Ruth Breslin
IrelanddirectorFemale7.0Global Dominance: 0.00%Ruth Breslin is the director of the Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute, where she focuses on the risks and realities of child sexual exploitation, particularly among vulnerable populations such as children in State care. She has highlighted the grooming tactics used by perpetrators and the psychological manipulation that can ensnare young victims, emphasizing the urgent need for protective measures and interventions to safeguard these at-risk children.
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Ruth Breslin is the Director of the SERP Institute.
Decriminalising prostitution would risk turning Ireland into Amsterdam or Germany – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-07-30
Ruth Breslin is the director of the Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute.
Lorcan Murphy’s use of ‘spy pen’ to record women in Dublin part of ‘path to future crime’ – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-07-27
Ruth Breslin is the director of the independent Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute.
The ‘rough sex’ defence didn’t work for Lorcan Murphy. He wasn’t the first to try it – The Irish TimesIreland· 2026-07-15
Ruth Breslin discussed how the nature of pornography has evolved to become almost unrecognizable from previous decades.
Violent pornography’s pervasive role in child development must be disrupted, doctors hear – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-04-27
Ruth Breslin, director of the Sexual Exploitation Research and Policy Institute, said children in care were at particular risk of being targeted by older men, groomed and then sexually exploited.
More than 30 active investigations into child sexual exploitation being pursued by gardaí – The Irish TimesIreland· 2025-02-21