Proposed changes to the law governing the use of counselling notes in criminal trials have been welcomed by Louth TD Paula Butterly, who said the amendments rightly prioritise the needs and dignity of ...

Survivors of rape and sexual assault will no longer have to give police access to their counselling notes except in special circumstances, under a new code of practice that came into force on Monday.

One respondent to survey said: 'I am afraid to take my abuser to court in case my 10 years of counselling notes end up in court' ...

Survivors declare that counselling notes are private, intimate records created in the context of therapeutic support A group of survivors has called on the Government to ban victims’ counselling notes ...

The online survey by Beyond Surviving, a group founded by rape survivor Ciara Mangan, aims to give survivors the opportunity to air their views on the use of counselling notes in court ...

An outright ban on using counselling notes in rape trials would be unconstitutional, according to legal advice given to the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. However, the frontline sexual violence service ...

There will be a presumption of non-disclosure of counselling notes in sexual offence trials, under measures signed off by Cabinet. Justice Minister Jim O’Callaghan wants to legislate that such records ...