The public is being urged to have its say on Ireland’s rape laws.
The Law Reform Commission has published a number of options in relation to consent.
Currently the accused can use the defence that he honestly believed that a woman was consenting to sex – the Commission suggests that the words ‘reasonable belief’ could be added to the definition of rape.
CEO Of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Noeleen Blackwell thinks it would make it a fairer system.
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