Children ‘the silent victims’ of domestic abuse

ALMOST 1,700 children of women who are victims of domestic violence are also being abused, figures show.

Women’s Aid said another 3,000 children are living in a home affected by domestic violence and many see or hear the abuse being carried out against their mother.

“Children are the silent, unseen and unheard victims of domestic violence in modern day Ireland,” said Margaret Martin, director of Women’s Aid.