Gardaí receive almost 100 domestic abuse calls per day

Previous Garda statistics showed there was a 16% increase in the number of calls they received to respond to a domestic violence incident last year, in comparison to 2019. File photo

Almost 690 domestic abuse incidents have been reported to gardaí every week, on average, this year, official figures show.

A total of nearly 24,700 cases were brought to the attention of gardaí up to September 9, with Dublin accounting for more than a third of cases, at almost 9,000 incidents.