{
  "id": 11151975,
  "title": "Rape shield 'not doing what it is designed to do' - RCI",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/01/rape-shield-not-doing-what-it-is-designed-to-do-rci",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-01T08:55:43.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "RTE News",
    "slug": "rte-news",
    "url": "https://www.rte.ie/news/2026/1001/1593602-rci-report/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Ireland's so-called 'rape shield' law is failing to protect complainants from being cross-examined about their sexual history, according to Rape Crisis Ireland.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}