Community ‘key to end abuse’

AN abused Limerick mother spent just one night away from home in seven years - and that was to have a baby, a pilot study on domestic violence revealed yesterday.

The Southill Domestic Abuse Project report is based on work carried out with abused local women between July 2000 and June 2003.

The study found that women are prepared to come forward for help within their own community rather than staying silent over fears of losing their anonymity.