Research and Reports

Young People, Alcohol and Sex: What’s Consent Got To Do With It?

On 28th January 2014, RCNI held a seminar to launch an important piece of research conducted by Pádraig MacNeela, Thomas Conway, Siobhán Kavanagh, Lisa Ann Kennedy and John McCaffrey of NUI, Galway. The research, a qualitative study among university students explored how attitudes to alcohol impact on judgements about consent to sexual activity.

The report was launched by Minister for Children and Youth Affairs, Frances Fitzgerald, with guest speaker Dr. Antonia Abbey, of Wayne State University, Michigan, one of the most published authors on the area of sexual violence and alcohol.

Below, you can download an executive summary of the research, the full report, the policy document released by RCNI to coincide with the launch of the research as well as copies of the presentations given on the day.

Download full report: Click here

Download summary of research findings and recommendations: Young People, Alcohol and Sex: What’s Consent Got To Do With It?

Download RCNI Policy Document: Older Child and Sexual Violence:  Questions and Challenges for a National Response (January 2014)

Download presentation by Dr. Padraig McNeela, NUIG:  From Loss of Inhibition to Loss of Control: University Student Perceptions of Alcohol Use, Gender, and Non-Consenting Sexual Activity

Download presentation by Dr. Clíona Saidlear, RCNI: The Older Child and Sexual Violence: Questions and Challenges in Delivering a National Response