Anti-domestic violence lobby: Acting on information saves lives

THE first strategic meeting of the anti-domestic violence lobby yesterday heard how people were dying because life-saving information was being ignored.

The National Domestic Violence Intervention Agency made the claim as it launched its framework for effective intervention in domestic violence crime.

At the meeting it was decided 10 non-governmental agencies will work to produce a structure for independently monitoring the performance of the gardaí and the courts based on the intervention agency’s model for professionals handling abuse cases, which focuses on information sharing and individual risk assessments.