Covid-19: Sharp increase in women and children fleeing domestic violence
Average of almost 2,000 women and 411 children in receipt of support each month
Immediate rent payments for victims of domestic abuse granted
Those fleeing violence will not have to undergo means test for three months
Psychological abuse within a relationship to become a crime
Coercive control will be punishable by up to five years in prison under new legislation
Domestic violence law must include ‘coercive control’ , say advocates
Seminar in Dublin hears 155 defendants prosecuted under legislation in UK last year
Domestic Violence Bill: Bar on web contact with victims hard to enforce
Frontline support organisations remain dubious over functionality of any online ban
Minister ‘horrified’ at language used about women in US election
Frances Fitzgerald says domestic violence bill will put victim at centre of justice system
Domestic violence services had one call every 12 minutes
Safe Ireland’s ‘Man Up’ campaign highlights role men can play in ending violence
Quarter of Irish women have been victims of violence
Women’s full participation in social, economic and political life affected by fear, survey finds
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