Caitriona Twomey from Cork Penny Dinners has teamed up with Mary Crilly from the Sexual Violence Centre Cork to discuss strategies in the fight against sexual abuse among the homeless community
Two Cork charities have come together and are to meet the Taoiseach to raise their concerns about the sexual abuse of homeless men and women in the city
Caitriona Twomey from Cork Penny Dinners - who first raised the issue a number of months ago - has teamed up with Mary Crilly from the Sexual Violence Centre Cork to meet Micheál Martin so they can discuss strategies in the fight against sexual abuse among the homeless community..
Lavinia Kerwick, the first rape survivor to waive her anonymity after her abuser received a suspended sentence is to join Catriona Twomey and Mary Crilly in the meeting as she lends her support to the initiative..
The meeting, which is scheduled to take place in the coming weeks, comes after Catriona Twomey revealed in August how she had to remove a man from an unconscious homeless woman before alerting the Gardaí
Speaking to RedFM News Catriona outlined what she hopes the meeting with the Taoiseach will achieve:
