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	Half of Irish women have experienced sexual harassment at some point in their lives, while one in four have been victims of physical violence, according to a major new report.</p>
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	Data from 56 agencies funded by Tusla, the Child and Family Agency, was used in the report which collated information from rape crisis centres and other services.</p>
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	The Tusla findings also included that one in four adults have experienced physical or sexual assault.</p>
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	Joan Mullan, a national manager at Tusla, said: &quot;The numbers in the report are not just data, they are the summary of the real life stories of the adults, children and families that frontline services work with.&quot;</p>
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	But in a dramatic twist, the report, the first of its kind in Ireland, provoked a furious backlash from the Rape Crisis Network Ireland last night.</p>
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	The RCNI raised concerns about the content and accuracy of sections of the report, as well as data protection issues.</p>
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	Tusla confirmed it had met the RCNI to discuss the concerns and was satisfied the report met required standards.</p>
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	(Published by the Irish Independent on the 28th October 2016)</p>
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	<a href="http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/one-in-two-women-sexually-harassed-35168878.html">http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/one-in-two-women-sexually-harassed-35168878.html</a></p>
