Coercive control in the home ‘should be a crime’

Making control and domination in the home an offence will save women’s lives, Safe Ireland has claimed.

“This is a critical issue,” said chief executive Sharon O’Halloran. “Five women have been murdered in Ireland since March.

The Government has expressed reservations about legislating for coercive control as a particular offence in the Domestic Violence Bill currently before the Oireachtas.