Pregnant women enduring domestic violence are afraid to report it, study finds
Fear that children will be taken into care cited as a key reason for not telling maternity hospitals about abuse
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‘I knew ... I couldn’t stay with him any more ... I had a husband who was addicted to drugs and raping me’
‘I stood up for myself and I was believed,’ says Kathleen Correia, who was raped and coercively controlled by her then husband, Sergio Correia
‘When you live with domestic violence, you can never relax – even at nighttime’
The National Gallery offers a safe space for survivors of domestic violence to observe and create art as a way to deal with their trauma
The Irish Times view on porn and sexual violence: an undeniable link
What is clear is that the current environment is causing serious harm, in particular for women
Porn consumption is fuelling high levels of violence against women and girls - report
Report cites instances of strangulation and verbal degradation as common examples of aggression toward women depicted in pornography
Northern Ireland has become a dangerous place to live if you are a woman
Mary Ward killing highlights issue of femicide in the North
‘He’s not stopping, I’m going to die’: Woman beaten by soldier condemns suspended sentence
Defence Forces says any conviction of serving member ‘may have implications for retention’ in the organisation
‘My daughter has been in a relationship with a horrible bully for more than eight years’
Tell Me About It: The relationship has ended over two years ago and he refuses to leave the house. He has taken over the main bedroom and it has become his den
Nine counties have no refuge for women, children suffering domestic violence - SF leader
Taoiseach says domestic abuse has become ‘absolute priority’ since Minister for Justice Helen McEntee addressed issue
‘Alarming increase’ in physical and economic domestic abuse, says report
Women’s Aid received 40,048 disclosures of domestic abuse in 2023, highest ever recorded in charity’s 50-year history
‘It is about power and control’ - scale of Baby Reindeer-type stalking in Ireland stuns researchers
Advances in technology mean stalking has become much more sophisticated than ‘just someone hiding in the bushes outside your door’
‘My partner has become abusive since we had our baby’
Ask Roe: I feel I can’t do anything right for him, he takes offence at everything I say
Woman tells family court she was ‘absolutely battered’ by partner after child’s funeral
Man is refusing to allow mother retrieve mementoes of their deceased child from his house, court told
Domestic violence victims entitled to five days’ leave from Monday
Ireland one of first EU countries to introduce law which requires employers to offer paid leave to staff affected by domestic violence, says Minister
Addressing domestic violence as employer is not about taking on role of counsellor
Ireland has become one of the first countries in the EU to introduce paid domestic violence leave
Fifth of women abused in intimate relationships have attempted suicide - research
Women’s Aid survey highlights severe impact that relationship abuse can have on young women’s mental wellbeing
Women’s Aid disputes auditor’s view it should have run €351 spent on staff gathering past funder Tusla
Charity pushes back over ‘unreasonable’ recommendation in audit by Tusla, which gave it €870,000 last year
Five days domestic violence leave on full pay available from autumn, minister says
Ireland one of first countries in Europe to introduce scheme, Roderic O’Gorman said
Brianna Parkins: Jonah Hill’s ‘boundaries’ texts are emotional abuse masquerading as ‘therapy-speak’
Like the velociraptors in Jurassic Park learned to open door handles, the tools we came up with to keep abuse out of relationships has been weaponised by perpetrators to get in
Garda has addressed flaws in responding to 999 calls, Drew Harris tells forum
Women’s Aid seminar hears from Garda Commissioner how new command control system permits greater supervision of alerts and attention to people seeking assistance
Women’s Aid records highest number of domestic abuse contacts in 50-year history
Charity’s annual impact report documents 16 per cent increase in contacts, with organisation attributing some of rise to cost of living crisis
The grim reality of domestic violence: ‘I got pregnant and it was like he turned a dimmer switch’
Record disclosures of abuse were reported to Women’s Aid over the last 12 months. The figures are just the tip of the iceberg
Family violence deaths: Women’s Aid urges focus on data sharing in wake of report
Body’s chief executive warns recommendations of landmark study must not be dispersed within Government
Coercive control: ‘It creeps up on you slowly and quickly at the same time’
The lack of joined-up thinking leaves victims and survivors feeling abused by the system
My boyfriend gets angry when I don’t have sex with him
Ask Roe: We have it at least three times a week, but he has a very high sex drive meaning he wants it daily
Fundraiser to repatriate Bruna Fonseca on track to raise €50,000 as vigil is organised in Cork
Ms Fonseca’s death takes the number of women who have died in violent circumstances in Ireland to 254 since 1996
2022 felt like a particularly dark and dangerous period to be a woman
To many of us, this year felt like a particularly dark and dangerous time to be a woman
Women’s charity gets more calls for help due to cost-of-living crisis
‘Some women and their children will probably be spending Christmas in the cold,’ Women’s Aid says
DigitalWell teams up with Women’s Aid for communications project
Move will see new translation system that will open up services to women who do not speak English
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