'Saol showed me that I mattered': Women explain how inner city project helped transform their lives

Saol offers a wide range of services, including education programmes, community employment workshops, domestic violence programmes and a popular singing group (Victoria Jones/PA)

Two women who have been living with alcohol and drug addiction for several years said their lives have been transformed by the Saol project in Dublin and the services it offers.

Saol helps around 250 women – most of whom have been in violent relationships, had a traumatic childhood or live in poverty – every year in the inner city.