The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre saw a rise of 30 per cent in first time callers to its helpline last year.

The centre is launching it's annual report for 2014 this morning, which shows calls relating to adult rape also increased by 14 percent compared to 2013.

In total, they handled just over 12 thousand counselling contacts in the year - of which more than 9 thousand were genuine.

76 per cent of those who got in touch were female, while the remaining 24 per cent were male.

CEO of the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre Ellen O'Malley Dunlop says the statistics are a result of more people reporting sexual abuse: