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• Call for guidelines in rape cases. The Irish Times, 22 May 2008. Judges should be given sentencing guidelines and “appropriate education” in relation to rape cases, the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre said today.
• Forest park rape accused remanded. BBC News, 21 April 2008. A 15-year-old boy has been remanded in custody, charged with the rape of a woman in her 20s who was on holiday in Northern Ireland.
  
• Rape study shows female dominated juries don’t convict. Irish Examiner, 28 March 2008. MEN standing trial for rape stand a far greater chance of walking free if they appear before a jury dominated by women.
• Nigerian family win last-minute fight to halt deportation. Irish Independent, 21 March 2008. She had sought the ruling to prevent the deportation, which was due to take place early next week, of herself and her two daughters, Naomi (7) and Jemima (5), on grounds of fear of female genital mutilation in Nigeria.
• Man jailed for rape of partner. BBC News, 29 February 2008. A young Tyrone man who raped the mother of his twin sons was jailed for seven years on Friday.

• Sexual assault statistics from the Republic of Ireland for 2004-2005. McDermott SD, McBride BM, Lee-Gorman M. Med Sci Law; 48(2): 142-50. 2008

• Gender, Globalisation and Rights, Women’s Studies, National University of Ireland