Domestic violence body warns against removal of payphones

A national organisation against domestic violence has called for the current number of public payphones across the country to be maintained so that women at risk of abuse can use the facilities to call its helpline, writes Joe Leogue of the Irish Examiner.

Women’s Aid warned against the removal of public payphones in its submission to the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg), as it said many of those who avail of its services have their own phone use monitored by abusive partners.