Mayo Rape Crisis Centre

24/09/2026

MAKE A DIFFERENCE. USE YOUR EXPERIENCE

Volunteer Board Members Wanted - Mayo R**e Crisis Centre

Mayo R**e Crisis Centre is looking for committed volunteers to join its Board of Directors and help shape the future of its vital services.

As a Board Member, you’ll contribute your skills, experience and perspective to provide strategic leadership, good governance and oversight, helping ensure the organisation remains sustainable and continues to support people affected by sexual violence and abuse.

We’re particularly interested in people with experience or expertise in areas such as:

🔹 Finance & financial oversight
🔹 HR & organisational development
🔹 Legal & governance
🔹 Safeguarding
🔹 Communications & public relations
🔹 Fundraising
🔹 Strategy & organisational development

You don’t need previous Board experience. Training and support may be provided where appropriate.

Board members must be committed to confidentiality, safeguarding and the values and mission of Mayo R**e Crisis Centre.

Could your skills help shape the future of an organisation providing vital support in Mayo?

To out more or apply you can contact our director at [email protected] or freephone 1800 234900 for further enquiries.

**eCrisisCentre

18/09/2026

The Midwest needs a 24/7 SATU.

Every region in Ireland deserves the same standard of care after sexual violence - right now, that's not the case. Survivors in Limerick, Clare and Tipperary rely on a part-time, out-of-hours service that requires a Garda report before an exam and can mean long journeys and high costs at the worst possible time.

As organisations working across domestic, sexual and gender-based violence, we're standing together: the Midwest needs a full 24/7 SATU service.

**eCrisisMidwest

17/09/2026

09/09/2026

We're delighted to say that Katie Foy (Fulltime) and Leona Mc Gowan (Parttime) are our new outreach team.

The aim of the Outreach Team is to increase awareness of the services offered by Mayo R**e Crisis Centre (MRCC), while also delivering Disclosure Training, Pre-Counselling Courses, and bespoke training programmes for professionals and community members.

Through this work, we hope to extend our reach, strengthen community awareness, and provide greater opportunities for education and support.

Contact us @ [email protected]
[email protected]

01/09/2026

Mayo R**e Crisis Centre is delighted to expand our service with the addition of Part-time Adolescent Counsellor, John McNamara.

This role strengthens our capacity to provide specialist ther**eutic support and care to young people in Mayo who have experienced sexual violence.

01/09/2026

We are accepting applications for our Specialist Sexual Violence Training for Counsellors until Monday 7th September - with the course running two days a month in the Clayton Hotel, Sligo from October 2026 to June 2027.

This specialist qualification builds on generic counselling training, giving counsellors and psychotherapists the knowledge, skills and understanding they need to support people affected by .

The feedback from graduates of our 2025-2026 training has been overwhelmingly positive, with many speaking of how the course deepened their confidence and practice in working with survivors of sexual violence.

Topics include the dynamics of sexual violence, adult r**e and sexual assault, child sexual abuse, male r**e, po*******hy and perpetrators, counselling practice, body work, and intersectionality.

Rooted in the **eCrisis model - which situates sexual violence in context and treats trauma as political as much as personal - the training prepares qualified practitioners to help survivors navigate complex societal and cultural barriers in a way that empowers.

Our trainers - Vera O Leary and Ruth MacNeely - are among the most experienced practitioners in the movement in Ireland.

See our website for full details and application form >> https://www.r**ecrisisireland.ie/specialist-sexual-violence-training-for-counsellors-applications-open/

With thanks to Community Foundation Ireland for funding support to deliver this training in 2026–2027.

27/08/2026

A prominent Swiss politician is alleged to have repeatedly drugged and r**ed an Irish teenager and her mother.

Prosecutors say Patrick Frei (57) recorded the incidents which allegedly occurred while Paula – 14 at the time – and her mother Iwona were living with him in the Swiss town of Untersiggenthal.

27/08/2026

The Minister for Justice, Home Affairs and Migration, Jim O’Callaghan TD, has published a draft of this national strategy – An Enabling Framework for Community Safety 2026-2028.
This draft document can be accessed here: https://assets.gov.ie/.../An_Enabling_Framework_for...
Further information on this process, including how to make a submission is available here: https://www.gov.ie/.../national-strategy-for-the.../
The submission process is open until 5pm Friday 11 September 2026.
Queries in relation to the National Strategy for Improving Community Safety should be directed to [email protected].