Page "Buggery" Paragraph 8

In the Republic of Ireland, the Criminal Law ( Sexual Offences ) Act, 1993 abolished the offence of " buggery between persons ".

For some years prior to 1993, criminal prosecution had not been made for buggery between consenting adults.

The 1993 Act created an offence of " buggery with a person under the age of 17 years ", penalised similar to statutory rape, which also had 17 years as the age of consent.

The Criminal Law ( Sexual Offences ) Act 2006 replaced this offence with " defilement of a child ", encompassing both " sexual intercourse " and " buggery ".

The act of buggery by way of bestiality is still unlawful under Section 61 of the Offences against the Person Act 1861.

In 2011 a man was prosecuted under this Section, after a woman died as the result of an allergic reaction after having intercourse with his dog.