Over 1,100 adults and children used domestic violence supports in one January day, report says

Some 850 adults and 324 children in Ireland accessed frontline domestic violence supports on a single day this year, according to Safe Ireland.

Its "One Day Census" report, carried out on January 28, examined the level of activity across 38 centres. It said that, unfortunately, 1,872 women had to be turned away from services in the past six months due to insufficient refuge capacity, a lack of safe accommodation, and staffing or resource constraints.

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