Friends of the Elderly has launched a campaign which calls on the public to support older people through small acts of kindness.

67 victims were officially identified by An Garda Síochána in 2024, but the true number is likely to be multiples of this.

The campaign has used massive billboards with slogans such as “You’ve built Sydney, now come and build back home” to try to recruit some of the 70,000 construction workers needed here by 2030

The bereaved families described the start of the trial in September after a decades-long campaign as a momentous day.

The Always Here awareness campaign is designed to inform and reassure victims and survivors of sexual violence that help is available.

A combination of resignations, retirements and smaller than expected classes entering the Garda College has resulted in two years of post-pandemic Garda recruitment making little progress.