Sonas Housing has appealed to women across Ireland to seek help if they are being subjected to verbal and psychological abuse by their partners.

Almost 250 women desperate to escape a violent partner were turned away by an overstretched charity last year.

DEMAND for services provided by a domestic violence charity was so high last year that it could only respond to two out of five cries for help.

TWO out of every five enquiries to a domestic violence refuge had to be turned down last year because the facility was full, the head of Sonas Housing has said.

A new postcard campaign in North Dublin aims to give women suffering from domestic abuse the information they need to get help.

DEMAND for bed spaces in a new domestic violence refuge was so high in the last six months that it could only respond to just one in four cries for help.

Applications for places at a domestic violence housing service more than doubled in two years, it was revealed today.

A NEW initiative aimed at changing the “shameful” way Ireland treats victims of sex trafficking will be launched in Dublin tomorrow.