The country's busiest rape crisis centre says its future is at stake if there are any more cuts to its government funding.
The Dublin Rape Crisis Centre says last year was its busiest since 2009 - with over 12,000 calls to its helpline.
But the centre says its future is now on the line - and that it won't be able to continue its current level of services if it suffers another its funding next year, which would be the eighth cut in seven years.
The centre's also calling for urgent new laws to make it illegal to pay for sex, in a bid to cut down on the number of people coming forward as rape victims.
Our political correspondent Gavan Reilly filed this report for our National Lunchtime News:
