FOLLOWING a special meeting of the Violence Against Women (VAW) non-governmental sector, we strongly rejected the recently announced COSC: the Irish Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (Irish Examiner, May 17).

EXCESSIVE drinking, and legal problems with issuing barring orders, will result in one-in-five women suffering domestic violence this Christmas, women’s groups warned yesterday.

GARDAÍ will no longer arrest violent spouses for breaking current interim barring orders meant to prevent further family violence, thanks to a Supreme Court ruling Wednesday.