Shelter a light in the dark

Cunalee is as close as many abused women come to a happy Christmas, writes Catherine Shanahan.

IT’S called Cuanlee, ‘haven by the Lee’, and, for countless women, it has been just that for a quarter of a century.

On the banks of the River Lee in Cork City and next door to the welcome presence of the Bridewell Garda Station, it opens its doors to women and children in frantic need of breathing space from domestic violence.