Act makes coercive control an offence

Criminalising coercive control in the home will keep women alive but the law has yet to be implemented, says social change agency Safe Ireland.

Chief executive of Safe Ireland, Sharon O’Halloran, said the groundbreaking new Domestic Violence Act represented a “coming of age” in Ireland’s understanding of domestic violence.

She said the creation of the criminal offence of coercive control in the act is transformative and would help change the culture in Ireland.