A rape victim’s counselling notes would have a new “statutory privilege”, meaning they would not be shared in the majority of trials, under amendments being considered by the Government on Wednesday.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. [Getty Images] Survivors of rape and sexual assault will no longer have to give police access to their counselling notes except in ...

Survivors, therapists and campaigners have called for an all-out ban on the use of therapy notes in sexual abuse trials.

Deputy Butterly, who is Vice-Chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Justice, said the government’s intention to amend the ...

However, a judge could rule that they are relevant to the legal proceedings.

"I STILL remember the terror I felt when Gardaí asked for the name of my therapist to request access to my counselling ...

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.

Therapists and survivors of sexual abuse handed in bags of shredded counselling notes to the Department of Justice on Thursday, describing changes in the laws around the use of such records during ...