As many as one-in-five Irish couples may experience violence from their children, with the majority suffering in silence because of shame and guilt over their belief that they have failed as parents.

Hundreds of people are expected to take to the freezing waters off Co Wicklow this week for the 25th annual New Year’s Day charity swim.

I WAS bitterly disappointed when I heard of the closure threat to the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency (NDVIA).

A UNITED front of women’s welfare groups yesterday helped to secure Government funding to save the National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency (NDVIA) from closure.