As Clodagh Hawe’s family prepare to bury her along with her children and her husband who killed them all earlier this week, Women’s Aid has revealed how common it is for men to threaten to kill their partners and their children during domestic violence incidents.

Katie Holmes has revealed she would like to direct a movie.

I WISH to congratulate you for your perceptive leading article (‘Master plan must be reconsidered’, October 12).

WOMEN’S rights activists called on tourists to boycott the Caribbean resort city of Cancun, saying authorities there failed to protect the rights of an 11-year-old rape victim who is carrying the baby to term.

MORE than 1,000 extra calls were made to a domestic violence helpline during a TV and radio awareness campaign last month.