THE first strategic meeting of the anti-domestic violence lobby yesterday heard how people were dying because life-saving information was being ignored.

THE National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency will today launch an independent national framework for reforming how cases are dealt with because of the Government’s failure to make the necessary changes.

A FIVE-YEAR wait by the women’s lobby for the launch of the National Women’s Strategy ended with a sense of disappointment yesterday.

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.

Lack of funding will force the closure of National Domestic Violence Agency next week, writes Conor Ryan.

MEN who abuse their partners are manipulating the court system to escape convictions, according to the project piloted to tackle the problem.

THE Garda Síochána was called on yesterday to make tackling domestic violence one of its top 10 priorities.

Justice Minister Michael McDowell has launched a national domestic violence intervention agency in an effort to deal with the problem of domestic violence in Ireland.