Support group calls for single department to deal with domestic violence

DOMESTIC violence support group Women’s Aid has called for a single Government department to take control of the area of domestic violence.

The call came as staff on new projects, such as a planned €2.7 million refuge in Blanchardstown, Dublin, say they are finding it impossible to secure funding.

Sonas director Muireann Morris said the situation is “desperate” as more women are now turned away from existing refuges in Dublin than are cared for.