Support group for homicide victims’ families denied vital funds

A SUPPORT group helping the grieving families of murder victims says it won’t be able to expand services after vital funding was denied.

Support after Homicide (SAH) will be unable to recruit and train additional volunteers because of the lack of funding.

Some 12 years in existence, the group applied this year for around €100,000 in Department of Justice funds. This was rejected and just €10,000 was offered to SAH by the Commission for Victims of Crime, the independent body charged with allotting Department grants.