There needs to be an urgent review of marital rape law and legal guidelines after a sentence for an offender was reduced on appeal, say Women’s Aid and the Dublin Rape Crisis Centre.

Women’s Aid has welcomed measures in the Garda Policing Plan 2018 aimed at addressing problems in the recording and investigation of domestic violence.

The effort in some media quarters to explain Alan Hawe’s familicide as an expression of abusive masculinity is beyond stupid, writes Victoria White. 

A judge reportedly told a victim of child sexual abuse not to cry in court in case she influenced the jury.

The director of Women’s Aid has described the #MeToo campaign, where people allege offensive or abusive behaviour they have experienced, as a “healthy movement.”

Committing a crime against a partner should be an aggravating rather than a mitigating factor, although, for now at least, the Irish system courts seem to disagree, writes Clodagh Finn.

People who are convicted of killing their partners receive shorter sentences than others found guilty of homicide.

216 women have died violently since the Femicide Project began in 1996, which is an average of ten women per year.

Because it was not passed before the summer recess, we can now add measures to protect children whose mother is a victim, says Margaret Martin.

A woman and her children forced to sleep on blood-stained mattresses in cramped rooms after leaving an abusive partner had a “horrible” experience, said Women’s Aid.

Frontline gardaí are being encouraged to arrest suspected domestic violence abusers under a new Garda intervention policy, writes Cormac O'Keeffe.

Frontline gardaí are being encouraged to arrest suspected domestic violence abusers under a new Garda intervention policy.

There were more than 180 disclosures of physical and sexual abuse of children and 18 cases of child abduction reported to Women’s Aid last year.

Garda crime figures are under the spotlight again - this time in relation to domestic abuse.

A new definition of consent to a sexual act has been signed off by Cabinet which campaigners say will make the law clearer for victims and judges.

A guide to help women report and deal with online harassment has been launched by Women's Aid and Facebook.

Justice Minister Frances Fitzgerald has said a Law Reform Commission report on online abuse has highlighted potential gaps in the law.

The Children's Minister Katherine Zappone says she seriously considered walking out of Government last week, but stayed because of the job she has to do.

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.

There has been an outpouring of support for Clodagh Hawe, 39, who was killed by her husband, Alan Hawe, 40, in the Cavan murder-suicide last Monday.

There were 22,341 reports of abuse against women and children made to Women’s Aid last year.

It is an abhorrent feature in too many homes today and a human rights issue that affects one in five Irish women.

The number of domestic violence applications to the courts has risen in recent years, official figures show.

Tough new anti-domestic violence laws will only be effective if the Government comes up with resources to match their scope, support groups have warned.

Women’s Aid has expressed concern about the number of contacts made to it by people suffering domestic violence in which they are choked by their partner.

An estimated 56 staff — half gardaí and half civilians — are being recruited to run offices dedicated to victim services around the country.

New laws are “urgently” needed to protect young women who are being abused, stalked and cyber-stalked by their partners and exes.

Christmas is a time of intimidation, cruelty, and “sudden flashes of violence” for many women, according to a leading domestic violence support agency.

Seventy-eight pairs of women’s shoes and 10 pairs of children’s shoes were placed outside the gates of Leinster House yesterday.

A moment's silence has been held outside the Dáil for the 78 women who have been murdered by current or ex-partners since 1996.

A vigil will take place outside the Dáil today to remember 78 women murdered by their partners since 1996.

Women's Aid - the national network for women affected by domestic violence in Ireland - is celebrating 40 years.