Fair City prompts helpline callers

A NATIONAL helpline for battered women has been extremely busy since Fair City’s grisly depiction of domestic violence.

On Thursday night Marty (Paul Lee) strangled Tess (Sabina Brennan) to death.

The episode included the Women’s Aid Freephone, which last year received a record 13,000 calls, an increase of over 60% on the previous year.