At least 70% of gardaí should receive specific domestic violence training, a national charity working in the area has said.

Criminalising coercive control in the home will keep women alive but the law has yet to be implemented, says social change agency Safe Ireland.

Criminalising coercive control in the home will keep women alive but the law has yet to be implemented, says social change agency Safe Ireland.

Making control and domination in the home an offence will save women’s lives, Safe Ireland has claimed.

Domestic violence agencies face an uphill struggle when a man who bragged about sexual assault could still be elected president of the US, singer Hozier said yesterday.

Almost 80% of women who suffer abuse in the home never report it, according to Safe Ireland, the charity that supports women and children experiencing domestic violence.

All of society loses when there is gender inequality, President Michael D Higgins said as he hosted a celebration of the role of men in advancing women’s rights.

Services helping victims of domestic violence are crippled and can no longer meet the needs of women and children.

Almost 800 women and children received accommodation and support from a domestic violence service — on a single day last year.

A refuge for women and children escaping domestic violence has to close for lack of funds because the State does not classify it as emergency accommodation.

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.

Gardaí, solicitors, and judges are guilty of a “hidden bias” when it comes to dealing with victims of domestic violence, a seminar has heard.

The legal system is failing victims of domestic violence and abuse at every level, research to be published today has found.

Domestic violence services answered 126 calls for help from women every day last year. A total of 46,137 calls were received — about five an hour.

Almost 11,500 women and children received support from a domestic violence service in Ireland last year.

Almost five calls for help were answered every hour on one day last year by domestic violence services.

Safe Ireland is calling domestic violence against women to be dealt with at Cabinet level, after a new EU report confirmed 1-in-4 Irish women suffers violence.

Almost half of men are unaware of the impact of violence on women, it has emerged.

On just one day alone last year, 22 pregnant women looked for safety from violence.

Ryan Tubridy says he gets upset whenever he hears stories from women experiencing abuse in the home.

The number of vulnerable women supported by domestic-violence charities soared by more than 55% over the last five years.

On just one day last year 770 women and children experiencing domestic violence got help.

Women suffering at the hands of a violent partner are feeling the brunt of cuts on statutory agencies, it was claimed today.

THERE was a massive 40% increase in the number of times women and children were turned away from domestic violence refuges last year, compared with 2009.

THE number of times women had to be turned away from refuges last year was more than 50% higher than the number of women actually accommodated, figures show.

A CAMPAIGN calling on men to help end violence against women began with a moment’s silence for the communities in Cork and Limerick affected by the deaths last week of four children and three adults.

THERE is concern that as many as eight women seeking refuge from domestic violence every day are being turned away because there is no room for them.

IF the Government cuts the level of funding for domestic violence services then it must shoulder the blame for putting the lives of women and children at risk, the head of Safe Ireland warned yesterday.

ALMOST half of all Irish people know someone who has been a victim of domestic violence but few would try to help a neighbour being abused in the home, shocking new figures reveal.

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).

FEMALE victims of rape and violence are to benefit from the Government’s first injection of money into support services since the last general election.

Support services for victims of domestic and sexual violence are at breaking point due to a severe lack of funding, it was warned today.

WOMEN in abusive relationships can be at greater risk of physical and sexual violence when pregnant, women support agencies have warned.

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.

WOMEN are flocking to refuges and violent partners are moving back into the family home following the outlawing of temporary barring orders, according to women’s aid groups.

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.