Spike in domestic abuse calls to gardaí last year

More than 7,600 criminal charges for crimes involving an element of domestic abuse were reported over the course of last year. File Picture

The number of calls made to gardaí about domestic abuse incidents increased in 2020.

New figures reveal that more than 43,000 individual calls were made to An Garda Síochána last year – a 16% increase on 2019’s total.