Noeline Blackwell
IrelandactivistFemale7.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Noeline Blackwell is a prominent Irish lawyer and advocate for justice, currently serving on the board of the Law Society’s Centre for Justice and Law Reform. She has been vocal about the pervasive issues of sexual violence in Ireland, particularly in light of the recent Justice Indicators report which highlighted the country’s alarming rate of recorded sexual violence, significantly higher than the EU average.
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Noeline Blackwell expressed concern about the impact of the legal aid dispute on vulnerable populations.
Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan under siege as solicitors extend criminal legal aid dispute – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-08-02
Noeline Blackwell, who is on the board of the centre which produced the report, points out that Ireland’s figure of one in three victims of sexual violence isn’t out of line with global figures cited by the World Health Organisation.
Nobody is talking about the Great and not-so-Great Irish Men whose names won’t make headlines – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-02-08
