy accused of rape and child porn production when he was 14 silent in court as he's sent forward for trial
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Now aged 15, he was charged after the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) issued instructions to gardaí at a Dublin Divisional Protective Service Unit
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Teen raped and threatened at knifepoint by her dad thought she 'wouldn't make it out alive' - as he's jailed
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The man, who cannot be named to protect the identity of his daughter, was jailed for 16 and a half years today
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Man who raped stepdaughter and escaped from jail faces justice - and the school worksheet that helped nail him
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Christina Hayes (36) indicated that she wished to waive her right to anonymity to allow her step-father, Tommy Barry, to be named
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Teenager jailed for seven years for raping three girls in separate attacks
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Kai Edwards, 18, was convicted by a jury of raping three girls in separate incidents after meeting them on social media
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