Committing a crime against a partner should be an aggravating rather than a mitigating factor, although, for now at least, the Irish system courts seem to disagree, writes Clodagh Finn.

Surely there was someone somewhere, a man even, willing to point out to the Taoiseach that he’s big time storing up trouble with Irish women the way that he’s going on.

Because it was not passed before the summer recess, we can now add measures to protect children whose mother is a victim, says Margaret Martin.

There are just 21 refuges in Ireland for ‘battered’ wives and partners with 4,796 requests for refuge not met in 2015, say Caroline Forde, Carol Ballantine, and Nata Duvvury

The Central Statistics Office has concluded that it cannot stand over Garda domestic violence figures after conducting a detailed analysis.

Women's Aid - the national network for women affected by domestic violence in Ireland - is celebrating 40 years.

The Government has been accused of allowing Ireland to fall even further behind European nations in defending women’s rights and protecting against violence.